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May 2023

 
  ECOWAS meeting

ECOWAS: Steps towards regional regulation of ESIA and SEA

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. The regulation aims to harmonise national environmental assessment procedures among member states. Read more about this initiative: 

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  Bangladesh National SEA workshop

National workshop to prepare SESA legislation in Bangladesh

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 emphasise that social aspects, such as health, safety and social wellbeing, are part of Strategic Environmental Assessment.

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  2023-05-22 Workshop AAAC Guinée-Bissau-klein

Mapping exercise in Guinea-Bissau to boost impact assessment skills

A lot of potential and energy! That is our main takeaway from the ESYMAP workshop, held from 15 – 17 May 2023 in Guinée-Bissau. 

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  Kuching

IAIA conference 2023 – action points and session reports

Rob Verheem and Arend Kolhoff from the NCEA attended the IAIA 2023 conference in Kuching, Malaysia. The theme of this year's conference was 'Resilience through Impact Assessment and Leadership'. 

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  Guidelines MRC

New: Interesting Reads Notification

In this new section, we highlight external resources that might be interesting for you. Debuting with 'Guidelines for Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment in the Lower Mekong River Basin' by the Mekong River Commission. You can find the guidelines here: 

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