Program
This workshop provided intensive training for USAID staff & partners in compliance with USAID's environmental procedures over life-of-project and in the objectives of these procedures: environmentally sound design and management (ESDM) of USAID-funded activities.
The materials listed below are the materials that were used and distributed. Additional materials will be added to this workshop homepage as they become available.
- Sourcebook PDF (27 MB)
- Workshop Agenda PDF(268KB)
- Native PowerPoint presentation files ZIP (51 MB)
Session 1: Workshop Objectives, Participant Introductions & Expectations
- Chapter Excerpt PDF (97 KB)
Session 2: Environmental Compliance for Environmentally Sound Design and Management (ESDM)
- Chapter Exerpt PDF (68 KB)
- Life-of-ProjectEnvironmental Compliance for Environmentally Sound Design and Management PDF (7 MB)
Session 3: Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Concepts, Process, & Skills: Part I
- Chapter Exerpt PDF (78KB)
- Environmental Impact Assessment: Concepts, Process and Skills Part I PDF (733 KB)
Session 4: Reg. 216: USAID’s Pre-Implementation EIA Process
- Chapter Excerpt PDF (61 KB)
- 22 CFR 216 (Reg. 216): USAID’s Pre-implementation EIA Process PDF (1.3 MB)
Session 5: Virtual Field Exercise: Practicing EIA Skills
- Chapter Excerpt PDF (64 KB)
Session 6: Effective IEEs
- Chapter Exerpt PDF(57 KB)
- Effective IEE PDF (83 KB)
Session 7: Core EIA Skills II & Downstream Environmental Monitoring & Environmental Mitigation and Monitoring Plans
- Chapter Exerpt PDF(85KB)
- EIA Skills Part II & “Downstream Compliance” (Environmental Monitoring, EMMPs and Reporting) PDF (40KB)
- Translating IEE Conditions Summaries PDF (94 KB)
Session 8: Scoping, EA & PEA Basics
- Chapter Excerpt PDF (101KB)
- Scoping, Environmental Assessments & Programmatic Env Assessments (full EIA Studies under Reg. 216) PDF (2 MB)
Session 9: Impact Assessment 201
- Chapter Exerpt PDF (104KB)
- “Impact Assessment 201” PDF (2 MB)
Session 10: Integrative Case Study(ies)
- Chapter Excerpt PDF (104KB)
- Tanzania – Critical Analysis of River Basin Management in the Great Ruaha Global Water Partnership (GWP) CASE #121 PDF (642 KB)
- The Guardian Newspaper Great Ruaha river that helps feed Tanzania under 'alarming stress' PDF (80 KB)
- Impact Assessment Concepts Integrative Case Study: Great Ruaha River Basin (Tanzania) PDF (137 KB)
Session 11: Field-Based EMMP Exercise
- Chapter Exerpt PDF (61 KB)
- EMMP Template PDF (90 KB)
Session 12: Environmental Management in Conflict and Post- Conflict Settings
- Chapter Exerpt PDF (83 KB)
- Environmental Management in Conflict and Post-Conflict Settings: Early lessons from stock-taking exercise PDF (2 MB)
- Best Practice & Compliancefor Investment Promotion PDF (368 KB)
Session 13: Sector Mini-Sessions
- Chapter Exerpt PDF (124 KB)
- Environmental Monitoring in Hard to Access Locations PDF (198 KB)
- Environmental Compliance Special Topic: DO-level IEEs USAID/Southern Africa PDF (120 KB)
Session 14: Sector Roundtables
- Chapter Exerpt PDF (84 KB)
Session 15: Roles, Responsibilities and Resources
- Chapter Exerpt PDF (74 KB)
- Environmental Compliance: Roles, Responsibilities, Reporting & Resources PDF (1 MB)
Session 16: Resolving the “Parking Lot”: Final Technical Q&A
- Chapter Exerpt PDF (74 KB)
Session 17: Stocktaking & Action Plans
- Chapter Exerpt PDF (42 KB)
Session 18: Workshop Evaluations
- Chapter Excerpt PDF (58 KB)
- Workshop Evaluation PDF (60 KB)
Additional Materials:
- Environmental Procedures Briefing for USAID Staff PDF (154 KB)
- ENCAP Factsheet: Environmental Mitigation and Monitoring Plans (EMMPs) PDF (319 KB)
- Environmental Compliance: Language for Use in Solicitations and Awards PDF (256 KB)
- Reg 216 “Flow Chart”PDF (80 KB)
- Mitigation and monitoring tables from USAID Small-Scale Construction Sector Environmental Guidelines (Nov 2013 edition pgs 12-23) PDF (192 KB)
- Construction Visual field guide (December 2011 version) PDF (600 KB)