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Training Workshop Information

Regional USAID Staff Environmental Compliance-ESDM Training

Country-level USAID Staff and Implementing Partner Env Compliance- ESDM Training

Cleaner Production for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

Pesticide Risks, Safer Use and Compliance

Short format training materials

1.5-day USAID staff Environmental Compliance-ESDM training

2-Day USAID staff training in Agency Environmental Procedures and compliance

 

 
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Overview & Calendar

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


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