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Ethiopia

Activities in Ethiopia started in 2008, when we established an Memorandum of Understanding with the Federal Environmental Protection Agency. This was followed by a similar MoU (2018 – 2020) with the Amhara State Environmental Bureau, which focused on scoping and review capacity for ESIA. Activities in 2024 included advice on the ESIA curriculum and SEA trainings for the Hawassa university and SEA training for the Water and Land Resource Centre, with a focus on river basin development.

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Site visit during training in Amhara on ESIA review, 2018

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Site visit during training in Amhara on ESIA scoping, 2017

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Site visit to Lake Ziway, 2019

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Campus of Hawassa University, Wondo Genet College of Natural Resources and Forests, during SEA training for University staff, 2024

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Legislation in Ethiopia

In Ethiopia, environmental assessment is legally required since 2002 when the EIA proclamation was issued. This proclamation also made a reference to SEA as it requires the assessment of public instruments. The EIA system is decentralized vertically to regional state environmental agencies.

In 2013, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as central EIA authority in Ethiopia has been transformed into the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Forestry (renamed Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Climate Change in 2015). In 2019 the Environment, Forest and Climate Change Commission (EFCCC) replaced the Ministry in charge of the environment as the Environmental Assessment authority. In 2021, it changed again into the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA)

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