Albertine Rift EIA and SEA Leadership Building Workshop

Regional/Worldwide Examples

EIA Professional Organigram

IAIA (international Association for Impact Assessment)

National Associations of E.A

CLEAA (Capacity Linkage and Exchange for Environmental Association in

Africa)

WAAEIA (West Africa Association for Environmental Impact Assessment)

NAAEA (North Africa Association for Environmental Assessment)

EAAEA (East Africa Association for Environmental Assessment)

SAIEA (South Africa Institute for Environmental Assessment)

SEACA Secretariat for Environment Assessment in Central Africa

Global Level

Continental Level

Regional Level

National Level


Capacity Development and Linkages for Environmental Assessment in Africa (CLEAA)THE PAN-AFRICAN NETWORK FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT

Capacity Development and Linkages in Environmental Assessment in Africa (CLEAA)

is an indigenous, Pan-African network that promotes and builds capacity for

Environmental Assessment and Management (EA&M) processes and tools to support

sustainable development in Africa.

The CLEAA Network

The CLEAA network is anchored and governed by its regional Nodes, each an

independently chartered organization with its own programme of work. These are:

Eastern Africa Association for Impact Assessment (EAAIA);

West African Association for Environmental Assessment (WAAEA) ;

The Secretariat for Environmental Assessment in Central Africa (SEACA); and

The Southern African Institute for Environmental Assessment (SAIEA).

Additional nodes in North Africa and the Indian Ocean Islands were active at one time

and CLEAA will seek to re-engage them

• Vision and Strategy. CLEAA’s vision is that by 2015, all African countries have the

capacity for, and commitment to, employing environmental

• assessment and management tools in the promotion of sustainable development.

• Strategic Focus. Towards this end, CLEAA activities are organized into five focus

areas:

1. Training and Education to provide instruction in EA&M theory and practice.

2. Human Resource Development to enhance the skills and experience of EA&M

practitioners and administrators.

3. Policy Development to support the development of more effective and financially

sustainable national EA&M systems.

4. Awareness and Constituency-Building to enhance national commitments to employing

EA&M in achieving environmentally sustainable development.

5. Strengthening Networks to support focus areas and strengthen EA&M capacity and

practice.Regional/Worldwide Examples

• CLEAA’s Stakeholders. In order to have a meaningful impact under these five

focus areas, CLEAA intends reaching out to the following stakeholders:

• Public Sector (national): Government officials and decision-makers

responsible for promoting and implementing EA&M for both public- and

private-sector development activities.

• Public Sector (regional): Officials of the African Union and Regional

Economic Communities, who provide strategic direction and who develop

regional protocols, policies, programmes and plans that have developmental

and environmental impacts.

• Private Sector: Developers and consultants involved in applying EA&M to

specific projects.

• Civil Society: NGOs, CBOs and others participating in EA studies as

Interested and Affected Parties.Regional/Worldwide Examples

Professional Development Fellows ProgramProvides intensive training,

omentorship and practical experience to carefully selected emerging African EA professionals.

CLEAA invites donors, corporates, governments and other partners to support this worthy effort

by “Sponsoring a PD Fellow”.

oAfrican EA Barometer and Mapping measure progress in the ability of a country to effectively

implement an EA system. After identifying strengths and weaknesses, stakeholders can develop a

targeted capacity building program for a country. The CLEAA Barometer is a unique tool in

promoting sustainable development in Africa. Results from Barometer enquiries will be

summarized in an annual report to AMCEN and then publicized widely across the continent.

CLEAA invites donors, corporates, governments and other partners to “Sponsor a Country” for a

Barometer Workshop.

oUse African expertise - providing work opportunities for existing and emerging African

practitioners is a good way of ensuring that expertise is both built and retained on the continent.

CLEAA encourages foreign and local consulting firms, donors, development partners, lending

agencies and governments to allocate increasing roles for local consultants.


For more information:

•CLEAA Coordinator:

Hussein Sosovele (Prof)

University of Dar es Salaam

Institute of Resource Assessment

P.O.Box 35097, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Tel: + 255 22 2410144, Fax: + 255 22 2410393,

•Skype: hussein.sosovele1 Email: [email protected]

•Or CLEAA Deputy Coordinator Dr Diedonne Bitondo at

[email protected]



Secretariat for Environmental Assessment in Central Africa (SEEAC)


PRESENTATION OF SEACA (SEEAC)

• In order to better address Environmental Assessment

(EA) capacity development challenges in Central

Africa, practitioners decided to create the Secretariat

for the Environmental Assessment in Central Africa

(SEACA) in 1998.

• SEACA is legally registered in Cameroon under law no

90-53 of 19th December 1990 related to freedom of

Association.


PRESENTATION OF SEEAC (CONT.)

• Membership consists of national associations for

environmental assessment from Cameroon, Chad,

Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo,

Gabon, Rwanda, Burundi, Equatorial Guinea, Sao

Tome & Principe and the Central African Republic

to which SEACA provides strategic support.

• Activities of the national associations are in

support to those of the Governments in Central

Africa.


THE SPONSHORSHIP OF (CLEAA/PEAA)

SEEAC as a beneficiary of PAANEEAC is

financed by the Netherlands Ministry of

Foreign Affairs (DGIS) with a technical

support from the Netherlands

Commission for Environmental

Assessment (NCEA) .


THE PAANEEAC PROGRAM (2/2)

Currently, National Associations from the

following seven countries are effectively

operational under the PAANEEAC

programme: Burundi, Cameroon, Central

Africa, Congo, Democratic Republic of the

Congo, Gabon, and Rwanda.


MODE OF ACTION

Assisting national associations in the drafting and implementation of their action plan;

Ensure the sub regional, regional and international coherence of the action plans in

relation to:

◦ The creation of a register of professionals;

◦ The promotion of a code of ethics and deontology;

◦ The Harmonization of procedures;

◦ The involvement of national and sub-regional experts in EIA studies;

◦ The Organization of annual meetings around specific themes of general interest;

◦ The animation and capacity building of the network of national associations ;

◦ The circulation of relevant EA information in Central Africa.


SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE PROMOTION OF EA

Basic activities consist of the following:

◦ Sensitization;

◦ Information ;

◦ capacity building ;

◦ collaboration with national administrations in

charge of EIA ;

◦ Lobbying;

◦ Watch dog of the government.

Albertine Rift EIA and SEA Leadership Building Workshop

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