Good Practice Recommendations on Public Participation in Strategic Environmental Assessment: Prepared under the Protocol on Strategic Environmental ... in a Transboundary Context (Espoo Convention) - Softcover

United Nations: Economic Commission For Europe

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9211171121 ISBN 13: 9789211171129

Publisher: United Nations, 2016

Synopsis

The recommendations are based on existing good practice and are intended as a practical tool to provide helpful guidance and to improve the implementation of the provisions of the Aarhus Convention in decision-making to: a) to assist Parties when designing their legal framework on public participation in environmental decision-making; b) to assist public officials on a day-to-day basis when designing and carrying out public participation procedures on environmental decision-making under the Convention, and c) to provide an invaluable tool through which to share expertise and good practice so as to promote early, timely and effective opportunities for such participation. They may also be of value to members of the public, including NGOs and the private sector.

About this title

About the Author:

Jose Antonio Ocampo is Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations for Economic and Social Affairs, and former Executive Secretary of ECLAC.

About this edition

• Publisher: United Nations
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 9211171121
• ISBN 13: 9789211171129
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 30