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Regional USAID Staff Environmental Compliance-ESDM Training

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Cleaner Production for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

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Home > Training > Regional USAID Staff Environmental Compliance-ESDM Training > Malawi, March 11-15, 2013

Life-Of-Project Environmental Compliance and
Environmentally Sound Design and Management

A Training Workshop for USAID/Malawi Staff and Partners
Lilongwe, MALAWI • 11 – 15 March, 2013

This workshop provided intensive training for USAID/Malawi 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 used and distributed at the workshop.

  • Sourcebook PDF (7MB)
  • Workshop Agenda PDF(268KB)
  • Native PowerPoint presentation files ZIP (14 MB)
  • Additional handouts
    • USAID Environmental Procedures Briefing for USAID Staff PDF (192KB)

Session 1: Workshop Objectives and Logistics; Participant Introductions

  • Chapter Excerpt PDF (268 KB)

Session 2: Environmentally Sound Design & Management (ESDM) as a Foundation for Environmental Compliance

  • Chapter Exerpt PDF (120KB)
  • Environmentally Sound Design & Management: a Foundation for Environmental Compliance PDF (1MB)

Session 3: Environmentally Sound Design & Management (ESDM) in the Malawian Context

  • Chapter Exerpt PDF (78KB)

Session 4: Fundamental Skills of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

  • Chapter Exerpt PDF (132KB)
  • Overview of LOP Environmental Compliance for USAID Staff and Partners PDF (1.7MB)

Session 5a-c: Site Assessment—Applying Fundamental EIA Skills

  • Chapter Excerpt PDF (127KB)

Session 6: Environmental Impact Assessment and “USAID Environmental Procedures”: the Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) and Beyond

  • Chapter Exerpt PDF(139KB)
  • EIA and USAID Environmental Procedures: the Initial Environmental Examination and Beyond PDF (566KB)

Session 7: The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Process in Malawi

  • Chapter Exerpt PDF(85KB)

Session 8a: IEE Critique

  • Chapter Exerpt PDF (101KB)
  • Sample IEE - “Sending Waste Everywhere Except to People” (SWEEP) Project PDF (83KB)
  • Sample IEE - “Getting Rid of Weeds” (GROW) Project PDF (84KB)

Session 9: Principles of Environmental Monitoring

  • Chapter Exerpt PDF (128KB)
  • Principles of Environmental Monitoring PDF (623 KB)

Session 10: The Environmental Mitigation and Monitoring Plan (EMMP)

  • Chapter Exerpt PDF (20KB)
  • Environmental Mitigation & Monitoring Plans (EMMPs) PDF (1MB)
  • Basic EMMP Template PDF (154 KB)
  • EMMP Template with Monitoring Log and Budgeting Information PDF (192 KB)
  • ENCAP Factsheet: Environmental Mitigation & Monitoring Plans (EMMPs) PDF (227KB)
  • Environmental Compliance: Language for Use in Solicitations and Awards PDF (85KB)

Session 11: Introduction to the USAID Environmental Guidelines for Small-Scale Activities in Africa

  • Chapter Exerpt PDF (141KB)
  • GEMS Factsheet PDF (293 KB)

Session 13: Environmental Compliance Reporting

  • Chapter Exerpt PDF (182KB)
  • Environmental Compliance Reporting PDF (550KB)

Session 14: Environmental Compliance/ESDM Knowledge Game

  • Chapter Exerpt PDF (123KB)

Session 15: Special Topic: Pesticide Risks, Safer Use & Compliance

  • Chapter Exerpt PDF (156KB)
  • Pesticide Risks, Safer Use & Compliance PDF (2MB)

Session 16: Special Topic: Global Climate Change & ESDM in Malawi

  • Chapter Exerpt PDF (81KB)

Session 17: Special Topic: Water Quality Testing

  • Chapter Excerpt PDF (18 KB)
  • Sample Water Quality Assurance Plan PDF (213 KB)
  • Water Quality Testing PDF (155 KB)

Session 18: Special Topic: Subproject Review—Africa Bureau Environmental Review Form (ERF) & Report

  • Chapter Exerpt PDF (105KB)
  • Subproject Review: Using the Africa Bureau Environmental Review Form (ERF) & Report PDF (266 KB)

Session 19: Resolving the “Parking Lot”: Final General Q&A Session

  • Chapter Exerpt PDF (19KB)
  • Water Quality Testing PDF (130KB)
  • Sample Water Quality Assurance Plan PDF (28KB)

Session 20: Roles, Responsibilities & Resources

  • Chapter Exerpt PDF (98KB)
  • Roles, Responsibilities & Resources PDF (1 MB)

Session 21: Bringing Curricula to Reality

  • Chapter Exerpt PDF (366KB)

Workshop Evaluation

  • Workshop Evaluation Introduction PDF (1MB)
  • Workshop Evaluation Word (25KB)
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