This workshop provided intensive training for USAID/Zambia 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 (6 MB)
- Native PowerPoint presentation files PDF (17 MB)
- Additional handouts
- EGSSAA Excerpt: Medical Waste PDF (173 KB)
- EGSSAA Excerpt: Rural Roads PDF (181 KB)
- EGSSAA Excerpt: Solid Waste PDF (83 KB)
- EGSSAA Excerpt: Water and Sanitation PDF (81 KB)
- Key Sustainability Issues in the Palm Oil Sector: Excerpted PDF (365 KB)
Session 1. Introduction
- Chapter Exerpt PDF (271KB)
Session 2. What is Environment? and Why Environmentally Sound Design and Management?
- Chapter Exerpt PDF (111 KB)
- Environmental, Development, and Environmentally Sound Design and Management PDF (5MB)
Session 3. Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and ESDM
- Chapter Exerpt PDF (110 KB)
- EIA: Framework for ESDM PDF (358 KB)
Session 4. Overview of Life-of-Project Environmental Compliance for USAID Staff and Partners
- Chapter Exerpt PDF (236 KB)
- Overview of LOP Environmental Compliance for USAID Staff and Partners PDF (206 KB)
Session 5a & 5b. Core EIA Skills I: Baseline Characterization, Identifying Issues of Concern
- Chapter Exerpt PDF (115 KB)
- Core EIA SKills I: Characterizing the Baseline Situation, Identifying Environmental Impacts - Principals of Environmental Mitigation PDF (1 MB)
Session 6. Local Environmental & Social Context
- Chapter Exerpt PDF (103 KB
Session 7. Field Visit I: Practicing Baseline Characterization, Identifying Issues of Concern & Mitigation Design
- Chapter Exerpt PDF (177 KB)
Session 8a. Core EIA Skills II: Principals of Environmental Monitoring
- Chapter Exerpt PDF (110 KB)
- Core EIA Skills II: Principals of Environmental Monitoring PDF (1.5 MB)
Session 8B. Small Group Indicators Exercise
- Chapter Exerpt PDF (177 KB)
Session 9. Introduction to EMMPs
- Chapter Exerpt PDF (114 KB)
- Introduction to Environmental Mitigation & Monitoring Plans (EMMPs) PDF (862 KB)
- Basic EMMP Template PDF (121 KB)
- EMMP Template with Monitoring Log & Budgeting Information PDF (48 KB)
Upstream Session 10a. Introduction to Reg. 216 & Screening Activities Under Reg. 216
- Chapter Exerpt PDF (111 KB)
- Screening Flow Chart
- Summary of Exemptions
- Summary of Categorical Exclusions
- Summary of Activities Usually Requiring an EA
- Overview of Reg. 216 PDF (172 KB)
Upstream Session 10b. Case Study: Screening Activities per Reg. 216
- Chapter Exerpt PDF (58 KB)
- Practice with Screening & Getting Started with the on-line IEE Assistant PDF (623 KB)
Upstream Session 11a. Effective IEEs: Well-written, Well-considered
- Chapter Exerpt PDF (404 KB)
- Pointers and Pitfalls: A Guide to Successful & Effective IEEs PDF (135 KB)
Upstream Sessions 11b-d. Effective IEEs: IEE Review Case Study
- Chapter Excerpt PDF (111 KB)
Upstream Session 11e. Effective IEEs: Follow-Thru
- Chapter Excerpt PDF (103 KB)
Downstream Session 10. Translating General IEE Conditions into Specific Mitigation Actions: Key Practices
- Chapter Excerpt PDF (140 KB)
- Translating General IEE Conditions into Specfic Actions: Key Principals PDF (291 KB)
Downstream Session 11a-e. EMMP Development
- Chapter Excerpt PDF (404 KB)
Session 12. IP Reporting on Environmental Compliance
- Chapter Excerpt PDF (175 KB)
- Reporting on Environmental Compliance PDF (322 KB)
Session 13. Environmental Compliance /ESDM Knowledge Game
- Chapter Excerpt PDF (237 KB)
Session 14. Resolving the Parking Lot
- Chapter Excerpt PDF (139 KB)
Session 15. Resources for ESDM & Compliance
- Chapter Excerpt PDF (103 KB)
- Resources for ESDM & Environmental Compliance PDF (571 KB)
- GEMS Factsheet PDF (212 KB)
Session 16. State of Environmental Compliance in AFR Missions: Results of BPRs to Date
- Chapter Excerpt PDF (108 KB)
- AFR Environmental Compliance Best Practice Standard PDF (77 KB)
- Synthesis of BPR Findings (all BPRs thru August 2010) PDF (231 KB)
- ENCAP Factsheet PDF (285 KB)
Session 17. Strengthening Compliance Systems and Processes: Charting a Way Forward
- Chapter Excerpt PDF (82 KB)
- Individual Workshop Follow-up Plan PDF (120 KB)
Session 18. Workshop Evaluation
- Workshop Evaluation PDF (69 KB)
Special Topic: IEE/EA Conditions and Environmental Compliance Best Practice for “Tricky Activities”
- Chapter Excerpt PDF (114 KB)
- Environmental Conditions & Best Practice for “Tricky Activities” PDF (318 KB)
Special Topics: Sectoral Best Practice
Water: Special ESDM and Environmental
Compliance Considerations
- Chapter Excerpt PDF (52 KB)
- WATER: Environmental Compliance Requirements & ESDM Considerations PDF (671 KB)
Special Topic. Zambia’s National Environmental Requirements
- Chapter Excerpt PDF (145 KB)
Special Topic. Medical Waste
- Managing Healthcare Waste PDF (1 MB)
Special Topic/Sectoral Best Practice. Pesticides, Safer Use & USAID’s Pesticide Procedures
- Chapter Excerpt PDF (139 KB)
- What is a Pest? What is a Pesticide? What are the Risks of Pesticides?. . . and What is USAID’s Response? PDF (2 MB)
Special Topic. Incorporating GCC Adaptation and Mitigation in Project Design
- Chapter Excerpt PDF (56 KB)
- Incorporating GCC Adaptation & GHG Mitigation in Project Design PDF (2 MB)
- Illustrative Global Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Measures PDF (
- GCC SmallGroup Exercise: Country X Agricultural Improvement Project PDF (49 KB)
- GCC SmallGroup Exercise: Country Y Coastal District Development Project PDF (49 KB)
Special Topic Indoor Residual Spraying: Environmental Compliance & Best Practice
- ENCAP Factsheet: Environmental Compliance: Language for Use in Solicitations and Awards PDF (119 KB)
- Environmental Compliance: Language for Use in Solicitations and Awards: An Additional Help for ADS Chapter 204
PDF (100 KB) - USAID Environmental Procedures Briefing for USAID Staff PDF (73 KB)
- ENCAP Factsheet: EMMPs PDF (285 KB)