(a) An !dea's report for 2008 has been finished (currently only in German)

(b) Ralf Aschemann published his paper "Lessons learned from Austrian SEAs" in the June 2004 (Vol. 14, pp. 165-174) issue of "European Environment", cf. abstract

(c) An !dea's paper for the 22. IAIA meeting 2002 in The Hague, can be find here, its title: "Pros and Cons of the EU SEA Directive"
Another actual paper can be read here, its title: Strategic environmental assessment (NATO/CCMS-EIA pilot project)

(d) An !dea's director, Ralf Aschemann, conducted several studies on environmental assessment issues, e.g.:

• International experiences with strategic environmental assessment (1995/96), full text available via the Austrian Ministry of Environment (MoE), but only in German
• Strategic environmental assessment of land-use plan Weiz (1999), full text of the final report and of the environmental report available via MoE, but only in German
• Environmental assessment of legislation - Focussing on Styria (2000/2001)

The study mentioned below - also only in German, but with an English summary - is available via the Federal Chamber of Labour:

• Environmental effects of laws. Experiences abroad with ex ante assessments - possibilities for Austria? (1999), German summary available: Summary (in German)

(e) Moreover, An !dea was one partner of a team, led by William Sheate, which elaborated the following research study commissioned by the European Commission:

• Strategic Environmental Assessment and Integration of the Environment into Strategic Decision-Making (2001), use this URL for downloading it

(f) More papers have been finished, but they are not officially published, yet (e.g. concerning sustainability indicators and health impact assessment)

(g)The Commission recommends the following EIA- and SEA publications:

• Studies, Reports and Guidance on EIA
• Studies, Reports and Guidance on SEA

 

 
 
 

(h) Chapter "Implementing SEA in Austria" in Schmidt, Joao, Albrecht: Implementing             Strategic Environmental Assessment, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 2005.
Further publications are under preparation.

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