Chapter 2: Denmark

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MAPPING AND EVALUATION OF OPPORTUNITIES

Tables 3-5 are an illustration of the opportunities that exist for public participation in key decisionmaking processes in Denmark. In the case of management of environmental funds there does not exist any right for the public to participate. In Denmark the right to participate in the approval and preparation of local and regional plans is primarily existing in connection with the spatial planning and this deal with in Table 5.

TABLE 3: International Decisionmaking
  Initiation of DM (problem/ proposal) Defining the scope, issues and stakeholders (pre-decision scoping) Defining the scope of DM (impacts and alternatives) Evaluation of the alternatives Selection of the alternative (DM about the selected alternative) Execution of the selected alternative Post-decision monitoring & enforcement (feedback/ adjustment)

Phases of Decisionmaking
LEVELS OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
Control of decisionmaking (right to decide) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Decisionmaking power is shared (right to joint decisionmaking) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Comments are seriously taken into account (right to be heard) 1 1 1 1 1 1 3
Adequate notification (right to be informed) 1 1 3 3 3 5 5
Access to information (right to access to information) 1 5 5 5 5 5 5

TABLE 4: Preparation and Approval of National Laws, Regulations, Strategies and Policies
  Initiation of DM (problem/ proposal) Defining the scope, issues and stakeholders (pre-decision scoping) Defining the scope of DM (impacts and alternatives) Evaluation of the alternatives Selection of the alternative (DM about the selected alternative) Execution of the selected alternative Post-decision monitoring & enforcement (feedback/ adjustment)

Phases of Decisionmaking
LEVELS OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
Control of decisionmaking (right to decide) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Decisionmaking power is shared (right to joint decisionmaking) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Comments are seriously taken into account (right to be heard) 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Adequate notification (right to be informed) 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Access to information (right to access to information) 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

TABLE 5: Preparation and Approval of Territorial Plans (Spatial/Local Land-Use Plans), Environmental Impact Assessment, Siting and Permitting
  Initiation of DM (problem/ proposal) Defining the scope, issues and stakeholders (pre-decision scoping) Defining the scope of DM (impacts and alternatives) Evaluation of the alternatives Selection of the alternative (DM about the selected alternative) Execution of the selected alternative Post-decision monitoring & enforcement (feedback/ adjustment)

Phases of Decisionmaking
LEVELS OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
Control of decisionmaking (right to decide) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Decisionmaking power is shared (right to joint decisionmaking) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Comments are seriously taken into account (right to be heard) 4 4 4 4 3 4 4
Adequate notification (right to be informed) 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Access to information (right to access to information) 5 5 5 5 5 5 5


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