Step 3: Summarise

The summary stage is a reflection on the big issues at stake in the proposed strategy, plans, projects or programmes as well as a restatement of these.

It is also a conclusion of what action can be taken to achieve better alignment of the strategy, plan or project with the goals and shifts of the Framework.

This third step encourages the consideration of positive amendments to the development of the strategy/plan being reviewed or prepared, in ways that more appropriately address the interconnected nature of sustainability and sustainable management.

This reflection is not simply an abbreviated version of the results of analysis undertaken in either the scrutinise or scope stages. Rather, it is an overall assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of the proposed strategy, plan, or project in terms of its contribution to making the region more sustainable. This assessment should be based on the biggest three (or less) contributions to each of the goals and shifts overall - not on an individual goal or shift basis. Ideally the negative contributions are acknowledged as honestly and as fairly as the positive contributions.

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