Training development and delivery for USAID staff and implementing partners to support environmental compliance and environmentally sound design and management is a major focus of GEMS. All training curricula are built around principles of adult learning and emphasize practical exercises, peer learning, and, wherever possible, field work.
For each of the major training areas listed at left, GEMS has existing training curricula and materials that can easily be adapted for the needs of any particular audience and program/implementation context.
In addition, GEMS can develop and deliver trainings in new subject areas on demand.
Use the links at left to learn more about a particular training type. Information and downloads from selected past workshops can be accessed via the training calendar below.
Upcoming Workshops
Location: |
Frankfurt, Germany |
Date: |
6 – 8 November 2018 |
Title: |
2018 Middle East & North Africa (MENA) Regional Environmental Compliance and Management Workshop |
Audience: |
USAID staff only, with MENA priority |
Past Workshops
Location: |
Maputo, Mozambique |
Date: |
7 – 11 May 2018 |
Title: |
2018 AFR Advanced Workshop on Environmental Compliance and Environmentally Sound Design and Management (ESDM) |
Audience: |
AFR Regional USAID staff |
Location: |
Kyiv, Ukraine |
Date: |
4 – 5 June 2018 |
Title: |
Regional Environmental Compliance and Environmentally Sound Design and Management (ESDM) |
Audience: |
USAID/Ukraine Staff and IPs (English) |
Location: |
Dakar, Senegal |
Date: |
4 – 8 June 2018 |
Title: |
Sahel Regional Workshop in Environmental Compliance and Environmentally Sound Design and Management (ESDM) |
Audience: |
USAID/Sahel Regional Staff (English with some materials provided in French) |
Location: |
Almaty, Kazakhstan |
Date: |
11 to 15 June, 2018 |
Title: |
Asia Regional Advanced Workshop on Best Practices for Environmental Compliance |
Audience: |
Asia Mission MEOs and Deputy MEOs. Interested A/CORs and other USAID staff will be welcome. |
Location: |
Frankfurt, Germany |
Date: |
19 – 21 June, 2018 |
Title: |
2018 Middle East & North Africa (MENA) Regional Environmental Compliance and Management Workshop |
Audience: |
USAID staff only, with MENA priority |
Location: |
Amman, Jordan |
Date: |
26 – 28 March, 2018 |
Title: |
USAID/Jordan Environmental Compliance & Management |
Audience: |
A Training Workshop for USAID/Jordan Staff & Partners |
Location: |
Akosombo, Ghana |
Date: |
23-27 October 2017 |
Title: |
Regional Environmental Compliance and Environmentally Sound Design and Management (ESDM) |
Audience: |
USAID/West Africa Staff and IPs (English & French) |
Location: |
Arlington, VA |
Date: |
26-27 September 2017 |
Title: |
Two-Day Training in Env Compliance/ESDM |
Audience: |
USAID Staff |
Location: |
Lusaka, Zambia |
Date: |
5 – 6 June 2017 |
Title: |
Two-Day Training in Environmental Compliance |
Audience: |
USAID Staff and IPs |
Location: |
USAID/Zimbabwe |
Date: |
15 – 19 May 2017 |
Title: |
Environmental Compliance + Environmentally Sound Design & Management in Project Implementation Workshop |
Audience: |
USAID Staff and IPs |
Location: |
San Salvador, El Salvador |
Date: |
24-28 April 2017 |
Title: |
Environmental Management and Regulations Workshop |
Audience: |
USAID El Salvador and IP staff |
Location: |
Pretoria, South Africa |
Date: |
27-31 March 2017 |
Title: |
Environmental Assessment Workshop (USFS led) |
Audience: |
USAID staff in Africa Missions |
Location: |
Morogoro, Tanzania |
Date: |
6-10 & 13-17 Feb 2017 (2 back-to-back workshops) |
Title: |
Environmental Compliance and ESDM in Project Implementation |
Audience: |
USAID/Tanzania staff and IPs (English) |
