About Course

Environmental and Social Safeguards Training Program

About the Program

Safeguards Policies are indispensable instruments while attempting to intercept unmerited harm to the community and the surrounding environment throughout the development process. Safeguards Policies support the assessment of anticipated risks on the initial stage of project identification and designing. These instruments enable us to gauge the positive and negative impacts linked with any given development intervention. On the later stage of project implementation, safeguards ensure more effective management of risks and magnify constructive influence. An increasing number of countries are ratifying the application of safeguards through a range of investment planning, policies and regulations targeting to attain more sustainable development. This program has been designed specifically to address the stated requirement and support its participants with the necessary skills and knowledge in order to meet with the social and environmental safeguards across the world.

Program Objectives

• The role and the importance of environmental safeguards for the investment performance
• Environment and Social Assessment requirements and
  procedures of major international organizations and donors
  for development projects
• The roles of different stakeholders in the implementation of
  Environment and Social Mitigation Measures
• Safeguards Best practices, Effectiveness monitoring and
  reporting procedures

Target Audience

• Environment and Social consultants and Practitioners
• Middle-Level or Senior Government Officials
• Regional Forest Officers & Conservators
• Safety officers
• Project Managers & Project Implementation Team
  Members
• NGO Members interested in Environmental & Social
  Safeguards Policies
• Members of focal agencies involved in development
  planning
• Employees at energy, transport, planning, finance and
  provincial government offices

Training Period

• Classroom: 5 Days
• Online: 7 Days

The Expedition
Module 1

• Defining Environmental and Social Safeguards
• The Role & the Importance of Safeguards for Development
  Projects
• Environmental and social screening
• Social and environmental monitoring
• Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Policy
• Fundamentals of environmental and social impact assessment
  good practice
• DO NO HARM
• Ensuring benefits sharing
• Stakeholder Engagement

Module 2

• Social Safeguards, Standards, and Social issues
• Involuntary Resettlement Policy
• Resettlement and compensation
• Participation and Inclusion of indigenous people
• Forest-dependent people
• Consideration of Gender and other cross-cutting issues
• Shifting cultivation, deforestation, and gender

Module 3

• Protection of Natural Habitats
• Biodiversity Standards, Indicators and Conservation
• Sustainable Natural Resource Management
• Pesticide Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• Pollution Prevention and Abatement
• Lessons Learned from Community Forestry and Their Relevance
• Legal Literacy and Advocacy

Module 4

• Considering Intended and Unintended consequences
• The importance of ongoing, meaningful consultation
• Integration of environmental and social safeguards into Transport
  and Energy projects
• Learning from international and regional experience in
  identifying key and recurrent issues
• Strengthening project safeguard performance
• Aligning projects to national plans and signed country agreement

Module 5: Practical Session – Knowledge Reinforcement and
Real-life Adoption of Theoretical Base
The delegates will have a chance to present the development
project their respective organization and discuss its obstacles and
success points.