| TABLE 3: International Decisionmaking, Preparation and Approval of National Laws and Regulations, Strategies, Programs and Plans | |||||||
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| 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 |
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| 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) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Adequate notification (right to be informed) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Access to information (right to access to information) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
NGO's have a general right to participate in the definition of environmental policies and fundamental legislation (Article 4º Law 10/87, April 4) NGO's have the right to be notified and to comment the following projects: urban plans; regional plans of development; EIA, creation and management of protected areas, renewal and rehabilitation of urban areas; agricultural management plans (art. 5º Law 10/87, April 4) |
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