New project on environmental assessment and environmental managementhomeAn !dea is part of a consortium, that performs an EU funded project on environmental assessment and environmental management, starting with 1 December 2008. For more information please see the project's website or the following pdf for that at new project "TwoEA-M".
Transposing the SEA Directive in Austria
Currently, Austria is transposing the requirements of the SEA Directive into its legal system, both at federal and provincial level.
Already finished for the following pieces of legislation:
(i) Federal level:
Federal Water Management Act, Federal Waste Management Act, Federal Act on strategic assessment for the transport sector, Federal Clean Air Act, Federal Noise Act
(ii) Provincial level:
Spatial Planning Act of Burgenland, Roads Act of Burgenland, IPPC installations, Seveso II-installations and Environmental Information Act of Burgenland; Carinthian Environmental Planning Act; Spatial Planning Act of Lower Austria; Spatial Planning Act of Upper Austria, Roads Act of Upper Austria; Waste Management Act of Salzburg, Spatial Planning Act of Salzburg, Environmental Protection and Environmental Information Act of Salzburg; Spatial Planning Act of Styria, Styrian Noise Protection Act; Tyrolean Environmental Assessment Act, Tyrolean Spatial Planning Act; Spatial Planning Act of Vorarlberg, Roads Act of Vorarlberg, Waste Management Act of Vorarlberg, IPPC-installations and Seveso II-installations Act of Vorarlberg; Viennese Waste Management Act, Viennese Act on National Parks, Viennese Noise Protection Act, and Viennese Building Code.Almost finished for these pieces of legislation: Regulation to the Federal Noise Act, Regulation to the Federal Act on strategic assessment for the transport sector;
Roads Act of Upper Austria, and Styrian IPPC-installations and Seveso II-installations Act.Conference on SEAs in the transport sector in Warsaw
On June 30, 2006 an international conference on SEA in the transport sector has taken place in Warsaw, Poland, completing the COST 350 action; please find more information here.
Transposing the SEA Directive in Germany
Germany has adopted two federal pieces of legislation in order to transpose the SEA Directive: (1) The amendment of the "EAG Bau" (came into force on July 21, 2004) and (2) the amendment of the German EIA Act ("UVPG"), adopted by the German Parliament on May 12, 2005 and by the "Bundesrat" (Chamber of the Laender) on May 27, 2005.
It is expected, that the EIA Acts of the 16 "Laender" will be amended soon in order to implement the SEA Directive's requirements.IAIA SEA Conference Sept. 2005 in Prague
From 26 - 30 September 2005 IAIA, REC and the Czech University of Agriculture have organized the first global conference on SEA in Prague. Almost 400 participants from all over the world (citizens from 80 different countries) took part in this scientific event, which was planned by the programme committee, composed of seven experts: Maria Rosario do Partidario, Barry Sadler, Jiri Dusik, Thomas Fischer, Urszula Rzeszot, Rob Verheem and Ralf Aschemann (An !dea). Here you can download his summary of stream D ("cross-cutting issues").
Moreover, you can download all "position papers" via the IAIA-Homepage (browse to "conferences"). The presentations and papers should be available at the end of 2005 via the same URL, too.
SEA Guidance from the Commission
The Commission published its guidance for the SEA Directive, you can download it via this link (pdf, approx. 350 kB).
SUPport: SEA conference on April 24, 2003 in Graz
On Thursday, April 24, 2003 the conference
"SUPport"
Strategic environmental assessment
Practice - Organization - Trendshas taken place in Graz, organized by An !dea and the Austrian Federal Environment Agency. The congress dealt e.g. with "Integration of methodology into existing planning procedures", "Effective SEA processes" and "Public participation".
The proceedings (in German, one paper in English) can be downloaded then via this link!
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