Introduction

Already in 1991, a law on the protection of the environment included provisions on ESIA. The 1999 ESIA regulation provided more detailed information on the process. Since then, the ESIA system in Mali has been perfected through the publication of new and / or amended regulations. SEA was first created in the legislation in 2008, but only in 2018 the detailed SEA procedures were published.

See the French version https://www.eia.nl/fr/pays/mali


News

ESIA approach mining sector - Mali

Webpages | 03-04-2023

ESIA approach mining sector - Mali

The NCEA and IGF organised a 4-day workshop to assess the ESIA approach for Mali’s mining sector, using the Mining ESIA Tool (MET). The MET -…

MoU with the Volta Basin Authority

Webpages | 08-12-2022

MoU with the Volta Basin Authority

The NCEA continues to expand its activities with regional partners. In November, we signed an MoU with the Volta Basin Authority (VBA).

Synergy: increasing local ownership through environmental and social assessment

Webpages | 02-05-2022

Synergy: increasing local ownership through environmental and social assessment

NWP, RVO and NCEA organised a webinar to discuss the potential to increase local ownership of water management via environmental assessment.

Advice SEA for Sustainable Development Plan Sankarani Basin - Mali

Webpages | 13-12-2021

Advice SEA for Sustainable Development Plan Sankarani Basin - Mali

In November we delivered our final advice on the scoping report for the Integrated Sustainable Development Plan for 7 municipalities around the Selinge…

Annual report 2020 online!

Webpages | 19-07-2021

Annual report 2020 online!

Our Annual Report 2020 is now online! Scroll down the project highlights and facts & figures of the past year.

Publication on EA and landscape management also in French and Spanish

Webpages | 01-03-2021

Publication on EA and landscape management also in French and Spanish

Our recent publication with ten cases on ESIA and SEA in landscape management is now also available in French and Spanish.  Shared Resources,…

Publication: 10 cases of the SRJS programme!

Webpages | 26-11-2020

Publication: 10 cases of the SRJS programme!

In a new publication, the NCEA together with SRJS presents an overview of ten cases on ESIA and SEA in landscape management, from ten countries across…

SEA for the Sankarani River Basin - Mali

Webpages | 21-10-2020

SEA for the Sankarani River Basin - Mali

In the Sankarani river basin in Mali various (opposing) developments take place: artisanal mining activities, fisheries, agriculture, displacement of…

Annual Report 2019 online

Webpages | 22-07-2020

Annual Report 2019 online

Our Annual Report 2019 is now online! Scroll down the project highlights and facts & figures of the past year.

How SEA contributed to conflict prevention

Webpages | 15-06-2020

How SEA contributed to conflict prevention

The Clingendael Institute in cooperation with th NCEA just published a policy brief on the role and effectiveness of SEA in the Sourou area, a fragile…

Webinar: Cases from Mali, Senegal and Guinea on environmental assessment for sustainable development

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…

ESY mapping Mali - strengths and challenges of the ESIA system

Webpages | 03-02-2020

ESY mapping Mali - strengths and challenges of the ESIA system

A varied group of stakeholders in the ESIA process - the ministry of environment and its national directorates, other sector representation and with…

Ministries & donors: using SEA for mainstreaming SDGs - Mali

Webpages | 03-02-2020

Ministries & donors: using SEA for mainstreaming SDGs - Mali

We thoroughly enjoyed facilitating a meeting between various ministries and donor organisations on using SEA for the mainstreaming of the SDGs in plans…

Signing of a Multi Annual collaboration with Mali

Webpages | 26-11-2019

Signing of a Multi Annual collaboration with Mali

It is with great pleasure that we announce the signing of a collaboration protocol (2019 - 2022) with the Malian Ministry of Environment and Sustainable…

New colleagues!

Webpages | 01-10-2019

New colleagues!

It it with great pleasure that we welcome two new colleagues to our international team, Ms Anouk Werenstijn - project secretary and Ms Paula Dobbelaar -…

A step towards more stability in cental Mali

Webpages | 23-09-2019

A step towards more stability in cental Mali

The signing of the environmental permit in June and thereby approving the SEA for the development plan of the Sourou region, marked an important step in…

Minister Kaag signs MoU development plan Mali

Webpages | 02-07-2019

Minister Kaag signs MoU development plan Mali

Mopti, 29 june - Mr Etienne Bello, chair of the joined local governments of the Sourou area in Central Mali, and the Dutch minister for Foreign…

Next phase: SEA Development plan Sourou - Mali

Webpages | 11-03-2019

Next phase: SEA Development plan Sourou - Mali

Bamako, 1-5 March - After adopting the SEA scoping decision in February, the Steering Committee of the Sourou region development plan is…

Scoping decision published for SEA Sourou area, Mali

Webpages | 24-01-2019

Scoping decision published for SEA Sourou area, Mali

The steering group of the Sourou sustainable development plan has recently adopted its SEA scoping decision and published it on their…

standaard foto

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…

Scoping advice SEA for development plan in the Sourou - Mali

Webpages | 03-12-2018

Scoping advice SEA for development plan in the Sourou - Mali

3 December - The NCEA published a scoping advice (in French) for the SEA of an integrated planning process in the Sourou region. The Sourou…

Start of the SEA for the Sourou area, Mali

Webpages | 12-07-2018

Start of the SEA for the Sourou area, Mali

Bamako, 2-6 July 2018. The SEA for the Sourou area just kicked off! Local authorities plan for sustainable development of this area on the border with…

Two new colleagues!

Webpages | 11-06-2018

Two new colleagues!

Two new colleagues!

SEA for a land use plan of the Sourou in Mali

Webpages | 12-04-2018

SEA for a land use plan of the Sourou in Mali

The Sourou is a landscape in Mali that revolves around the Sourou River. It has to deal with problems like unemployment, low productiveness, terrorism…

SEA for Sourou development plan, Mali

Webpages | 30-10-2017

SEA for Sourou development plan, Mali

The Netherlands Embassy in Mali and the NCEA facilitated a workshop in Mopti to discuss SEA for a development plan in the Sourou area. Decentral and…

SEA for landscape approach in Burkina Faso and Mali

Webpages | 27-06-2017

SEA for landscape approach in Burkina Faso and Mali

How can SEA help to achieve sustainable livelihoods in the White Volta basin in Burkina Faso? And how can it be applied to transboundary management by…

The NCEA supporting an SEA for an irrigation plan in Mali

Webpages | 02-04-2015

The NCEA supporting an SEA for an irrigation plan in Mali

The NCEA is supporting parties involved in an SEA for a plan to increase the irrigation area northeast of Ségou in Mali. In 2014, the NCEA…

standaard foto

Webpages | 09-12-2013

Results of the EIA mapping workshops in West African countries

Conakry, 5-6 December 2013. The West African Association of Environmental Assessment organised a regional workshop to discuss strengths and…