Environmental and social Safeguard

Upon the successful completion of this intensive training course, the participants will gain a quality understanding of:

• The role and the importance of environmental safeguards for the investment performance
• Environment and Social Assessment requirements and procedures of major international organizations and donors for development projects
• The roles of different stakeholders in the implementation of Environment and Social Mitigation Measures
• Safeguards Best practices, Effectiveness monitoring and Reporting procedures.

CONTENT

• . Defining Environmental & Social Safeguards
• . The Role & the Importance of Safeguards for Development Projects
• . Environmental and social screening
• . Social and environmental monitoring
• . Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Policy
• . Fundamentals of environmental and social impact assessment good practice
• . DONOF-IARM!
• . Considering the vulnerable in society
• . Ensuring benefits sharing
• . Stakeholder Engagement
• . Social Safeguards, Standards, and Social issues
• . Involuntary Resettlement Policy
• . Resettlement and compensation
• . Participation and Inclusion of indigenous people
• . Forest-dependent people
• . Consideration of Gender and other cross-cutting issues
• . Shifting cultivation, deforestation, and gender
• . Protection of Natural Habitats
• . Biodiversity Standards, Indicators and Conservation
• . Sustainable Natural Resource Management
• . Pesticide Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• . Pollution Prevention and Abatement
• . Lessons Learned from Community Forestry and Their Relevance
• . Legal Literacy and Advocacy
• . Considering Intended and Unintended consequences
• . The importance of ongoing, meaningful consultation
• . Integration of environmental and social safeguards into Transport & Energy projects
• . Learning from international and regional experience in identifying key and recurrent issues
• . Strengthening project safeguard performance
• . Aligning projects to national plans and signed country agreements

FOR WHOM

• Members of focal agencies involved in development planning at provincial, national and sub-regional levels
• Employees at energy, transport, planning, finance and provincial government offices
• Middle-Level or Senior Government Officials
• Regional Forest Officers & Conservators
• Environment and Social consultants and Practitioners
• Safety officers
• Project Managers & Project Implementation Team Members
• NGO Members interested in Environmental & Social Safeguards Policies.