31 May 2023
Great news: during the ECOWAS meeting of May 16 – 18 in Guinée-Bissau, the Council of Environmental Ministers adopted the regional regulation of environmental and social assessment.
30 May 2023
Bangladesh is well on its way to preparing SESA legislation. SESA stands for Strategic Environmental and Social Assessment. This termoniology is sometimes used to to emphasize that social aspects, such as health, safety and social wellbeing, are…
25 May 2023
Delegates from NCEA attended the IAIA 2023 conference in Kuching, Malaysia. The theme of this year's conference was Resilience through impact assessment and leadership.
23 May 2023
In May, two new colleagues joined the NCEA. Andrea Naylor (Project Assistant) and Lineke Mook (Communications and Knowledge Management).
22 May 2023
A lot of potential and energy! That is our main takeaway from the ESYMAP workshop, held from 15 – 17 May 2023 in Guinée-Bissau.
25 April 2023
We are looking forward to participate in the IAIA23 annual 'online' conference, to hear and share new insights on impact assessment in practice. The NCEA will provide presentations or contribute at the following sessions:
24 April 2023
ANEVE, the Environmental Assessment agency in Burkina Faso, asked the NCEA to review the scoping report for the ESIA for the Niou mining project.
24 April 2023
The 2023 edition of the OECD Forum on Responsible Mineral Supply Chains will reflect longstanding and emerging priorities in fostering responsible mineral supply chains. Sessions span new conflict risks, corruption and environmental risks in mineral…
17 April 2023
After three days of mapping the ESIA system, 25 enthusiastic staff members of NEMA formulated recommendations to improve Ugandan's ESIA practice.
3 April 2023
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 - developed by IGF and the NCEA in 2020 – assesses strengths and weaknesses of a countries' ESIA system…
29 March 2023
Environmental Assessment legislation is in many countries adjusted and updated on a regularly basis. This may be caused for example by changes in a countries' planning framework, by the implementation of regional directives or by critical assessment…
29 March 2023
Rivers, their basins, and coastal zones face unparalleled pressures, jeopardising the provision of vital ecosystem services for people and the planet. This is why sustainable river basin management is crucial, now more then ever. At the UN…
29 March 2023
We are pleased to announce the signing of a new 10-year cooperation agreement with the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
27 March 2023
In Ghana, for most Integrated Water Resource Management Plans (IWRM) an SEA is carried out. An SEA assesses proposed measures on their sustainabilty and facilitates stakeholder participation. During a recent visit to Accra - as part of the Blue Deal…
21 March 2023
Good news for communities around the lake in the Sankarani river basin: the joint activities for the integrated development plan and accompanying SEA are carried out as planned, which means that the plan is coming to its final stage.
20 March 2023
Kenya is undertaking an ambitious endeavour towards more sustainable development by integrating SEA in county planning.
6 March 2023
Together with the Blue Deal, the NCEA organised a 4-day training in Burkina Faso about Integrated Water Resources Management and SEA.