This workshop provided intensive training for USAID/Uganda 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.
Workshop Materials
The materials listed below are the materials used and distributed at the workshop.
- Sourcebook PDF (6 MB)
- Workshop Agenda PDF(182 KB)
Session 1: Workshop Objectives and Logistics; Participant Introductions
- Chapter Excerpt PDF (188 KB)
Session 2: Environmentally Sound Design & Management (ESDM) as a Foundation for Environmental Compliance
- Chapter Exerpt PDF (120 KB)
- Environmentally Sound Design & Management: a Foundation for Environmental Compliance (310 KB)
- National Environment Management Authority: Environmental Compliance in Uganda (2.5 MB)
Session 3: Fundamental Skills of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
- Chapter Exerpt PDF (132 KB)
- Fundamental Skills of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) (248 KB)
Session 4: EIA Field Exercise: Practicing Core EIA Skills
- Chapter Exerpt PDF (114 KB)
- EIA Field Exercise: Briefing PDF (248 KB)
- Virtual Field Visit Bagamoyo Irrigation Development Project (BIDP) PDF (3 MB)
- Practicing Core EIA Skills: Virtual Field Visit – Briefing Sheet PDF(118 KB)
- Practicing Core EIA Skills: Virtual Field Visit - Handout PDF(104 KB)
Session 5: Environmental Impact Assessment and “USAID Environmental Procedures”: the Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) and Beyond
- Chapter Exerpt PDF(140 KB)
- EIA and USAID Environmental Procedures: the Initial Environmental Examination and Beyond PDF (210 KB)
Session 6: Principles of Environmental Monitoring
- Chapter Exerpt PDF (126 KB)
- Principles of Environmental Monitoring PDF (668 KB)
Session 7: The Environmental Mitigation and Monitoring Plan (EMMP)
- Chapter Exerpt PDF (128KB)
- Environmental Mitigation & Monitoring Plans (EMMPs) PDF (1 MB)
- ENCAP EMMP Factsheet PDF (277 KB)
- Basic EMMP Template PDF (84 KB)
Session 8: Field-Based EMMP Development Exercise
- Chapter Exerpt PDF (101 KB)
Session 9: IP Environmental Compliance Reporting
- Chapter Exerpt PDF (101 KB)
- IP Environmental Compliance Reporting PDF (442 KB)
Session 10: Effective IEEs - Small-group exercise
- Chapter Exerpt PDF (101 KB)
Session 11: Special Topics: USAID Programmatic Environmental Assessment
Session 12: Introduction to the Sector Environmental Guidelines
- Chapter Excerpt PDF (123 KB)
Session 13: Special Topics: Construction
- No Materials at this time
Session 14: Roles, Responsibilities & Resources
- Chapter Exerpt PDF (182 KB)
- Environmental Compliance: Roles, Responsibilities & Resources PDF (471 KB)
Session 15: Resolving the “Parking Lot”: Final General Q&A Session
- Chapter Exerpt PDF (157 KB)
Session 16: Bringing Training to Reality
- Chapter Exerpt PDF (157 KB)
- AFR Environmental Compliance Best Practice Standard PDF (80 KB)
- ENCAP BPR Factsheet PDF (233 KB)
- Individual Workshop Follow-up Plan PDF (90 KB)
- Synthesis of BPR Findings (all BPRs thru August 2013) PDF (72 KB)