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Virtual, on-demand courses covering aspects of Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)

Choose from Foundations of SEA, SEA for Decision-Makers, or SEA for the Solar Sector. Learn more below.

Policy-Focused Learning

Connected directly to real-world policy, planning, and program (PPP) contexts.

Quick and Flexible

Virtual and on-demand, designed for busy professionals. Courses take just 30–60 minutes to complete.

Real-World Application

Clear learning journey from foundational concepts to sector-specific applications.

International Best Practice

Based on IAIA’s “Improving Decision‑Making for the Energy Transition: Guidance for Using Strategic Environmental Assessment."

Course Options

Foundations of SEA

Designed for SEA practitioners/professionals, government officials, international and financing organizations, sector organizations, NGOs and CSOs, researchers, and academics.

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Use code SEALaunch20 for 20% off through 1 December

$
70
members
$
95
non-members
  • Promotes a common approach to SEA grounded in internationally accepted principles and best practices
  • Provides an overview of the SEA process, including screening, scoping, assessment, and stakeholder engagement
  • Equips participants to make informed, sustainable energy-related decisions
  • Introduces key methods and tools to integrate environmental and social factors in energy policies, plans, and programs
  • Explores how SEA can attract investors and donors to support environmental initiatives

SEA for Decision Makers

Tailored for high-level decision makers guiding major policies, plans, or programs who want to understand how using SEA can improve outcomes and ensure more sustainable, transparent decisions.

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Use code SEALaunch20 for 20% off through 1 December

$
50
members
$
75
non-members
  • Emphasizes the importance of integrating environmental and socio-economic considerations into sustainable policies, plans, and programs
  • Demonstrates how SEA supports effective, transparent, and inclusive decision making
  • Equips decision makers to promote the use of SEA for informed, long-lasting outcomes
  • Focuses on SEA applications in the energy transition, with approaches adaptable to other sectors (e.g., tourism, transport)
  • Shows how SEA helps identify and manage risks and impacts to achieve sustainability goals

SEA for the Solar Power Subsector

Ideal for SEA professionals, government officials, and consultants applying SEA in the solar energy subsector.
For participants with prior knowledge of SEA or those who have completed the Foundations course.

Register

Use code SEALaunch20 for 20% off through 1 December

$
50
members
$
75
non-members
  • Identifies major environmental and socio-economic risks, potential impacts, and benefits of solar energy development
  • Highlights cumulative impacts and how they influence sustainable solar planning
  • Equips participants to integrate sustainability considerations into solar sector policies, plans, and programs through effective use of SEA.
  • Examines key technologies used in solar power generation
  • Guides participants in prioritizing key issues and framing SEA analyses for solar policies, plans, and programs