USAID/Rwanda is pleased to offer this participatory training workshop in environmental compliance and environmentally sound design and management (ESDM) in project implementation.
Significant time will be allocated to field work, analysis and discussion to put “classroom skills” into practice, as well as to peer exchange and learning. The workshop will focus on environmental compliance and best practices as they relate to key elements of the USAID/Rwanda portfolio, including health and agriculture sector activities. The core practical exercise will build participant skills in the preparation and implementation of project-specific Environmental Mitigation and Monitoring Plans (EMMPs).
USAID’s mandatory environmental procedures (22 CFR 216 and associated directives) are USAID’s principal mechanism to ensure ESDM of development activities—and thus to prevent our activities from having significant, unforeseen, avoidable or mitigable adverse impacts on critical environmental resources, ecosystems, human health and livelihoods. They strengthen development outcomes and help safeguard the good name and reputation of the Agency.
Workshop Materials
The materials listed below are the materials used and distributed at the workshop.
- Workshop Agenda PDF(148 KB)
- Native PowerPoint Presentations Zip (20.6 MB)
Session 1: Workshop Objectives and Logistics; Participant Introductions
- Chapter Excerpt PDF 116 KB)
Session 2: Environmentally Sound Design & Management (ESDM) as a Foundation for Environmental Compliance
- Chapter Excerpt PDF (89 KB)
- Environmentally Sound Design & Management: a Foundation for Environmental Compliance PDF (986 KB)
Session 3: ESDM and Environmental Compliance in Rwanda: A Regulatory Perspective/ The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Process in Rwanda
- Chapter Excerpt PDF (86 KB)
- Environmental Impact Assessment in Rwanda PDF (552 KB)
Session 4: Fundamental Skills of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
- Chapter Excerpt PDF (118 KB)
- Fundamental Skills of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) PDF (778 KB)
Session 5: EIA in Action: From the IEE to Implementation
- Chapter Excerpt PDF (111 KB)
- EIA in Action:A Virtual Field Visit PDF (6.79 MB)
Session 6: Environmental Impact Assessment and “USAID Environmental Procedures”: the Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) and Beyond
- Chapter Excerpt PDF (126 KB)
- EIA and “USAID Environmental Procedures”: the initial Environmental Examination (IEE) and Beyond PDF (476 KB)
Session 7: Principles of Environmental Monitoring
- Chapter Excerpt PDF (110 KB)
- Principles of Environmental Monitoring PDF (1.5 MB)
Session 8: The Environmental Mitigation and Monitoring Plan (EMMP)
- Chapter Excerpt PDF (113 KB)
- Environmental Mitigation & Monitoring Plans (EMMPs) PDF (1 MB)
- ENCAP EMMP Factsheet PDF (277 KB)
- Environmental Compliance: Language for Use in Solicitations and Awards PDF (85 KB)
Session 9: Environmental Compliance Reporting
- Chapter Excerpt PDF (119 KB)
- Environmental Compliance Reporting PDF (528 KB)
Session 10: Field-based EMMP Exercise
- Field-Based EMMP Exercise Presentation PDF (105 KB)
- Field-Based EMMP Exercise—Sample EMMP (health) PDF (68 KB)
- Field-Based EMMP Exercise—Sample EMMP (ag.) PDF (69 KB)
Session 11: Special Topic A—Environmental Compliance for Regional or Centrally Funded Activities
- Forthcoming
Session 12: Special Topic B—Environmental Compliance for Certain Higher Risk Interventions
Session 13: Roles, Responsibilities & Resources
- Chapter Excerpt PDF (109 KB)
- Roles, Responsibilities and Resources PDF (964 KB)
Session 14: Question and Answer session with USAID/Washington and “Parking Lot”
- Chapter Excerpt PDF (81 KB)