The SEA policy model’s potential policy implications are that it
provides an empirical based framework for policy integration
initiatives among policy actors. Generally, the SEA policy
model suggest that the key drivers of environmental policy
integration (EPI) consists of perceived benefits, barriers and
enablers are interrelated in a tripartite pathway interface
influencing the policy actors decision to support or reject the
EPI. Furthermore, this tripartite driver interaction has a
hierarchy of effect on the behaviour with the highest effect
emanating from perceived enablers followed by perceived
barriers and benefits. This infers that the potential for EPI may
be the highest when the tripartite policy drivers are high in
enabler and benefit but low in barrier, followed by high in
enabler, benefit and barrier or high in enabler but low in
benefit and barrier and finally all low in enabler, benefit and
barrier. This conceptual hierarchy is illustrated in the Benefit,
Barrier, Enabler (2BE) matrix (Fig. 5) where the low enabler
sector is shaded and the positive, neutral and negative
symbols represented the hierarchy of potential EPI from high
to low. Consequently, the SEA policy model surmises that SEA
policy integration will also be highly dependent on the
implementation of key enablers as policy actors perceive
them as prerequisites for effective EPI within the policy
planning framework.