European and International Experiences of Strategic Environmental Assessment

Barry Sadler has more than 40 years’ experience in the field of impact assessment as a practitioner, analyst and advisor to a number of international organisations; his main areas of interest are in strategic environmental assessment and sustainability appraisal.Jiří Dusík is Managing Partner at Integra Consulting and has been involved in various projects on the development of SEA systems, guidance and practice in Europe and Asia since 1997.

• 1. SEA at a milestone and a crossroad: The paradox of progress and performance 2. SEA Reconsidered: The Anatomy of Effectiveness in a No Analogue World 3. The implementation of the EU SEA Directive: Main achievements and challenges 4. Reflections on a dysfunctional SEA-system – the case of Swedish spatial planning 5. SEA and EU Cohesion Policy: Coming together or still far apart? 6. SEA in Europe, the Caucaus and Central-Asia: Implementation of the UNECE Protocol on SEA to the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (Espoo Convention) 7. Toward Good Practice in SEA for Development Cooperation 8. Effectiveness of European national SEA systems: How are they making a difference? 9. Sector-specific SEA: Are we getting it right? 10. SEA Procedures and Methods: The importance of baseline, political and pragmatic contexts 11. Public and Stakeholder Engagement in Strategic Environmental Assessment 12. Linking SEA with other assessment and planning tools 13. Integrating Climate Change in SEA practice 14. Beyond current SEA practice 15. SEA Research and Capacity Development Agenda

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