1.
Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)
and Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

2.
• Tools for: green growth, attaining Sustainable Development
Goals and address climate change
• Ensure that environmental and health implications of
strategic and project-related decisions on economic development
are considered and addressed before decisions are taken
• Improve planning
• Save time and costs
• Improve decision-making and strengthen governance
(transparency, participation, ownership)
• Streamline economic growth
• Enhance cross-sectoral and transboundary cooperation
Importance of SEA and EIA

3.
• Alignment of national EIA and SEA legislation and
procedures with UNECE Espoo Convention & the
Protocol on SEA and EU EIA & SEA Directives
• Building capacity for their effective implementation
following international good practice
Main goals = accomplishments

4.
Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Georgia Republic of
Moldova
Ukraine

5.
Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Georgia Republic of
Moldova
Ukraine

6.
ARMENIA

7.
• The Law on EIA and Ecological Expertise adopted (2014)
• The draft amendments to the Law on EIA and Ecological
Expertise and the draft Governmental Decision on SEA
prepared (2017)
Major outputs and achievements
• Pilot SEA of National Strategic Development Plan,
Road Map, and Long-Term Investment Plan for the
Solid Waste Management Sector of Armenia carried out
(2016 – 2017)
• Training workshops organized (as a part of the pilot
SEA)
• SEA guidelines and SEA/EIA capacity building
‘roadmap’ will be finalized

8.
AZERBAIJAN

9.
Major outputs and achievements
• Draft legislation on EIA and SEA was revised,
improved and submitted to the Cabinet of Ministers
of Azerbaijan Republic
• A number of persons gained theoretical knowledge
on SEA, awareness raised on SEA among
governmental authorities and civil society (video on
SEA in Azerbaijani prepared)
• SEA was applied to the National strategy on
alternative and renewable energy use following
major steps outlined by the Protocol on SEA
• Preparation of SEA recommendation paper was
initiated, the final draft shall foster implementation
of the SEA legislation

10.
BELARUS

11.
Major outputs and achievements
• SEA was introduced by adoption of the Law on
State Ecological Expertise, SEA and EIA (July
2016)
• Regulation on SEA procedure, providing further
details (content of SEA report, requirement for the
SEA specialist, etc.) approved
• Legal round-tables, drafting sessions
and training workshop organized at the
national and local levels
• Transboundary EIA pilot on Post - Project Analysis
for Khotislavskoye quarry (Belarus – Ukraine)
implemented
• Recommendations for improving transboundary EIA
procedures and carrying out post-project analysis
formulated

12.
GEORGIA

13.
Major outputs and achievements
• The Environmental Assessment Code was adopted
by the Parliament in June 2017
• Guidelines on Practical Implementation of SEA and
EIA were prepared
• Pilot SEA of the National Waste Management
Strategy and Action Plan was implemented
• A number of experts were trained on SEA (national
training workshops, dedicated training events) events)
• Awareness on SEA was raised (video on SEA in
Georgian prepared, high-level events, national
SEA/EIA capacity development strategy)

14.
REPUBLIC
OF
MOLDOVA

15.
Major outputs and achievements
• Law on EIA adopted in May 2014 (in force since
January 2015)
• Law on SEA adopted by Parliament in March 2017
(will enter in force in March 2018)
• Draft Guidelines on SEA prepared
• SEA pilots at national (Road Map on Green Economy)
and local (Master Plan of Orhei City) levels
implemented
• A number of people trained on SEA both at the
national and regional levels
• Broad awareness and information campaign in the
country organized (SEA/EIA capacity development
roadmap will be finalized)

16.
UKRAINE

17.
Major outputs and achievements
• New SEA and EIA legislation prepared, Law on EIA
already adopted and signed by the President –
UNECE assisted in promoting a need to prepare and
introduce legislative framework for SEA and EIA
• Awareness on SEA raised (over sixty representatives
of governmental authorities and CSOs attended SEA
seminars, SEA/EIA capacity development roadmap
will be finalized)
• Pilot project on the transboundary EIA post-project
analysis (Khotislavskoye quarry) was carried out in
cooperation between Belarus and Ukraine
• Methodological recommendations on SEA
application prepared to support implementation of
SEA and EIA procedures

18.
SUB-REGIONAL
ACTIVITIES

19.
• Overview of legislative and administrative reforms for
implementing SEA in Eastern Europe and the Caucasus
• General Guidance for Developing SEA Framework
Major outputs and achievements
• Three sub-regional events organized:
 Study tour on SEA to the Czech Republic (2014)
 1
st
Sub-regional conference & Training of trainers
workshop: Enhancing SEA in selected countries of Eastern
Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia (Georgia, 2015)
 2
nd
Sub-regional workshop: Sharing experience with
introducing SEA and EIA in selected countries of Eastern
Europe and the Caucasus (Ukraine, 2017)
• Manual for Trainers: Application of the Protocol on SEA
• Video and brochure on SEA facts and benefits

20.
SUB-REGIONAL
ACTIVITIES
OVERALL
PROGRESS MADE

21.
• New legislative framework prepared and – in the most of the
countries – adopted
• General awareness on SEA has been raised, especially among
the decision-makers at the national level and sectoral ministries
• Awareness-raising materials available
• There are capacities at the national level to coordinate SEA and
EIA procedures
• A network of ‘focal points’ has been established to exchange
experience and to communicate on ‘daily matters’
• A ‘core group’ of experts exists in each country able to develop
and deliver trainings on SEA/EIA
• Training materials available