Application
of Directive 2001/42/EC in Spatial Planning in the Enlarged European
Union
Key
Challenges and Opportunities
Seminar
Time:
April 14-16, 2004
Venue: Ady Endre ut 9-11,
Szentendre,
Hungary
Co-sponsor:
 The
Ministry of the Environment of Norway
Organiser:
The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe
Objective of the seminar
The seminar offered an opportunity to discuss the
issues related to the forthcoming implementation of Directive 2001/42/EC
on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes
on the environment (the SEA Directive) in the enlarged European
Union. It was tailored to the needs of government officials at national,
regional and local levels and of practitioners who will undertake
strategic environmental assessments (SEA) in accordance with the
SEA Directive in different spatial planning frameworks (including
land-use planning or town and country planning).
The seminar provided a forum for detailed discussion
on the main challenges in the practical application of the SEA Directive.
It focused on integration of SEA into the elaboration of spatial
plans, selection of appropriate SEA approaches and methodologies,
design of effective public participation for land-use planning and
SEA, and quality reviews of SEA in spatial planning.
A complete list
of participants is available here.
Background
papers and presentations
Opening remarks, Marta Szigeti Bonifert, Executive
Director, the Regional Environmental Centre for Central and Eastern
Europe
Presentation
(347-KByte, 5-page PDF file)
Welcome note from David Aspinwall, the European
Commission - DG Environment Letter
(38.4-KByte, 3-page PDF file)
SEA in spatial planning: Key issues for consideration,
Maria do Rosário Partidário, New University of Lisbon
Background paper
(74.6-KByte, 13-page PDF file) and Presentation
(165-KByte, 19-page PDF file)
SEA and spatial planning in Slovakia: Current practices
and lessons for practical application of the EC SEA Directive, Ingrid
Belcakova, Faculty of Architecture, Slovak Technical University
Presentation (248-KByte,
8-page PDF file)
Background
paper (272-KByte PDF file)
SEA and land-use planning in Poland: Good practices
and lessons for practical application of the EC SEA Directive, Aleksandra
Wiszniewska, Arcadis, Poland
Background
paper (137-KByte, 19-page PDF file) and Presentation
(78.5-KByte, 9-page PDF file)
SEA and spatial planning in Scandinavia: Current
practices and lessons for practical application of the EC SEA Directive,
Tuija Hilding Rydevik, Nordregio - Nordic Center for Spatial Development,
Sweden
Background
paper (24-KByte, 3-page PDF file) and Presentation
(47.9-KByte, 4-page PDF file)
SEA and land-use planning in Hungary: Current practices
and lessons for practical application of the EC SEA Directive, Gábor
Szarvas, ERM Hungary
Presentation
(252-KByte, 9-page PDF file)
Integrating SEA into spatial and regional planning:
Lessons from Central and Eastern Europe, Jiri Dusik, The Regional
Environmental Centre for Central and Eastern Europe
Background paper
(55.4-KByte, 3-page PDF file) and Presentation
(131-KByte, 20-page PDF file)
Selecting effective SEA approach and methodology
for spatial planning: Lessons learned from SEA in town and country
planning in the United Kingdom, Carys Jones, School of Planning
and Landscape, University of Manchester
Background paper
(120-KByte, 13-page PDF file) and Presentation
(387-KByte, 29-page PDF file)
Designing effective public participation system
for SEA in spatial planning: Lessons from Austria, Ralf Aschemann,
Austrian Institute for the Development of Environmental Assessment
Background paper (34.3-KByte,
6-page PDF file) and Presentation
(577-KByte, 18-page PDF file)
Reviewing quality of an SEA: Lessons from use of
SEA review package for spatial planning, Aleg Cherp, Central European
University
Presentation (217-KByte,
12-page PDF file)
Related documents
Directive
2001/42/EC of the European Parliament and the Council on the assessment
of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment
(127-KByte, 8-page PDF file)
Benefits
of Strategic Environmental Assessment (2003) by REC/UNDP (81-KByte,
5-page PDF file)
Strategic
impact assessment for spatial planning: methodological guidance
for application in Portugal, prepared by Maria do Rosário
Partidário (536-KByte, 40-page PDF file)
SUIT-
Sustainable development of urban historical areas through an active
integration within towns, Guidance for the Environmental assessment
of the impacts of certain plans, programmes or projects upon the
heritage value of historical areas, in order to contribute to their
long-term sustainability, prepared by LEMA (2.49-MByte, 136-page
PDF file)
The
Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive: Guidance for Planning
Authorities Practical guidance on applying European Directive 2001/42/EC
‘on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes
on the environment’ to land use and spatial plans in England,
2003 (340-KByte, 66-page PDF file)
Sustainable
development and the role of SEA in municipal comprehensive planning
in Sweden by Hólmfridur Bjarnadóttir and Ann Åkerskog,
published in: T Hilding-Rydevik (2003) Environmental Assessment
of Plans and Programmes. Nordregio R2003:4. Stockholm, (254-KByte,
35-page PDF file)
Example of public participation and spatial planning in Switzerland
Participants from Switzerland shared the following
example with the seminar. Switzerland is divided into 26 cantons.
Spatial plans have been prepared for all of them covering the entire
surface of the country (including the mountain ranges). An example
of public participation
in the Zug canton (about 100,000 inhabitants) is available above
(whole text, only in German), along with a map of the canton.
Comments from seminar participants
— The seminar was extremely interesting.
It felt like an intensive training and I can say that I felt the
difference from the moment of my arrival here.
— The information about the environmental
legislation in different countries was very useful for me.
— It was a good mixture of participants —
both form EU and CEE, both from institutes and universities as well
as private sector. I learned a lot from talking to the others during
the breaks.
— Very enjoyable workshop and found meeting
colleagues from countries that I am not so familiar with very stimulating.
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