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Public participation in EIA and SEA in the City of Rijeka and Primorsko-goranska County

Public participation is a essential in conducting the environmental impact assessment (EIA) and strategic environmental assessment (SEA). In the procedures of environmental impact assessment (EIA) and strategic environmental assessment (SEA) public participation is regulated according to related acts. Although the legislator has provided procedures for public participation, the real challenge remains in their implementation in practice. Very often, the participation is only formal, without influence on decision-making. The main reason is because the public is involved in late phase when the key decisions are already made. In addition, the public is often not educated enough to take part in competent manner within those processes. Participation mainly comprises of a priori contrary attitude towards projects under environmental impact assessment procedure, without constructive proposals for project adjustments neither to environmental conditions nor mitigation or compensation measures. In this paper is presented public participation in the environmental impact assessment procedures in the city of Rijeka and strategic environmental assessment in Primorskogoranska county. At the end are given some recommendations for improvements of public participation in the future in processes mentioned before (better public information and education, in time public information, document preparation in manner understandable to the public etc.). For better public participation in the processes of EIA and SEA the cooperation and effort of both sides, public and competent bodies and institutions that carry out those processes is needed.

Public Participation ; City of Rijeka ; Primorsko-goranska County ; Environmental Impact Assessment ; Strategic Environmental Assessment

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