WHEN YOU DEAL WITH A STRATEGIC PROCESS

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WHEN YOU DEAL WITH A STRATEGIC PROCESS

• YOU ALSO CARRY OUT A STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL
  ASSESSMENT

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SEA
EIA
Environmental Management and Monitoring (EMM)
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SEA Definition

• Strategic Environmental assessment
• is the systematic and comprehensive process of
  evaluating the environmental effects of a policy,
  plan or program and its alternatives.
• Source The Practice of Strategic Environmental
  Assessment, by Riki Thrivel and Maria Rosario
  Partidario, 1996

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SEA ANSWERS TO FOLLOWING QUESTIONS
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SEA

• What are the potential direct and indirect
  outcomes of the proposals alternatives?
• How do these outcomes interact with the
  environment?
• What is the scope and nature of these
  environmental interactions?
• Can the adverse environmental effects be
  mitigated?
• What is the overall potential environmental
  effect of the proposal after opportunities for
  mitigation have been incorporated?

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Methods close to SEA
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EIA

• Environmental impact assessment
• identifies potential environmental impacts of a
  project
• identifies mitigation measures
• provides opportunities for the public to get
  information and to present their views
• EXAMPLE HOTEL IN STON

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CIA

• Cumulative Impact Assessment
• considering not only a specific project, but also
  other projects (already realised, planned, to be
  implemented independently from the project, a
  condition for the project or a consequence
  thereof)
• focus on a region (e.g. river basin) instead of a
  specific site
• EXAMPLE AQUACULTURE IN STON BAY (USE EIA
  METHODOLOGY)

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IEA

• Integrated Environmental Assessment
• an approach for research to assess different
  issues (e.g. eutrophication, tourism,
  agriculture) simultaneously to show the issue in
  a more comprehensive way for the decision maker
• it often includes the use of indicators
• and development of scenarios
• INCLUDES USEFUL TOOLS FOR SEA

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Participatory planning

• Tools
• public hearings
• participation of those who might be affected
• making reports available publicly
• not only giving information, but also receiving
  it and taking it seriously
• HELPS WITH INVOLVEMENT, COLLECTS VIEWS OF THE
  PUBLIC FOR SEA

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SEA step by step

• SEA differs from EIA as a process and the
  structure and contents need to be taylored
  separately for eah case

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• ACTIVITY 1 Include a strategy for participation
  and assessment into the ICZM planning process

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The SEA strategy defines

• the aims, timing and methods for participation in
  each step members of planning groups the
  importance and function of the participation
• at which stages alternatives are analysed
• how information is collected and distributed
• methods, timing and reporting of the SEA

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• ACTIVITY 2
• Prepare a state of the environment report
• use previous material
• list strengths, weaknesses, threats and
  opportunities
• Study environmental impacts of existing plans

• ACTIVITY 3
• Form the alternatives that will be in focus or
  reflect to those set in the plan
• try to lift conflicting alternatives

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• ACTIVITY 4
• Include a vision for sustainable development for
  the region
• Integrate environmental aspects to the contents
  of the ICZM plan

• ACTIVITY 5
• Assess the environmental impacts
• Compare the alternatives in the light of their
  environmental impacts

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• ACTIVITY 6
• Participate in an integrated analysis of
  economic, social, cultural and environmental
  impacts of the different alternatives

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• ACTIVITY 6
• Report of the assessment
• this can be linked with the plan or provided as a
  separate report

• ACTIVITY 7
• Monitoring
• include a monitoring programme for the ICZM plan
  and to its SEA elements

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SEA and planninghow to link the two together
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planning
1. TIMING
SEA
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planning
1. TIMING AND INTERACTION
SEA
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TRICKS FOR LINKING

• plan the SEA when you plan the planning process
• include same people into the planning and the SEA
• ideally SEA can be fully integrated into the
  planning process so that
• SEA provides information that is relevant to the
  planning
• SEA provides information at the time when it is
  needed

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SEA challenging questions
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5 reasons why SEA is often NOT applied yet in
planning

• requires systematic planning
• requires transparency
• requires stakeholder participation
• requires for environmental considerations
• requires a change in values, attitudes and use of
  resources

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5 reasons to follow SEA in ICZM

• aims for sustainability (social, cultural,
  ecological, economical)
• brings stakeholders together, raises awareness
• considers environmental impacts
• helps towards systematic planning
• works as a tool for mitigation

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• political will
• the applicability of assessments
• timing
• tiering
• alternatives
• specific assessment methods and approaches
• reporting
• public participation

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Literature

• SEA directive
• http//europa.eu.int/comm/environment/eia/home.ht
  m
• REC material
• http//www.rec.org/REC/Programs/SofiaInitiatives/
  EIA/Policy.shtml
• Mikulic, Nenad Jiri Dusik recent developments
  of strategic environmental assessment in central
  and eastern Europe.2000
• scientific articles
• Cherp, A. Environmental assessment in countries
  in transition Evolution in a changing context
  2001(Journal of environmental management)
• World Bank
• Strategic Environmental Assessment in World Bank
  Operations Experience to Date, Future Potential
  (Kjörven O. H. Lindhjem) Strategy Series 4 May
  2002- WB. Environment Department