The purpose of the Strategic Environmental Assessment Guidelines for the Spatial Planning Sector of Georgia (hereafter – ‘the Guidelines’) is to:
- Ensure effective implementation of a strategic environmental assessment (SEA) procedure, as required by the Environmental Assessment Code of Georgia (20171) in application to the spatial planning sector of Georgia
- Promote sustainable spatial development
- Ensure earlier and more effective integration of environmental protection principles and approaches into spatial strategic documents.
Where appropriate, the Guidelines refer to international case studies to illustrate possible approaches or methods of SEA that may be applied to spatial planning in Georgia. The guidance also defines additional tools that derive from green concepts and explains their possible links to SEA and spatial planning.