Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment
- Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment
The Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment supplements the UNECE Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context. It was adopted and signed in Kiev in 2003 and requires 16 Parties for it to enter into force. Once in force, it will require its Parties to evaluate the environmental consequences of their official draft plans and programmes. The Protocol also addresses policies and legislation, though the application of SEA to these is not mandatory.
The Protocol provides for extensive public participation in government decision-making in numerous development sectors. The public will not only have the right to know about plans and programmes, but also the right to comment, have their comments taken into account, and be told of the final decision and why it was taken. Besides considering the typical environmental effects of plans and programmes, the Protocol places a special emphasis on the consideration of human health. [ [http://www.unece.org/env/eia/sea_protocol.htm Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment (Kiev, 2003)] ]
Although negotiated under UNECE, the Protocol will be open to all UN Member States.
Application of the Protocol is being supported by a number of measures including a [http://www.unece.org/env/eia/sea_manual/welcome.html Resource Manual] and the Belgrade Initiative on SEA (started under the UNECE "Environment for Europe" process).
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* [http://www.unece.org/env/sea/ Official website]
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