1. EIA & SEA: a short state of the art Adaptation Fund 19 June 2011 Rob Verheem 2011

2. What is NCEA? independent knowledge institute on EA since 1987 100% subsidized by Dutch government The Netherlands: EA quality review International cooperation: supporting EA systems of Dutch partner countries

3. NCEA key activities Quality review Capacity development Knowledge center

4. NCEA partners OECD World Bank African Development bank NORAD, Danida, Sida International Association for Impact Assessment

5. What is Environmental Assessment? OECD DAC: analytical & participatory approach to integrate environmental considerations into planning & decision making to evaluate the inter linkages with economic and social considerations.

6. EA = EIA & SEA EIA = EA at project level SEA = EA at strategic level

7. How does SEA relate to EIA? SEA EIA Policy Plan Programme Projects

8. Acronyms EIA = assessment of projects Environmental Impact Assessment Social and Environmental Assessment Integrated Environmental Assessment SEA = assessment of policies, plans, sector reform Strategic Environmental Assessment Strategic Social & Environmental Assessment (SESA)

9. Why is EA used? Objectives most mentioned in practice: –to identify better opportunities –to prevent costly mistakes –to build stakeholder commitment –to reduce poverty more effectively –to prevent conflicts

10. EA & the Paris Declaration Development agencies and partner countries jointly commit to: strengthen the application of EIA develop and apply common approaches for SEA

11. Legal status world wide EIA: legally mandatory in all countries mandatory in multilateral institutions & development banks SEA: mandatory in all developed countries & World Bank fast growing in developing countries and most development banks

12. How to do EA? EIA: reasonably uniform approach world wide SEA: many forms and shapes; tailor made depending on context

13. What are key elements of EA? dialogue informationenforcement

14. What are key elements of EA? incl. gender, CSO vulnerability risk, scenarios transparency, accountability

15. How to manage EA in practice? decisions influence dialogue information

16. Issues for the AF How to reduce the risk of maladaptation: EA to compare alternatives How to increase stakeholder engagement: covered by any good practice EA When to require EA: check e.g. IFC & when country regulation requires it

17. Issues for the AF Who should pay: proponent of the project or the plan Work load of AF secretariat: reduced, when quality review part of the EA How to include gender issues: can easily be included in EA, but no easy answers

18. Costs and delays Cost and time involved in EA are: –cost and time of analysis –cost and time of stakeholder engagement –cost and time of inter agency cooperation –cost and time of communication with politicians

19. Possible next steps? A closer look at: –EA requirements of multilaterals –EA requirements of recipient countries Match with: –requirements and limitations of the AF (secretariat)

20. Possible support of NCEA www.eia.nl: –EA information –country profiles (EA regulation) –case studies –links to EA sites of multilaterals