Module 4 – Managing the Assessment and Reporting Process

Environmental assessment and reporting should be looked at as a continuous process. Its organization and management must be carefully planned to allow scientists in various fields of environmental pursuits to choose the important issues for analysis in collaboration with a broad but manageable range of civil society members. Also the institutional setting that is entrusted with the leadership should have a legal mandate to conduct or provide leadership in all aspects of environmental assessment and reporting, and to expect the participation of other institutions as an obligation.