SEA Implementation report (285-Kbyte PDF file) Outline The goal of the project was to support international codification of modern strategic environmental assessment (SEA) systems within the Environment for Europe Process and Rio+10 processes. This goal was achieved through: provision of REC input into negotiations of the SEA Protocol to the UN/ECE Espoo Convention; support pilot SEA applications in Central and Eastern Europe; and promotion of SEA within the Rio+10 process. The implementation of these objectives was achieved by: supporting REC participation in negotiations on the UNECE SEA Protocol; elaborating the first outline of the Training and Implementation Manual for the UN/ECE SEA Protocol, welcomed by the UN/ECE Secretariat to the Espoo Convention; providing technical and financial assistance for two large-scale SEAs of national programming documents for future use of EU structural funds in CEE; supporting the development of international SEA/EIA instruments in other UN regions, and providing input into international lobbying for systematic treatment of SEA issues within the Johannesburg process; and disseminating the lessons learned with SEA in CEE on global level.

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