1. National capacity development manual for the UNECE Protocol on
“Pilot SEA Project as the Capacity Building Tool for SEA Protocol Implementation in Ukraine”
SEA Prague: 
“International experience and perspectives in SEA” September 2005
Prague, Czech Republic
National capacity development manual for the UNECE Protocol on
Strategic Environmental Assessment
(experience of Ukraine)
Olena Borysova, Yevgenia Varyvoda,
UNDP capacity building team
Kharkiv, Ukraine

2. OVERVIEW OF THE BASIC QUESTIONS
TEAM COMPOSITION;
OBSTACLES FOR SEA CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT MANUAL;
TARGET GROUPS;
PLANNED MODULES;
FORMAT OF THE MANUAL;
WORKPLAN;
MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS/CONCERNS.

4. OBSTACLES FOR SEA CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT
Absence of transparent programming process;
Lack of experience in environmental assessment (EA) implementation for strategic documents;
Undeveloped regulatory base for EA procedure;
Weak practice of public participation.

5. TARGET GROUPS AND THEIR NEEDS
Professionals in
environmental protection
Planners
Officials
Overview of SEA applicable methods
and tools;
Case studies, examples;
Comparisons between Ukrainian and
international practice;
References.
Review of the legal framework
for SEA;
Recommendations for SEA
practice development;
Information on public
participation and
consultations.
Methodological basis for
SEA introduction into planning process;
Overview of the international experience;
Clear explanation on SEA coordination
with planning process.

6. IY. The process of SEA implementation
I. Introduction to SEA
II. SEA Protocol implementation in the context of policy, programme, plans and legislation development (international and national levels)
III. Basic elements of SEA Protocol implementation
IY. The process of SEA implementation
Y. Public participation in SEA
YI. SEA methods and tools
YII. SEA process management
YIII. Capacity building development for SEA protocol
Annexes
Case studies

7. FORMAT OF THE SEA MANUAL
PUBLISHED VERSION IN UKRAINIAN WITH ANNOTATIONS IN ENGLISH TO EACH MODULE;
ELECTRONIC VERSION ON UNECE WEB SITE and the site of the Ministry of Environmental Protection;
CD-ROMs (FOR DISTRIBUTION AT THE NATIONAL/LOCAL WORKSHOPS);
LANGUAGEs:
UKRAINIAN (PUBLISHED+ELECTRONIC MANUAL);
ENGLISH (ELECTRONIC MANUAL).

8. Project working meeting, July 29, 2005
1st manual draft submission (among team members), Sep 15, 2005
Discussion, consultations on the 1st manual draft among the team, Sep 15-Oct 1
Regional consultations (Kyiv, Kharkiv, Lviv) Oct-Nov, 2005
Updating of the Manual draft
Oct-Nov, 2005
Submission of the 1st manual draft to UNDP, REC, and Steering committee, Nov 15
Updating of the Manual Nov 2005 –Jan 2006
Submission of the Manual
National workshop to launch the strategy and present the MANUAL

9. MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS/CONCERNS
COMPLETION OF THE 1ST WORKING DRAFT OF THE NATIONAL MANUAL on the basis of :
UNDERSTANDING OF THE SEA PLACE IN NATIONAL PLANNING PROCESS
STRONG COOPERATION BETWEEN PRACTITIONERS AND THEORISTS;
QUALIFIED AND PROFESSIONAL TEAM.
MAIN CONCERNS:
LACK OF COORDINATION BETWEEN NATIONAL ACTORS IN SEA PROCESS;
UNCERTAINTY WITH POLITICAL SITUATION.