Location: |
Akosombo, Ghana |
Date: |
23-27 January 2017 |
Title: |
Regional Environmental Compliance and Environmentally Sound Design and Management (ESDM) |
Audience: |
USAID/West Africa staff and IPs |
Location: |
near Dakar, Senegal |
Date: |
28 Nov-2 Dec 2016 |
Title: |
Environmental Compliance and ESDM in Project Implementation |
Audience: |
USAID/West Africa staff and IPs (French) |
Location: |
Gracias, Honduras |
Date: |
14-18 Nov 2016 |
Title: |
Environmental Management and Regulations Workshop |
Audience: |
USAID/Honduras staff and IPs (Spanish) |
Location: |
Nairobi, Kenya |
Date: |
31 October – 4 November, 2016 |
Title: |
Environmental Compliance and Environmentally Sound Design & Management in Project Implementation |
Audience: |
USAID/Kenya and East Africa Staff and Implementing Partners |
Location: |
Liwonde, Malawi |
Date: |
24-28 October 2016 |
Title: |
Climate, Agriculture, and Environment Workshop in Malawi |
Audience: |
USAID/Malawi staff and Implementing Partners |
Location: |
Kabul, Afghanistan |
Date: |
24 July-2 August 2016 |
Title: |
Environmental Compliance Workshop |
Audience: |
AORs/CORs, Implementing Partners |
Location: |
Lake Naivasha, Kenya |
Date: |
13-17 June, and 20-24 June, 2016 |
Title: |
Environmental Compliance and Environmentally Sound Design & Management in Project Implementation |
Audience: |
USAID/Kenya and East Africa Staff and Implementing Partners |
Location: |
Amman, Jordan |
Date: |
3-5 April, 2016 |
Title: |
Regional Environmental Compliance and Management Workshop for MENA Staff and Partners |
Audience: |
USAID Middle East Region staff + USAID/Jordan staff and Implementing Partners |
Location: |
Guinea/Sierra Leone |
Date: |
14-18 March 2016 |
Title: |
Environmental Compliance and Environmentally Sound Design & Management in Project Implementation Bilateral Workshop |
Audience: |
USAID Staff and Implementing Partners |
Location: |
San Salvador, El Salvador |
Date: |
7-11 December 2015 |
Title: |
Environmental Assessment Workshop |
Location: |
Mangochi, Malawi |
Date: |
9-13 November 2015 |
Title: |
Environmental Compliance and Environmentally Sound Design & Management in Project Implementation |
Audience: |
USAID/Malawi staff and Implementing Partners |
Location: |
Arlington, VA |
Date: |
18-19 August 2015 |
Title: |
Env Compliance 101 workshop |
Audience: |
USAID/W staff |
Location: |
Bangkok, Thailand |
Date: |
13-16 July 2015 |
Title: |
Asia Regional Environmental Compliance and Environmentally Sound Design and Management |
Audience: |
USAID Mission Staff and Implementing Partners in Asia |
Location: |
Dominican Republic TBD |
Date: |
18-22 May 2015 |
Title: |
Environmental Compliance and Environmentally Sound Design & Management in Project Implementation |
Audience: |
USAID/Dominican Republic Staff and Partners |
Location: |
Cairo, Egypt |
Date: |
18-22 May 2015 |
Title: |
Life-of-Project Environmental Compliance and Environmentally Sound Design and Management |
Audience: |
A Middle East Regional Training Workshop for USAID Staff |
Location: |
Kigali, Rwanda |
Date: |
30 March - 1 April, 2015 |
Title: |
Environmental Compliance and Environmentally Sound Design & Management in Project Implementation |
Audience: |
USAID/Rwanda staff and Implementing Partners |
Location: |
Musanze, Rwanda |
Date: |
23 –27 March 2015 |
Title: |
Environmental Compliance and Environmentally Sound Design & Management in Project Implementation |
Audience: |
AFR Regional Env Compliance-ESDM workshop for USAID staff |
Location: |
La Ceiba, Honduras |
Date: |
23-27 February 2015 |
Title: |
Environmental Compliance and Environmentally Sound Design & Management in Project Implementation |
Audience: |
USAID/Honduras staff and Implementing Partners |
Location: |
Managua, Nicaragua |
Date: |
2-6 February 2015 |
Title: |
Environmental Compliance and Environmentally Sound Design & Management in Project Implementation |
Audience: |
USAID/Nicaragua Mission Staff and Implementing Partners |
Location: |
Pretoria, South Africa |
Date: |
2-4 December, 2014 |
Title: |
Environmental Compliance + Environmentally Sound Design & Management in Project Implementation |
Audience: |
USAID/South Africa Mission Staff and IPs |
Location: |
Asunción y Santa Rosa del Aguaray, Paraguay |
Date: |
1-5 December 2014 |
Title: |
Environmental Management and Regulation 216 Workshop |
Audience: |
USAID/Paraguay Mission Staff and IPs |
Location: |
San Salvador, El Salvador |
Date: |
17-21 November 2014 |
Title: |
Environmental Management and Reg. 216 Workshop |
Audience: |
USAID/El Salvador Mission Staff and IPs |
Location: |
Gracias, Lempira in Honduras (Field visits to two project sites located near Gracias.) |
Date: |
3-7, November 2014 |
Title: |
Climate-Smart Agriculture BMP Workshop for the LAC Region |
Audience: |
By invitation only |
Language | Spanish and English |
Location: |
Kampala, Uganda |
Date: |
9-12, September 2014 |
Title: |
Environmental Compliance and Environmentally Sound Design & Management in Project Implementation: Training Workshops for USAID/Uganda Staff and Partners |
Audience: |
USAID/Uganda Mission Staff and Implementing Partners |
Location: |
Cartagena, Colombia |
Date: |
12-15 May 2014 |
Title: |
Life of Project Environmental Compliance and ESDM |
Audience: |
USAID/Colombia & Peru Staff and Implementing Partners |
Location: |
Haiti |
Date: |
3-7 Feb & 10-14 Feb 2014 (2 back-to-back workshops) |
Title: |
Environmental Management and Regulations Workshop |
Audience: |
USAID/Haiti staff and Implementing Partners |
Location: |
Dakar, Senegal |
Date: |
17-19 & 19-21 February |
Title: |
Environmental Compliance in Project Implementation |
Audience: |
USAID/Senegal Staff and IPs |
Location: |
Toubacouta, Senegal |
Date: |
24-28 February 2014 |
Title: |
Life of Project Environmental Compliance and ESDM |
Audience: |
USAID Staff in sub-Saharan Africa |
Location: |
Rabat, Morocco |
Date: |
10-13 March 2014 |
Title: |
Life of Project Environmental Compliance and ESDM |
Audience: |
USAID Staff and IPs in Middle East Region |
Location: |
Niamey, Niger |
Date: |
13-17 January 2014 |
Title: |
Environmental Compliance and Environmentally Sound Design & Management in Project Implementation |
Audience: |
USAID/Food For Peace staff and Implementing Partners |
Location: |
Juba, South Sudan |
Date: |
9-13 December 2013 |
Title: |
Pesticide Safer Use and Compliance |
Audience: |
USAID/South Sudan staff and Implementing Partners in the agriculture sector |
Location: |
Bangkok, Thailand |
Date: |
26-29 August 2013 |
Title: |
Asia Regional Environmental Compliance and Environmentally Sound Design and Management |
Audience: |
USAID Mission Staff and Implementing Partners in Asia |
Location: |
Juba, South Sudan |
Date: |
24-28 June 2013 |
Title: |
Field Training Workshop |
Audience: |
AORs and CORs |
Location: |
Haiti |
Date: |
13-17 May 2013 |
Title: |
USAID/Haiti Environmental Management and Regulations Workshop |
Audience: |
USAID/Haiti Mission Staff and Implementing Partners, particularly Title II |
Location: |
Mangochi ,Malawi |
Date: |
13-17 May 2013 |
Title: |
Life-of-Project Compliance & ESDM: An Africa Regional Training Workshop for USAID Staff |
Audience: |
USAID Staff in Sub-Saharan Africa |
Location: |
Tela, Honduras |
Date: |
8-12 April 2013 |
Title: |
Environmental Management and Regulations Workshop |
Audience: |
