ABSTRACT
A Screening: Deciding whether a given strategic action requires SEA. In the early stages of a new SEA system, some kind of agreed screening ‘rules’ will need to be set up (normally at the national level) which specify what broad categories of strategic actions require SEA. Subsequently, at the level of the individual strategic action, a decision will need to be taken about whether that strategic action falls within the ‘rules’ and requires SEA or not.
