Kenya: Project Environmental Impact Assessment & Audit

The Africa School of Project Management (ASPM) was established as a membership based professional management organisation.The school was formed to address capacity building needs among development partners, donor organizations, Government agencies, International and private sector firms in Africa.

The school has been pivotal in capacity building in South Sudan, South Africa, Botswana, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Congo, Somalia, Tanzania, Burundi and Rwanda. The school has trained over 12,000 staffs who are involved in different projects and also conducted surveys, evaluations and research in different projects and businesses in Africa.

Learning Outcomes

• Recognise the purpose and role of EIA in the decision-making process;
• Understand the strengths of EIA in regard to environmental management;
• Understand the technical and social/political limitations of EIA;
• Know the administration and procedures that apply in the student’s jurisdiction;
• understand the screening process;
• understand the scoping process and how it is applied;
• know the options for estimating environmental and social impacts;
• know the format of an EIA Report (Environmental Impact Statement, or Environmental Statement);
• Appreciate the factors that assist, and detract, from the usefulness of the EIA Report;
• Understand the purpose of developing follow-up procedures, and the options for designing these procedures.
• Appreciate the purpose and role of EIA in the decision-making process;
• Be aware of the technical and social/political limitations of EIA;
• Understand the screening process;
• Understand the scoping process and how it is applied
• Be aware of the options for estimating environmental and social impacts;
• know the format of an EIAA Report (Environmental Impact Statement, Environmental Statement);
• Be aware of the purpose of developing follow-up procedures, and the options for designing these procedures

Who Should Attend?

The course is recommended for the following; Departmental heads

Project or Departmental managers Project officers

Researchers

Staffs involved in making informed decision Anyone involved in development projects Anyone who aspires to be a good manager

Learning Content

• Purpose and aims of EIA;
• Introduction and overview of EIA
• Law, policy and institutional arrangements of EIA systems
• Screening
• Scoping
• Impact analysis
• Mitigation and impact management
• Reporting
• Review of EIA quality
• Decision-making
• Implementation and follow up
• EIA project management
• Social Impact Assessment
• Strategic Environmental Assessment
• future directions
• EIA administration and practice;
• Concept of associated assessment processes;
• Key elements of the EIA process;
• Stages that follow EIA;
• The costs and benefits of undertaking EIA; and
• Understanding of the strengths and limitations of EIA.
• Appreciate the purpose and role of EIA in the decision-making process;
• Understand the strengths of EIA in regard to environmental management;
• Understand the technical and social/political limitations of EIA;
• Know the administration and procedures that apply in the student’s jurisdiction;
• Understand the screening process;
• Understand the scoping process and how it is applied;
• Know the options for estimating environmental and social impacts;
• know the format of an EIA Report (Environmental Impact Statement, or Environmental Statement);
• Appreciate the factors that assist, and detract, from the usefulness of the EIA Report;
• Understand the purpose of developing follow-up procedures, and the options for designing these procedures.

Kindly apply through the online application form www.aspm.co.ke or drop us mail at info@aspm.co.ke.
The tuition fee is U SD 1,490 (Exclusive VAT).

The tuition fee caters for;

· Six hours training every day

· Training materials on soft/hard

· Certificate

· One tour to the national park/zoo

· Pick up from airport and back

· Logistics within town