Ineke Steinhauer
Technical secretary
The NCEA reviewed a Social Impact Assessment (SIA) that serves as an addendum to an EIA for a post-tsunami reconstruction project of Vilufushi island.
In 2005, FMO asked the NCEA to advise on the process and contents of an EIA for a land reclamation project of Vilufushi island in the Maldives. This request resulted in advice on ToR. Subsequently, the NCEA was requested to review the EIA report. After this review, FMO decided that the application for this project would be approved, under the condition that a socio-economic addendum would be prepared. The resulting Social Impact Assessment (SIA) report was sent to the NCEA, with a request for review.
The NCEA issued an advice of the secretariat in which it presented the results of this review. General comments included: