
25 January 2023
ESY map publicly available
The ESY map is a tool developed by the NCEA and SAIEA, to anlayse the strengths and weaknesses of an ESIA system.
25 January 2023
The ESY map is a tool developed by the NCEA and SAIEA, to anlayse the strengths and weaknesses of an ESIA system.
24 January 2023
Towards the end of 2022, we started with an ambitious endeavour to assess the legal adoption of SEA
23 January 2023
It is with great pleasure that we welcome two new colleagues to our international team.
23 January 2023
What has happened in 25 years of SEA? Rob Verheem of the NCEA and Barry Sadler published a paper in IAPA with personal reflections on recent SEA progress, current status and future prospects.
16 January 2023
Following our news item in November 2022, we hereby publish our advisory report (in French) on the ESIA and Livelihood Restoration Plan for a new hospital in the East of Burkina Faso.
19 December 2022
An NCEA working group of experts visited Guinea recently, to assess the quality of the resettlement action plans of the Koukoutamba Hydropower Dam, its access roads and electricity lines.
13 December 2022
For environmental and social assessment to be effective, it must be regularly evaluated and improved.
13 December 2022
Kenya is is undertaking an ambitious endeavour towards more sustainable development by integrating SEA in county spatial plans.
12 December 2022
The NCEA regularly contributes to publications related to ESIA and SEA. For example some recent publications are...
8 December 2022
Would you like to know more about how water-related risks link to conflict and how such conflicts can be prevented or mitigated?
8 December 2022
The NCEA continues to expand its activities with regional partners. In November, we signed an MoU with the Volta Basin Authority (VBA).
5 December 2022
Social impacts are very important in the mining sector, but ESIAs for mining tend to focus primarily on environmental issues.
14 November 2022
The government of Burkina Faso intents to build a new hospital in the east of the country. Invest International is funding a series of necessary studies that will aid in the development of the hospital.
14 November 2022
At the IGF’s Annual General Meeting, it was our pleasure to present the pilot of the Mining ESIA Tool (MET) in Burkina Faso.
1 November 2022
The NCEA visited Suriname to support the National Institute for Environment and Development (NIMOS) with the development of ESIA guidelines for offshore oil and gas development.