Check whether the SEA is: | Â By Reviewing Whether It: Â |
| Integrated | Addresses the interrelationships of biophysical, social and economic aspects |
|  | Is tiered to policies in relevant sectors and (transboundary) regions and, where appropriate, to project EIA and decision making  |
| Sustainability-led | Facilitates identification of development options and alternative proposals that are more sustainable  |
| Focused | Provides sufficient, reliable and usable information for development planning and decision making |
| Â | Concentrates on key issues of sustainable development, including key trade-offs between the stakeholders |
| Â | Is customized to the characteristics of the decision making process |
|  | Is cost and time effective  |
| Iterative | Ensures availability of the assessment results early enough to influence the decision making process and inspire future planning |
|  | Provides sufficient information on the actual impacts of implementing a strategic decision to judge whether this decision should be amended and to provide a basis for future decisions  |
| Accountable | Is the responsibility of the leading agencies for the strategic decision to be taken |
| Â | Is carried out with professionalism, rigor, fairness, impartiality and balance |
| Â | Is subject to independent checks and verification |
|  | Documents and justifies how sustainability issues were taken into account in decision making  |
| Participative | Informs and involves interested and affected public and government bodies throughout the decision making process |
| Â | Explicitly addresses their inputs and concerns in documentation and decision making |
| Â | Helps to achieve consensus between the stakeholders |
|  | Has clear, easily-understood information requirements and ensures sufficient access to all relevant information  |
| Influential | Has made an impact on the finally adopted strategic decision and its implementation |
| Â | Influences the overall attitude and institutional structure of the government bodies towards environmental and social sustainability issues |
| Â | Makes the government bodies want to be involved in a similar process, should the opportunity arise |
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