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World Bank’s World Bank’s Strategic Environmental Strategic Environmental
Assessment ToolkitAssessment Toolkit
STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT IN STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT IN AFRICA AFRICA
REGIONAL WORKSHOP REGIONAL WORKSHOP
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA, June 16-19,2008ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA, June 16-19,2008
Fernando Loayza, Sr. SEA Specialist, World Bank
Content Content Background and ObjectiveBackground and Objective What is the SEA Toolkit?What is the SEA Toolkit? Organization of the SEA ToolkitOrganization of the SEA Toolkit
Basic InformationBasic Information
SectorsSectors
ToolsTools
What’s new?What’s new? How to access & demonstrationHow to access & demonstration
Background and Background and ObjectiveObjective
Objective: To support Task Objective: To support Task
Managers and environmental Managers and environmental
specialists to prepare and specialists to prepare and
implement SEAsimplement SEAs The toolkit became available over The toolkit became available over
the Internet in 2006the Internet in 2006 It is constantly being updated It is constantly being updated
only available online only available online
What is the SEA Toolkit?What is the SEA Toolkit? It is an online SEA resource libraryIt is an online SEA resource library Guides the user on SEA concepts and Guides the user on SEA concepts and
methods and provides concrete SEA methods and provides concrete SEA
examplesexamples Compiles SEA relevant information on:Compiles SEA relevant information on:
21 sectors21 sectors
20 handbooks, manuals and guidelines 20 handbooks, manuals and guidelines
100 SEA reports, summaries and TORs100 SEA reports, summaries and TORs
More than 25 links to relevant SEA websites More than 25 links to relevant SEA websites
21 commonly used SEA tools21 commonly used SEA tools
OrganizationOrganization Three main components:Three main components:
Basic InformationBasic Information SectorsSectors ToolsTools
Other information:Other information: SEA workshopsSEA workshops Bank SEA publicationsBank SEA publications SEA external linksSEA external links
SEA Toolkit: Basic InformationSEA Toolkit: Basic Information
Answers the following Answers the following
questions:questions: When is an SEA needed? When is an SEA needed?
What type of SEA is the most What type of SEA is the most
adequate? adequate?
What are the key issues in What are the key issues in
formulating and conducting formulating and conducting
effective SEAs?effective SEAs?
What are the good practices What are the good practices
or examples to draw on to or examples to draw on to
design and implement SEAs?design and implement SEAs?
SEA Toolkit: SectorsSEA Toolkit: Sectors Sectors are based on Sectors are based on
the World Bank’s the World Bank’s sector structuresector structure
Provides SEA Provides SEA materials (i.e., materials (i.e., handbooks, manuals handbooks, manuals and guidelines, SEA and guidelines, SEA reports, summaries reports, summaries and TORs from the and TORs from the World Bank and other World Bank and other organizations) by organizations) by sectorsector
SEA Toolkit: SEA ToolsSEA Toolkit: SEA Tools
Describes 21 tools Describes 21 tools Analytical toolsAnalytical tools
Descriptive toolsDescriptive tools Participatory toolsParticipatory tools
Provides reference Provides reference
materials for each materials for each
tool describedtool described
SEA Toolkit: Other InformationSEA Toolkit: Other Information SEA workshopsSEA workshops
Presentations and hands-on exercises from the Presentations and hands-on exercises from the SEA workshops held at the World BankSEA workshops held at the World Bank
Bank SEA publicationBank SEA publication Publication that discusses SEA (i.e., not SEA Publication that discusses SEA (i.e., not SEA
reports)reports) A link to the World Bank’s East Asia and the A link to the World Bank’s East Asia and the
Pacific region’s SEA web sitePacific region’s SEA web site SEA external linksSEA external links
Links to IAIA, UN agencies’ SEA related web sites, Links to IAIA, UN agencies’ SEA related web sites, among othersamong others
What’s new? What’s new? Policy SEA page – social learning cyclePolicy SEA page – social learning cycle
Climate change – only a few resources Climate change – only a few resources
available by nowavailable by now
SEA report search engine (upcoming)SEA report search engine (upcoming) It allows the users to search through thousands of It allows the users to search through thousands of
World Bank documents for “potentially” SEA reportsWorld Bank documents for “potentially” SEA reports
The mechanism is based on key-word search The mechanism is based on key-word search
limitation (e.g., it may select a report that only limitation (e.g., it may select a report that only
makes a reference to a SEA report)makes a reference to a SEA report)
How to Access the Toolkit How to Access the Toolkit
http://www.worldbank.org/seatoolkit
Thank you.Thank you.
http://www.worldbank.org/seatoolkithttp://www.worldbank.org/seatoolkit