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Juan Palerm commented on a debate | 30 April 2018

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Hi David, It would be great if you could ask about releasing the methodology. We can also make a more formal enquiry from DEVCO if necessary, in which case it would be great to have a contact name. This is of much interest to our unit within DEVCO (dealing with, inter alia, the promotion of...

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Paolo Toselli commented on a debate | 30 April 2018

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Of all interesting and useful comments I would like to reinforce the need of using primary data when planning a SEA. In Timor Leste, Development Partners and NGOs have for years established that the rate of deforestation is 1.7% yearly. This data is not supported with evidences. This high value of...

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David Annandale commented on a debate | 30 April 2018

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Hi Juan, Acutally .. there is no formal "adopted" WB methodology. I have worked on four DPL SEAs, and a methodology has developed out of this work. I can see that the EU's leverage may not be as strong, but I think the methodology may be useful in any event. I can make some representations to my WB...

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Juan Palerm commented on a debate | 30 April 2018

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Dear colleagues, Last week I attended a meeting organised by UN Environment where an SEA approach for post-crisis situations (referred to as Integrated SEA by its promoters) - developed by UN Environment together with the Netherlands Commission for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) - was discussed...

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Juan Palerm commented on a debate | 30 April 2018

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Hi David, Many thanks for drawing our attention to the methodology being prepared by the World Bank for SEAs in the context of DPLs. It will be interesting for DEVCO to see the approch put forward by the WB. One difference is that DEVCO does not provide loans, and thus the leverage it has on policy...

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David Annandale commented on a debate | 28 April 2018

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I'd like to add to a comment made two days ago by Juan about SEA for budget support. Folks involved with EU programming may like to know that the World Bank undertakes occasional SEAs of what it terms "development policy loans (DPLs)". 40% of the WB's financing is for DPLs, and this is straight...

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Juan Palerm commented on a debate | 27 April 2018

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Dear Miguel, welcome to our forum on SEA. I agree with you that we must find the right moment...however, I also recognise that many times (especially in development cooperation programmes) it is very difficult to find the "right" moment for the SEA. The timings for the EU project formulation...

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Miguel Coutinho commented on a debate | 27 April 2018

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Dear colleagues I am Miguel Coutinho. I've been involved in SEA for at least 15 years. My initial focus was in the preparation of SEAs in Portugal but more recently I was involved in the coordination of SEA processes in Brazil, Guyana and Indonesia. From these experiences I would say that the main...

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Juan Palerm commented on a debate | 27 April 2018

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Thanks Jeanne for reminding about the training, and for the possibility of tailor-made training. Maybe it is also an option for Timor-Leste (and other delegations that will be preparing SEAs) to have a training targeting national partners, which would help build national capacities on SEA. This may...

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Juan Palerm commented on a debate | 27 April 2018

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Dear Paolo, I recommend you take a look at my last intervention. I make reference to Timor Leste, with some points worth discussing...

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