USAID/Honduras Staff & Partners |
Location: |
Lilongwe, Malawi |
Date: |
11-15 March 2013 |
Title: |
Environmental Compliance and Environmentally Sound Design & Management in Project Implementation: Training Workshops for USAID/Malawi Staff and Partners |
Audience: |
USAID/Malawi Mission Staff & Implementing Partners |
Location: |
Southern Sudan |
Date: |
28 January -1 February 2013 |
Title: |
Environmental Compliance and Environmentally Sound Design and Management in Project Implementation |
Audience: |
USAID/Southern Sudan and Implementing Partners |
Location: |
Zimbabwe |
Date: |
23-30 January 2013 |
Title: |
Environmental Compliance and Environmentally Sound Design and Management in Project Implementation |
Audience: |
USAID/Zimbabwe and Implementing Partners |
Location: |
Nazareth, Ethiopia |
Date: |
#1: 26-30 November 2012 #2 :3-6 December 2012 |
Title: |
Environmental Compliance and Environmentally Sound Design and Management in Project Implementation |
Audience: |
Title II (Food for Peace) Cooperating Sponsors USAID/Ethiopia Staff and Implementing Partners |
Location: |
Cairo, Egypt |
Date: |
5-8 November 2012 |
Title: |
Life-of-Project Environmental Compliance and Environmentally Sound Design & Management: A Middle East Regional Training Workshop for USAID Staff and Implementing Partners |
Audience: |
USAID Mission Staff and Implementing Partners in the Middle East and Asia |
Location: |
San Salvador, El Salvador |
Date: |
9 – 13 July, 2012 |
Title: |
USAID/ECAM Regional Environmental Management and Regulations Workshop |
Audience: |
USAID Mission Staff principally from the CAM Sub-Region |
Location: |
Cuenca, Ecuador |
Date: |
18 – 21 June, 2012 |
Title: |
USAID/LAC Regional Environmental Management and Regulations Workshop |
Audience: |
USAID Mission Staff principally from the South America Sub-Region |
Location: |
Chipata, Zambia |
Date: |
7 – 11 May, 2012 |
Title: |
Life-of-Project Environmental Compliance and Environmentally Sound Design & Management: A Training Workshop for USAID/Zambia Staff & Partners |
Audience: |
USAID/Zambia Mission Staff and Implementing Partners |
Location: |
Bangkok, Thailand |
Date: |
21 – 25 May, 2012 |
Title: |
Life-of-Project Environmental Compliance and Environmentally Sound Design & Management: An Asia Regional Training Workshop for USAID Staff and Implementing Partners |
Audience: |
USAID Mission Staff and Implementing Partners in Asia |
Location: |
Cotes des Arcadins, Haiti |
Date: |
23 – 27 April, 2012 |
Title: |
USAID/Haiti Environmental Management and Regulations Workshop |
Audience: |
USAID/Haiti Mission Staff and Implementing Partners |
Location: |
Urubamba, Peru |
Date: |
26 – 30 March, 2012 |
Title: |
USAID South America Regional Environmental Management and Regulations Workshop/ Taller Regional Sudamericano de Gestion y Regulacion Ambiental de USAID |
Audience: |
USAID/Peru and South America Mission Staff and Implementing Partners |
Location: |
Takoradi, Ghana |
Date: |
19 – 23 March, 2012 |
Title: |
Environmental Compliance and Environmentally Sound Design and Management in Project Implementation: A Training Workshop for USAID/Ghana and USAID/WA Partners |
Audience: |
USAID/Ghana & USAID/West Africa Implementing Partners |
Location: |
Takoradi, Ghana |
Date: |
12 – 16 March, 2012 |
Title: |
Life-of-Project Environmental Compliance and Environmentally Sound Design & Management: An Africa Regional Training Workshop for USAID Staff |
Audience: |
USAID Mission Staff and in Africa |
Location: |
Ocho Rios, Jamaica |
Date: |
23 – 27 January, 2012 |
Title: |
USAID Environmental Management and Regulations Workshop |
Audience: |
USAID/Jamaica Mission Staff and Implementing Partners |