SEA and integration of environment into strategic decision making
Environmental scientists may be interested in compiling tenders for a study to identify the decision-making context and key factors for effective implementation of strategic environmental assessment for policies, plans and programmes (SEA). The study should consider the usefulness of SEA as an instrument for integrating the environment into strategic decision making and, in particular: - To identify and describe the main models of institutional and organisational structures for strategic decision making, and of communication and operation processes at inter-institutional and interdepartmental level, and between administrative level and external parties/partners; to analyse how these models and processes influence the effectiveness of SEA; - To identify tools and methods for integration of the environment into strategic decision making and to analyse how these stand in relation to SEA; - To identify key success factors for effective implementation of SEA and to make recommendations for establishing an effective decision-making framework for the integration of the environment in which SEA can play its role in an effective way. For further information, please contact, quoting reference B4/ETU/990087: European Commission DG XI - Environment, Nuclear Safety and Civil Protection Mr B. Sinnott 200 rue de la Loi B-1049 Brussels Fax+32-2-2994449