What are the key principles in implementing a SIA?
These are the principles the European Commission has adopted to date: • SIAs should be carried out for all major trade negotiations, multilateral and bilateral. • All three pillars of sustainability, the economic, the social and the environmental, should be tackled. • Where possible, impacts on third countries should be analysed as well as those on the EU. • SIAs should be carried out in cooperation with third country partners. • SIA should be based on transparency, with external consultations. All stakeholders should be given an opportunity to take part in the analysis of issues and impacts. • Results of all SIAs should be made public. • SIA should be carried out by external consultants selected by public tendering procedures. Consultants are independent. The EU stipulates only that they work in a transparent and rational manner and base their findings on scientific evidence. • An internal consultation process should be set up to guide consultants. An inter-service steering committee
These are the principles the European Commission has adopted to date: • SIAs should be carried out for all major trade negotiations, multilateral and bilateral. • All three pillars of sustainability, the economic, the social and the environmental, should be tackled. • Where possible, impacts on third countries should be analysed as well as those on the EU. • SIAs should be carried out in cooperation with third country partners. • SIA should be based on transparency, with external consultations. All stakeholders should be given an opportunity to take part in the analysis of issues and impacts. • Results of all SIAs should be made public. • SIA should be carried out by external consultants selected by public tendering procedures. Consultants are independent. The EU stipulates only that they work in a transparent and rational manner and base their findings on scientific evidence. • An internal consultation process should be set up to guide consultants. An inter-service steering committee
