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In the past, the NCEA has supported the strengthening of environmental assessment legislation and practice in Burundi in multiple ways. In 2013, the NCEA, on request of the ministry of Environment, facilitated the drafting of a fixed Terms of Reference for the scoping fase of the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) procedure. In the same period, the NCEA carried out a review of the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) for the ‘Clean and Waste Free Bujumbura’ project.  This was done at the request of the Ministry of Water, Environment, Lands and Urban Planning (MEEATU),

In recent years, we did not receive any new support requests from Burundi. However, the NCEA is in contact with the relevant authorities and awaits new developments.

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Reconnaissance Burundi

After an absence of three years, the NCEA visited Bujumbura to catch up on Environmental Assessment practice with its old partners

18-10-2018
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Legislation in Burundi

In June 2000, Burundi enacted its current Environment Code, with Chapter III focusing on the environmental impact assessment process.

Ten years on, Decree No. 100/22 of October 7, 2010 on the enforcement of the Environmental Code in connection with the procedure for environmental impact assessment was enacted. This Decree regulates the EIA procedure in more detail. However, the step of scoping was not yet regulated in the Decree. This was remedied by means of a Ministerial Order in 2013.

In 2019, a draft revised Environment Code has been sent to parliament and is awaiting signature by the President. In the new Code, the EIA procedure will be revised and Strategic Environmental Assessment is expected to be introduced in the country.

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