1. IMED – UVAL & IMET – EA SEA and Environmental Issues “Italian Evaluation Units Open Days” Uval, Roma 5 July 2006 Aldo Ravazzi Douvan Italian Ministry for Environment & Territory Environmental Authority - Coordinator

2. IMED – UVAL & IMET – EA SEA and Environmental Issues 1.SEAs 2.Ensuring Technical Environmental Capacity (Capacity Building & Technical Assistance) 3.Lisbon Strategy and Goteborg Strategy 4.Lisbon Earmarking and Environment 5.…

3. IMED – UVAL & IMET – EA From EIA to SEA EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment) for Projects SEA (Strategic Environmental Assessment) for Plans & Programmes Reasons for SEA: oCumulated effects of single projects oMedium and long term effects of P&P and strategies oMissing analysis in P&P and strategies

4. IMED – UVAL & IMET – EA Assessment Instruments from Environment & Sustainable Development Communities 1.ECOLABEL for Products 2.EMAS (or ISO) Environmental Management Schemes for Plants (experiments: services, cities and industrial districts) 3.EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment) for Projects 4.SEA (Strategic Environmental Assessment) for Plans & Programmes 5.IA (Impact Assessment) for Laws & Bills (Directives & Regulations) [Regulatory IA or Sustainable Development IA] 3* Incidence IA for projects in Natura 2000 protected sites

5. IMED – UVAL & IMET – EA Convergence of Environment &SD Assessment Instruments with traditional Economic Assessment Instruments EIA and CBA SEA and Economic/Development Plans&Programmes