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SEA, in particular, one study which dealt with the I. WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES AND development of an overall research strategy for FINDINGS - INTRODUCTION EIAISEA. 2 On 4th December 1996, the Commission Volker Kleinschmidt & Dieter Wagner, passed a "Proposal for a Council Directive on the PRO TERRA TEAM GmbH / Stadt-und Assessment of the Effects of Certain Plans and Regionalplanung Dr. Paul G. Jansen) Programmes on the Environment". 3 Finally, after years of negotiations, there is a proposal for a SEA Directive which now has to be discussed within the institutions of the European Union and its Member States. The scope of the Potsdam workshop covers 1. INTRODUCTION Strategic Environmental Assessment for decisions above the project level, Le. for plans, programmes and policies. The principal tasks of the workshop Since 1990, the Directorate General XI of the were: European Commission has supported and co - to specify current SEA-related methodologies and ordinated several international expert meetings in procedures, to identify major deficiencies and to the field of "Environmental Impact Assessment". propose means of overcoming these, The participants of these meetings were drawn from - to identify constraints to SEA implementation in ministries, different branches of public administra the Member States and means of overcoming tion, EIA-Centres and research institutes. The par these constraints, ticipants coming from different backgrounds ensured - to identify SEA research and training needs, intensive, interdisciplinary discussions. The previous training methods and means of implementing workshops have focused on the following topics: these.
List of contents
I. Workshop Objectives and Findings - Introduction.- II. Findings and Recommendations of the Working Groups.- The Proposal for a Directive on Strategic Environmental Assessment for Certain Plans and Programmes.- Support Actions by the European Commission on Sea.- Sea in the European Union: Some Issues and Proposals.- A Proposal for the Development and Implementation of an Overall Strategy for Sea Research in the EU.- Environment and the Structural Funds - Improving Evaluation and Monitoring.- Development of Sea for the Trans-European Transport Network (Ten) and Its Corridors.- Strategic Environmental Assessment - Austrian Sea Study.- Environmental Assessment in Belgium (Walloon Region).- Strategic Environmental Assessment in Flanders: A Slowly Growing Foetus.- Strategic Environmental Assessment in Denmark.- Danish Experience with Sea in Policy-Making.- Strategic Environmental Assessment in Finland.- Sea Research in Finland.- Strategic Impact Appraisal in France: For A Better Use of Our Experience with Environmental Impact Assessment.- Strategic Environmental Assessment for Transportation in France.- Strategic Environmental Impact Assessment in Land Use Planning: The Erlangen Case Study.- Strategic Environmental Impact Assessment in Germany with a Special Focus on the State Of Brandenburg.- Development of Environmental Quality Objectives for the German-Dutch Border Region.- Brief Overview on Sea in Greece.- Strategic Environmental Assessment (Sea) and the Decision Makers or "Homo Politicus".- Developments in Strategic Environmental Assessments in Ireland.- Some Information on Strategic Environmental Assessment in Italy.- The Dutch Approach: Carrot and Stick.- Strategic Environmental Assessment in Portugal.- Sea in Spain.- Sea Methodology and Research in Spain:Opportunities and Restraints.- Overview of Sea in Sweden.- Strategic Environmental Assessment (Sea) in Sweden - Approaches, Methodology, Application, and Research.- Strategic Environmental Assessment within Canada's Memorandum to Cabinet Procedure: Some Personal Reflections.- Strategic Environmental Assessment in the Czech Republic.- Strategic Environmental Assessment in Norway.- Strategic Environmental Assessment in Norway.- Institutional Strenghtening of the Eia System in Poland.- of Strategic Environmental Assessment (Sea) in Hungary.- List of Authors and Participants.- European Commission: Proposal for a Council Directive on the Assessment of the Effects of Certain Plans and Programmes on the Environment.
About the author
Dr. Dieter Wagner ist Professor für Organisation und Personalmanagement, Direktor des Instituts für Gründung und Innovation und Vizepräsident für den Bereich Wissens- und Technologietransfer an der Universität Potsdam.
