PDF: Strategic Environmental Assessment Better Practice Guide - Methodological Guidance for Strategic Thinking in SEA

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Partidário, M. R. (2012) Strategic Environmental Assessment Better Practice Guide - methodological guidance for strategic thinking in SEA, Portuguese Environment Agency and Redes Energéticas Nacionais (REN), SA.

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Summary
Purpose of this Guide

  • defines a strategic thinking model in SEA, methodological approach and CDF assessment framework as the object of the Guide
  • clarifies the scope of application and the intended users of the Guide

Part I – What is SEA

  • provides a definition and objectives for SEA, coherent with recent collaborative approaches to SEA and gives reasons for why SEA is important
  • refers to the evolution of SEA and to the multiple forms and understandings of SEA that consequently developed
  • clarifies who needs to be involved, what is an SEA team, who should undertake SEA and when should SEA take place
  • addresses the relationship, and the differences, between SEA and EIA

Part II – What are mechanisms for SEA in Portugal

  • identifies the most fundamental legal and regulatory requirements for SEA in Portugal
  • refers to the planning and policy-making features in Portugal relevant for SEA

Part III – Strategic thinking model in SEA and CDF assessment framework

  • clarifies the strategic thinking model in SEA, the CDF assessment framework and methodological approach in the three stages cyclic process
  • identifies a new lexicon for SEA to express strategic-thinking
  • clarifies the components and functions of the strategic thinking model in SEA
  • identifies the key structural elements of the strategic thinking model in SEA

Part IV – Doing the SEA

  • proposes a building block approach for doing SEA, following an integrated process approach, that is decision centred and sustainability driven. Practical directions and examples are given
  • provides a simple checklist for the development of a successful SEA

Additional information

  • Bibliography
  • Glossary
  • List of suggested methods and techniques
  • Suggested templates for use during SEA
  • Suggested templates for reports



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