Introduction
Senegal has ESIA legislation since 2001. Responsible Agency is the Direction for Environmental Assessment and Classified Installations at the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development. Senegal has annual national conferences for sustainable development. In the 2018 edition, the prime minister underscored the need to undertake SEA for integration of sustainable development into sectoral policies, in particular the oil and gas sector.
News
Webpages | 20-01-2021
SEA for offshore oil and gas in Senegal takes off
On 8 and 9 December 2020, a new inter-ministerial taskforce approved the workplan for the SEA for the sustainable development of offshore oil and gas.…
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 | 06-12-2018
Review ESIA gas/liquid project, Senegal
December 6, 2018 - The NCEA recently reviewed the ESIA for the gas-to-liquid project close to the Senegalese / Mauritanian border. One of our…
Webpages | 20-11-2018
Stakeholder meeting ESIA offshore gas in Senegal
12-16 nov 2018 - The NCEA attended the public hearing for an offshore gas extraction project near the coast of St. Louis, Senegal. For the old…
Webpages | 03-10-2018
Review ESIA gas/liquid project, Senegal
The Senegalese environmental agency DEEC is currently reviewing an ESIA for a gas to liquid project. This project is planned offshore, near the…
Webpages | 21-09-2018
SEA for offshore oil and gas, Senegal
Dakar, 10-13 sept. 2018. For the coast of Senegal, significant reserves of oil and gas have been discovered. The government of Senegal wants to adopt a…
Webpages | 11-06-2018
National conference sustainable development, Senegal
Together with the EPA of Ghana, the NCEA presented their experiences with SEA for the oil and gas sector in Ghana at the National Conference for…
Webpages | 06-03-2017
Contributions to IFC workshop
The NCEA participated in an IFC workshop that took place from February 27th to March 3rd, with the Institut des Sciences de l'Environnement at the…