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Building capacity for SEA in Brazil Maria Rosário Partidário

This paper explores the capacity-building process for SEA in Brazil, focusing on technical, institutional, and legal aspects. It outlines a decision-centered SEA model and emphasizes the importance of sectoral ministries developing their approaches within this framework. Key challenges, implementation priorities, and successful SEA strategies are discussed, highlighting the shift from EIA to SEA. The text underscores the role of SEA in promoting sustainable decision-making and good governance, adding significant value to the process.

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Building capacity for SEA in Brazil Maria Rosário Partidário

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  1. IAIA’07 - Seoul, Korea Building capacity for SEA in Brazil Maria Rosário Partidário IST-Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal mrp@civil.ist.utl.pt also on behalf of Fabricio A. Barreto, Ruy de Góes, Vania Soares, Fed. Min Environment Leandro F. Couto, Federal Ministry of Planning Izabella Teixeira, IBAMA-Rio de Janeiro and researcher UFRJ

  2. Capacity Building for SEA in Brazil Leadership and organizations directly engaged: (LEADERS) M. Planning + M. Environment + M. Transports, M. Mines and Energy, M. Tourism United Nations Development Programme (support to international consultancy)

  3. Capacity-Building process Three components: Technical capacity Institutional capacity (inter and intra organizations) Legal capacity

  4. Capacity-building process - key moments

  5. General concept (model) for SEA Objective of SEA - to facilitate planning processes, proactively influencing decisions to ensure sustainability processes. SEA model Decision-centred process Strategic approach Coordinator and help desk - CMA-GT (Assessment and Monitoring Commission - working group for SEA) Each sectoral ministries to develop their own approach in line with agreed general model

  6. Building Technical capacities About 60 federal government officials trained Two training courses (July and August) on: Planning in Brazil Environmental assessment techniques Environmental Policy instruments Public policies Governance and governability Spatial planning and environmental planning Social participation Indicators General course on SEA (applied to Brazilian cases )

  7. Building Institutional Capacities Inter-institucional- creating an SEA system, setting up the political decisional context (inter-institucional networks, preferred institutional links across institutions, sharing of tools, actions mechanisms, responsibilities, etc. Intra-institucional - sectorial institutional context that can facilitate SEA ownership by different sectors –“SEA nests”

  8. Key question for SEA in Brazil: How to change perspective - from environmental impacts to strategic use of environmental resources? • Major challenges •  Dialogue across sectors around a strategic vision on environment • Legislation that supports rather than blocks • Ensure sectors ownership of SEA - SEA should belong to those that use it, not to those that consider it should be used • Change of culture from EIA to SEA

  9. Implementation - priorities Establish a stratgeic based methodology (and multiply)+ Guiding procedures + SEA nests Ensure follow-up of results through CMA-GT

  10. Successful SEA • Focus on strategies - optional ways to meet objectives • SEA is a facilitator of decision-making and taylor-made • Promotes paths to sustainability • Favours good governance • Adds value to decision-making

  11. Thank YouMaria do Rosário Partidáriomrp@civil.ist.utl.pt

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