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SEA at the Policy, Plan and Program Levels

Module 1: Basics of SEA. SEA at the Policy, Plan and Program Levels. Associate Professor John Bailey Murdoch University, Perth, Australia. What Are the Three Ps?.

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SEA at the Policy, Plan and Program Levels

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  1. Module 1: Basics of SEA SEA at the Policy, Plan and Program Levels Associate Professor John Bailey Murdoch University, Perth, Australia

  2. What Are the Three Ps? • Policy: a broad statement of intent, including an objective and a broadly stated course of action to meet the objective (and issues of priority?) • Can be: private or public, explicit or implicit, statutory or non-statutory

  3. What Are the Three Ps? (Cont.) • Plan: a more specific outline of a strategy for implementing a policy • Program: an agenda consisting of proposals or instruments, of greater specificity, for implementing a policy; sometimes referred to as a group of projects

  4. What Are the Three Ps? (Cont.) • Policies, plans and programs make up the hierarchy of the decision-making process • Result in a tiered relationship • There is considerable overlap between plans and programs • Level of specificity and certainty increase moving downwards in the hierarchy • Work at different spatial and temporal scales

  5. Implications of Definitions • Although generalized statements can be made about the meaning of PPPs, in practice definitions vary between countries: • Vary by country and/or agency • Primarily due to their dependence on existing political and institutional contexts • Exact definitions often outlined in policy documents

  6. Implications of Differences in Definitions • Differences impact: • Level of integration (agency and through the tiers) • Method selection – success • Need clear definitions to select appropriate methods

  7. General Methodology • The literature to date has promoted the benefits of SEA but lacks details on how the process should be carried out • To primary categories for the emerging methodology: • Extension of EIA • Sustainability-led

  8. General Methodology (cont.) • Extension of EIA • Using project EIA procedures and techniques at the PPP level • Sustainability-led • Integrating sustainability ideas in a tiering/trickle-down process • Using policy analysis-type methods • Growing focus

  9. General Methodology (cont.) • Key characteristics of both streams of methodology: • Public involvement • Accountability • Early use • Consideration of alternatives and potential impacts • Timely, relevant and influential in the decision process when used

  10. Methodology - Policy • SEA is a policy formulation aid not a post-facto justification tool • Integration needs to start at the policy level • Addresses higher levels of uncertainty • Examples of integrated policy instruments are the Resource Management Act in New Zealand, and the Dutch e-test

  11. Methodology - Plan and Program • Focus on sectors: • Primarily - energy, transport and waste management • Secondary - regional development and land use planning

  12. Methodology - Plan • Two potential forms: • Existing sector system integration - e.g. spatial planning process in Portugal • Broad based integration - e.g. schemes in Western Australia

  13. Methodology - Program • E.g. U.S. programmatic EIS • New agency programs or regulations under NEPA • Major federal actions

  14. IAIA Criteria for SEA • Integrated • Sustainability-led • Focused • Accountable • Participative • Iterative

  15. Concluding Remarks • Implications of PPP definitions • General methodology themes • Selection of SEA methodology

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