Scale of evaluation used: 1 never, 2 rarely, 3 sometimes, 4 usually, 5 always.
| TABLE 4: Preparation and Approval of National, Regional and Local Laws and Regulations* | |||||||
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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) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Adequate notification (right to be informed) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Access to information (right to access to information) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
* The opportunity for the public to participate within this chart appears before the national parliament or regional parliament or the local council initiates the decisionmaking process regarding the adoption of a law or regulation. This participation happens through a public initiative, promoting at the national or regional level that the national or regional parliament takes a decision on whether initiate the legislative procedure or by making comments to a governmental draft proposal to the parliament just before submitted to the parliament within a nonbinding consultative process. |
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| TABLE 5: Preparation and Approval of National, Regional and Local Policies, Strategies, Programs and Plans | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Adequate notification (right to be informed) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Access to information (right to access to information) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| TABLE 6: Preparation and Approval of Territorial Plans (Including Spatial/Local Land-Use Plans) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | 1/3* | 1 | 1/3* | 1/3* | 3 | 1/3* | 1/4* |
| Adequate notification (right to be informed) | 1/3* | 1 | 1/3* | 1 | 4 | 1/3* | 1/4* |
| Access to information (right to access to information) | 4/5** | 1/5** | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
* local land-use. ** the process is legally transparent because it has been included in a Law/decree, nevertheless, sometimes in practice there are real obstacles to access to the information in an appropriate way, these obstacles include the following: no photocopy facilities available, timetables set out to consult the information, etc. |
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| TABLE 7: 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 |
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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) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Adequate notification (right to be informed) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Access to information (right to access to information) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 |