Zanzibari delegation visits the Netherlands

24 June 2019

Utrecht, 17-21 June - A delegation of environmental authorities from Zanzibar and mainland Tanzania,  met with the NAM (Netherlands Oil Company) and visited their gas extraction locations. According to the delegation, it was ‘very exciting and insightful’, and ‘gave us many new perspectives’.

This visit was part of a week long study tour  to the Netherlands, to share experiences and lessons-learnt from Dutch ESIA practice.  The study tour is one of the final activities in our 2,5 years cooperation programme, to strengthen ESIA capacity in Zanzibar .