Introduction
Guinea’s Environmental Code of 1987 introduced EIES. It was elaborated in a decree issued in 1989. In 2013 a General Guide for the Realisation of ESIAs was adopted by ministerial decision. In 2019, the environment ministry started a project to update the national ESIA system and to add SEA requirements. The current ESIA system has a particularity that the responsible sectoral authority initially acts as intermediary between a proponent and the ESIA authority. The “Bureau Guinéen d’Études et d’Évaluation Environnementale” (BGEEE) manages the procedure with a Comité Technique d’Analyse Environnementale (CTAE) – an ad hoc committee with representatives of ministries and NGOs.
News
Webpages | 18-02-2021
The NCEA coaches new SEA process in Guinea
Late 2020 the NCEA guided the Interministerial Commission on the Moyen Bafing landscape (CICMB), on how to best manage the sustainable development of…
Webpages | 02-12-2020
Training for the staff of the Senegal-river organisations (OMVS)
The river Senegal crosses 4 countries and is an important source for irrigation, food-sypply, electricity etc. Understandably, its sustainable…
Webpages | 03-06-2020
Webinar: Cases from Mali, Senegal and Guinea on environmental assessment for sustainable development
On June 3rd, the NCEA hosted the webinar "Environmental Assessment an opportunity for sustainable development in West Africa?" together with SIFEE and…
Webpages | 14-10-2019
Strengths and weaknesses - Guinea ESIA system
What are the strengths and weaknesses of Guinea's ESIA system? What to improve? As a first step the NCEA in cooperation with BGEEE, the EA agency in…
Webpages | 25-09-2019
SEA implementation in Guinea
SEA (Strategic Environmental Assessment) is not yet legislated in Guinea. However, there is a growing interest to start with SEA practice, specifically…
Webpages | 27-08-2019
Harmonisation Environmental Assessment systems in West Africa
The NCEA organises on Sept. 11, a joint session on harmonisation of environmental assessment systems in West Africa
Webpages | 07-01-2019
Fomi-dam Guinea: transboundary effects
Since several years, Guinea plans to develop a large multi-purpose dam in the upper Niger river, the Fomi Dam. Irrigation, electricity and fisheries are…
Webpages | 12-04-2018
ESIA for Fomi-dam in Guinea
The Ministry for Environment of Guinea has asked the NCEA’s independent advice on the ESIA for the Fomi Dam in the Niger river. The Fomi Dam…