This 1.5-day workshop is an abridged, classroom-only version of the 4-5 day, field-based regional environmental compliance-ESDM training curriculum for USAID staff. It contains only core “life of project environmental compliance” topics, without more advanced special topic material. It has been used extensively for new staff training at USAID/Washington, but is intended for use in missions as well. It is packaged with a full trainer’s manual that contains slide notes and step-by-step instructions for workshop delivery. The agenda is structured so that delivery can also be in installments, over an extended period.
| Target Audience | USAID staff |
| Length | 1.5 days in length (can be delivered in installments over a longer period) |
| Emphasis | The overall goal of this workshop is to strengthen development outcomes by building motivation, knowledge and skills to systematically comply with USAID’s environmental procedures and otherwise take environmental issues into full consideration as we design, award and monitor projects and programs. |
| Field Visits | One “virtual” field visit exercise |
| Information specific to target audience | Intended as an “Environmental Compliance 101” workshop for USAID staff. |
Consult the training calendar page for upcoming workshops.
Workshop Materials
- Environmental Compliance & Environmental Procedures Workshop: Trainer's Guide PDF (935 KB)
- Environmental Compliance & Environmental Procedures Workshop:
Participant's WorkbookPDF (342 KB)
- Session 7: Virtual Field Visit Instructions PDF (192 KB)
- Session 8: Draft Initial Environmental Examination for Smallholder Irrigation Development Component of the Smallholder Agricultural Productivity and Market Access Program (SAPMA) PDF (180 KB)
- Session 11: Environmental Compliance Best Practice Standard PDF (114 KB)
- Session 11: What Would You Do If… PDF (108 KB)
Handouts
- Session 8: Typical IEE Conditions for Small Scale Irrigation & Hospital Expansion/Rehabilitation PDF (96 KB)
- Session 11: (One likely) Corrective Action Plan for USAID/XXX PDF (101 KB)
- Session 12: Post-Workshop Test PDF (85 KB)
- Session 12: Workshop Evaluation PDF (112 KB)
Presentations
- Session 1: Environmental Compliance & Environmental Procedures Workshop Overview PDF (63 KB)
- Session 2: Environmental Compliance for Environmentally Sound Design and Management PDF (5 MB)
- Session 3: Environmental Impact Assessment: A Framework for Environmentally Sound Design and Management PDF (766 KB)
- Session 4: Story of Zaragosa: The Importance of Environmental Impact Assessments PDF (78 KB)
- Session 5: 22 CFR 216 (Reg. 216): USAID’s Pre-implementation Environmental Impact Assessment Process PDF (2 MB)
- Session 6: Core Environmental Impact Assessment Skills Part I: Characterizing the baseline situation Identifying environmental impacts Principles of environmental mitigation PDF (1 MB)
- Session 7: Virtual Field Visit Bagamoyo Irrigation Development Project (BIDP) PDF (6 MB)
- Session 8: Initial Environmental Examinations: What Makes them Effective? PDF (326 MB)
- Session 9: EnvironmentaI Impact Assessment Skills, Part II: Environmental Monitoring & Environmental Mitigation and Monitoring Plans PDF (2 MB)
- Session 10: Environmental Compliance: Roles, Responsibilities, Reporting & Resources PDF (1 MB)
- Native PowerPoint Presentations Zip (26 MB)