Towards an Analytical Strategic Environmental Assessment methodology – ANSEA
ANSEA intends to enhance theoretical and methodological background to Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) to assist the implementation of the future EU Directive and the EU activities on Assessment of Policies. The objective is to identify ways to deal with the uncertainties, which might have significant environmental implications, embedded in these processes.
ANSEA intends to enhance theoretical and methodological background to Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) to assist the implementation of the future EU Directive and the EU activities on Assessment of Policies.
The SEA of policies, plans and programmes can be grouped in three methodological approaches: environmental impact assessment, incorporation of sustainability goals, process efficiency assessment. ANSEA will mainly address the analysis and evaluation of decision and policy making processes. The objective is to identify ways to deal with the uncertainties, which might have significant environmental implications, embedded in these processes.
FEEM is responsible for the definition of the evaluation techniques used in selecting alternatives and it is involved in the elaboration of the practical guidelines, particularly in gathering information on one or two SEA applications to be critically assessed. FEEM is also responsible for the organisation of the final Symposium.
The project is co-ordinated by TAU Consultora Ambiental, Madrid (Spain).