Strategic Environmental Assessment application at transnational level to the Interreg Programmes and Projects 
Problems addressed
• Lack of a systematic integration of environment into strategic decision-making.
• Lack of a standardised methodological approach and of operational tools for environmental assessment of plans, policies and programmes (PPP).
• Lack of clear and effective tools and of proper training for a consistent application of environmental assessment to Interreg Programmes and projects. 
Objectives
• To increase the quality of the Interreg Programmes and projects, and to expand and support the activities undertaken by the INTERACT Points (Toll Box and Qualification and Transfer) and INTERACT Secretariat.
• To ensure that environmental consequences of Interreg Programmes and projects are properly identified and assessed.
• To promote a more transparent planning of policies, plans and programmes, and sustainable development, through the application of SEA.
Approach and methodology
• Innovatory approach which foresees the elaboration of a set of tools for the application of SEA to Interreg Programmes and projects, and the implementation of dissemination and capacity building activities.
• Review of the in-force legislation in EU countries concerning the evaluation of environmental effects of plans, policies and programmes, and of successful case-studies of SEA application, as baseline information for the planning of project activities.
• Close and synergic cooperation among project partners and steady participation of all stakeholders during the entire project, in order to promote empowerment and ownership. 
