The overall goal of the workshop was to strengthen development outcomes and sustainability of USAID actions in the Asia Bureau by assuring that participants have the motivation, knowledge, and skills beyond the introductory level necessary to: (1) achieve 22 CFR 216 environmental compliance, ADS 204 conformance, and address Climate Risk Management (CRM) over the program cycle and (2) otherwise integrate environmental considerations in activity design and management.
More than training on legally mandatory environmental procedures, this was a working-session for Missions to contribute crucial perspectives and to improve efficiency and effectiveness of environmental compliance processes, now and into the future. ADS 204, after a multiple-year revision process, is nearly finished, so the workshop discussed these proposed changes. The proposed ADS revisions require the development of Bureau Environmental Compliance Operating Procedures (BOPs), and this workshop collected Mission input on the Asia BOP before it becomes mandatory.
Similarly, the workshop sought input to Asia Bureau's version of Agency-mandated environmental compliance templates (e.g., for Initial Environmental Examinations and Requests for Categorical Exclusion) before they are launched. The workshop created a space for communication between USAID/Washington and the field on how to best address compliance and environmentally sound design and management (ESDM) challenges.
Approach to Learning:
The workshop design was field-based and emphasized practical application and peer-to-peer learning. Specifically:
- Skills and processes briefed in presentations were built and practiced in hands-on exercises conducted in small working groups.
- As an advanced workshop, basic material was covered in quick, intensive review. Presenters summarized key content quickly, to allow time in each session for discussion and Q&A.
- Key integrative exercises were built around site visits and case studies
- Session formats included group work and panels, but even presentation-centered sessions were intended to be interactive.
The materials listed below are the materials used and distributed at the workshop.
- Workshop Agenda PDF (269 KB)
- Welcome PDF (459 KB)
Session 1: Workshop Objectives, Logistics, and Introductions
- Presentation: Logistics and Instructions PDF (255 KB)
Session 2: Asia Context
- Presentation: Asia Context PDF (6 MB)
- Presentation: Indonesia PDF (3.5 MB)
- Presentation: Environmental Challenges and Response- Philippines PDF (1.7 MB)
Session 3: USAID Environmental Procedures: Intensive Review
Session 4: Environmental Compliance Realities and Challenges
Session 5: EIA Skill-Building: Impact Identification and Mitigation Theory
Session 6: Stakeholder Engagement for Environmental Compliance
- Presentation: Stakeholder Engagement for Environmental Compliance PDF (1 MB)
- Environmental Compliance Factsheet PDF (265 KB)
Session 7: Social Impact Assessment
- Presentation: Social Impact Assessment PDF (461 KB)
Session 8: Introduction to Climate Risk Management (CRM)
- Presentation 8a: Introduction to CRM PDF (3 MB)
- Presentation 8b: Introduction to Climate Risk Management PDF (3 MB)
Session 9: Environmental Compliance and Sustainability for DCAs, GDAs, PIOs, and G2Gs
- Presentation not publicly available
Session 10: USAID Environmental Compliance Harmonization Efforts and Emerging Practices
- Presentation not publicly available
Session 11: Integrative Site Visit
- Field Trip Scheme PDF (480 KB)
Session 12: Feedback on Global Reg. 216 Templates and CRM Integration
- No Materials
Session 13: Issues in Healthcare Waste Management
Session 14: Pesticides (Compliance, IPM, and Safer Use) and Biosafety (Draft ADS 211)
- Presentation: Fun with IPM and the PERSUAP PDF (1.7 MB)
- Presentation: Biosafety (Draft ADS 11) – Not publicly available
Session 15: DCHA: Where is the Money? Budgeting for Environmental Safeguards in Food Assistance Projects
- Presentation: DCHA: Where is the Money? Budgeting for Environmental Safeguards in Food Assistance Projects PDF (696 KB)
Session 17: Tools You Can Use and Future Plans
- Presentation: Tools You Can Use and Future Plans PDF (885 KB)
Session 18: Environmental Procedures and the Program Cycle, and Choice of Award Mechanism
- Presentation: Environmental Procedures and the Program Cycle, and Choice of Award Mechanism PDF (191 KB)
- Presentation: Incorporating CRM Assessment Results into Solicitations PDF (240 KB)
Session 19: Bringing Curricula to Reality - Key Messages to Leadership