‘Green Elephants’ are countries which have formulated SEA
legislation and implemented SEA application in policy
planning. ‘Green Elephants’ have SEA legislation and an
effective SEA policy implementation due to their highly
structured and technical SEA framework. This is achieved
by structuring policy instruments in a standardized, definite
and publicized approach to provide an established and
consistent legislative or administrative technical framework
for all stakeholders. Characteristics of ‘Green Elephants’ are
countries that have developed and implemented extensive
and effective SEA relevant legislation to enforce EPI initiatives