Study to support the REFIT evaluation of Directive 2001/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27.6.2001 on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment (SEA Directive).

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The overall purpose of this contract is to assist the European Commission in the REFIT evaluation of the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Directive. The tenderer will have to compile, assess and synthesise evidence for performing the evaluation. The study will address the evaluation on the basis of examination of the following categories: effectiveness, efficiency, relevance and coherence, as well as its EU added value. As a key element of this study the successful tenderer will need to compile evidence and assess: (i) the application of the entire SEA Directive in all EU Member States, including its relation with international treaties; (ii) the situation of implementation in different Member States; (iii) to what extent the SEA Directive has contributed to the environmental concerns to be integrated in the planning, making and adoption process.