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Environmental assessment in Belarus

Methodical recommendations on carrying out Strategic Environmental Assessment in the Republic of Belarus. Environmental assessment in Belarus. Environmental impact assessment. Environmental expertise. Espo Convention in Belarus on February 8, 2006. And now:.

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Environmental assessment in Belarus

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  1. Methodical recommendationson carrying out Strategic Environmental Assessment in the Republic of Belarus

  2. Environmental assessment in Belarus Environmental impact assessment • Environmental expertise

  3. Espo Convention in Belarus on February 8, 2006 And now: To join the Kyiv Protocol – the main aim of the Republic of Belarus today

  4. Methods and procedures of carrying out SEA Field of application The main requirements to the SEA report Order of carrying out SEA Possibilities of including SEA into the process of planning Methodical recommendations

  5. Objects of SEA in the Republic of Belarus Forecasts Strategies Programs

  6. The structure of the methodical recommendations • general provisions; • organization of carrying out of SEA; • the order of carrying out the SEA; • effectiveness of carrying out the SEA

  7. General provisions • Main definitions of the methodical recommendations

  8. Organization of carrying out the SEA To create an informational data bank of experts on environment assessment (Instituteof freelanceexperts)

  9. Chapter 3 “The order of carrying out the SEA” • Stages of developing the strategic document in the Republic of Belarus Steps of SEA

  10. Decision-making • Developing the • concept • Developing the project by • the workinggroup • Considerationof the project and • making a decision about • sending the document • for approval • Coordination • Revision • Approval Stages of the development of strategic documents

  11. The main steps of SEA • Making a decision about carrying out the SEA • Creation of an expert group • Assessment of conception • Assessment of the project • Preparation of the report • Passing the report to the developer

  12. Forms of public participations • Mechanism of public participation isn’t developed in the Republic of Belarus Only recommendations for public participations

  13. Assessment of the project of the strategic document

  14. Assessment of the mechanisms of realization of strategic document: • Applying of indicators

  15. Assessment of SEA effectiveness : • is conducted by the document’s developer

  16. Conclusions: • Conducting the SEA of the sectoral programs will allow to improve the process of planning and to avoid many shortcomings and defects in different sectors • Introduction of the SEA tool at the early stages of planning and development of the documents will allow to make strategic documents more “ecological” • The suggested methodical recommendations will facilitate the further capacity building in the sphere of environmental assessment in the Republic of Belarus with the aim to join to Kyiv Protocol on SEA

  17. Thank you for your attention

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