BEACON’s main objective is the establishment of an effective platform
for the harmonisation of approaches, methodologies, tools and data sets
to be used in the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of transport
infrastructure of the transeuropean network as identified in decision
1692/96/EC. The project also has the objective of contributing to the
adoption of SEA best practice across Europe, including CEEC. The TN
aims at building consensus not only on the general principles of SEA
practice, but also on the operational tools and procedures to be adopted
for implementation at network, corridor and project levels. Moreover,
the on-going process of enlargement of the European Union, which will
soon materialise in a significantly extended "European transport space",
calls for swift and effective actions to ensure consistency of infrastructure
development and usage across the Continent. The TN will therefore pay
particular attention to the implications of a generalised SEA practice
for what concerns cross-border assessments.
