Slovak Environmental Agency (SEA)
SEA is a scientific organisation operating on the territory of Slovakia. Its activites focus on environmental protection, environmental policy development and landscape creation on the principles of sustainable development.
The Slovak Environmental Agency (SEA) is a scientific organisation which works under the supervision of the Ministry of Environment of the Slovak Republic. The Slovak Environmental Agency was established to ensure environmental protection and environmental policy development.
Budget and number of staff
According to the 2006contract between SEA and the Ministry of the Environment, the budget of SEA equalled 146400000. SKK. The current transfer is 133400000 SKK and the capital transfer is 13000 000 SKK.By the end of 2006, SEA employed 323 staff; of which 202 were women, 10 part-time employees, 18 limited contract employees and 25 employees as corporate staff.
Spheres of activity:
- general and cross-sectional activities in all professional fields;
- state of the environment evaluation and environmental regional classification;
- environmental planning and environmental optimisation;
- environmental impact assessment;
- optimisation of spatial arrangement and functional use of urban and rural landscape, its creation and protection;
- landscape-ecological planning;
- cultural landscape and natural heritage protection;
- environmental risks and environmental safety;
- waste management and packaging;
- integrated prevention and pollution control (IPPC);
- environmental evaluation and labelling of products;
- system of the environmentally oriented management and audit;
- economy of the environment;
- environmental monitoring and informatics;
- environmental education and promotion;
- environmental projects programming and implementing.
In the above-mentioned activities SEA:
- prepares for MoE SR professional bases for strategies, concepts, programmes and legal regulations;
- carries out co-ordination activity;
- prepares and organises various events;
- develops plans and evaluates their fulfilment;
- programs, implements and evaluates environmental projects;
- works out or orders standpoints, expert opinions, information and documents;
- provides professional supervision over the enforcement of environmental legal regulations;
- takes care of selected protected landscape areas and environmental installations;
- provides for the fulfilment of obligations ensuing for the Slovak Republic (SR) from international environmental legislation and co-operation;
- provides expert assistance to MoE SR in the Slovak environmental legislation harmonisation with the regulations and procedures of the European Union;
- co-operates with relevant professional institutions in the Slovak Republic and abroad.
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