SEA for offshore activities: wind energy – Case of the North Sea
The case of the North Sea shows how environmental assessment can help to find a good balance between growing offshore wind...
28-04-2025
NCEA publications
Cases, Views, and Experiences
Environmental assessment for wind energy
Enviornmental assessment in relation to mitigating impacts of onshore and off-shore wind energy development.
14-10-2024
Strategic Environmental Assessment for the Mining Sector
This report provides analysis and case studies that highlight how environmental assessments (SEA) can improve mining sector...
25-04-2024
Strategic Environmental Assessment: Past, Practice, Prospects
With this magazine, the international department of the NCEA marks its 30th Anniversay.
30-03-2024
SEA for sustainable development of the hydropower sector
Publication, substantiated with 5 cases, on how to work towards a more sustainable hydropower sector with the use of SEA.
01-05-2021
Environmental assessment in landscape management
An overview of ten cases on ESIA and SEA in landscape management, published in the framework of the SRJS programme.
11-11-2020
Biodiversity in environmental assessment for infrastructure
The NCEA developed four illustrations of mainstreaming biodiversity in environmental assessment. This one is on infrastructure.
30-12-2017
Biodiversity in environmental assessment for spatial planning
The NCEA developed four illustrations of mainstreaming biodiversity in environmental assessment. This one is on spatial planning.
30-12-2017
Biodiversity in environmental assessment for hydropower
The NCEA developed four illustrations of mainstreaming biodiversity in environmental assessment. This one is on hydropower.
30-12-2017
Biodiversity in environmental assessment for mining
The NCEA developed four illustrations of mainstreaming biodiversity in environmental assessment. This one is on mining.
30-12-2017
Environmental assessment for climate-smart decision-making
Twelve case examples where environmental assessment has contributed to climate -smart development.
30-03-2017
Videos
How to prepare for a Strategic Environmental Assessment
This short animation covers three key aspects in the preparatory phase of an SEA.
20-05-2025
Strategic Environmental Assessment for planning
Strategic Environmental Assessment supports the planning process of complex decisons concerning policies, programmes, or plans.
20-06-2024
ESIA process step 1: Screening
The purpose of the screening phase is to determine whether a project requires an ESIA.
20-05-2021
ESIA process step 2: Scoping
Scoping aims to identify the issues that really matter in an ESIA.
20-04-2021
ESIA Process step 3: Assessment
The assessment is about gaining a full understanding of the project's impacts and its alternatives.
20-03-2021
ESIA process step 4: Review
The objective of the review phase is to verify if the ESIA report is complete and relevant for decision-making.
20-02-2021
ESIA process step 5: Decision-making
Decision-making as the fifth step of an ESIA process is about approval of the ESIA and issuing permitting conditions.
20-01-2021
ESIA process step 6: Follow-up
Follow-up is about how impacts of a project are managed, monitored, evaluated, and communicated.
20-12-2020
Keysheets
Green Hydrogen
Environmental and social assessment can help make good decisions about green hydrogen investments. Read more!
26-02-2025
Climate adaptation
Learn how environmental impact assessment can help you to plan for climate adaptation.
15-11-2023
Responsible Mining
ESIA is a powerful starting point to map the risks and opportunities for supplying countries of minerals and metals.
07-10-2023
Open Government
ESIA helps governments to apply good governance principles in every phase of project or plan development.
10-09-2023
Webinars
Webinar SEA for Hydropower
In this webinar we discuss lessons learnt and recommendations based on an evaluation of SEAs for hydropower development.
18-03-2025
ESIA and follow up
Webinar about factors of success for good ESIA follow-up and basic elements of a quality Environmental and Social Management Plan.
19-08-2024
Infographics
The SEA Process
28-04-2025
The ESIA Process
28-04-2025
Participation and Environmental Assessment
04-04-2025
The role of the NCEA in the Netherlands
06-12-2024
Environmental Impact Assessment procedure in the Netherlands
19-08-2024
Other publications
Taking stock of SEA effectiveness: A digest of expert views
25 years after publishing ‘SEA – Status, Challenges and Future Directions’, Sadler and Verheem revisit the state of SEA.
19-08-2024
SEA – Status, Challenges, and Future Directions
This report (Sadler & Verheem, 1996) documents the state of affairs of Strategic Environmental Assessment in its early days.
26-06-1996
