This has resulted in a high degree of influence from the
public and non-governmental organization (NGO) in their
ability to sanction projects with significant environmental
impacts. Other progress includes the establishment of a SEA
web based knowledge centre and a SEA manual for the
dissemination of SEA information and best practices. SEA
prospects seem to be in the development of sustainability
centric SEA application and the concept of continuous public
participation resulting in a heightened transparent multistake holder
engagement process. This shifttowards increased
public participation is viewed as the foundation for a
transparent and multi-tiered inclusive environmental governance
system in line with a sustainability focused society (Ng
and Obbard, 2005).