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