Tóm tắt

This manual was prepared to assist a two days training course onrnStrategic Environmental Assessment, as a pre-meeting course of thernInternational Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA).rnIt contains background information on the evolution, concepts andrnprinciples of SEA, based on existing literature. It also refers to existingrnlegislation, procedure and guidance on SEA, reproducing examples fromrndifferent international contexts. It addresses the practical implementationrnof SEA, looking at SEA as a set of framework elements that can be builtrninto existing decision-making procedures, and also SEA as a morernrationale and streamlined procedure. It refers to methods used, illustratedrnby examples of policy, planning and programming case-studies as appliedrnin practice.