Environmental and Social Safeguards Workshop was a 5-day virtual event conducted between 16-20 May 2022. The program was specifically organized for 9 members of the Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Botswana.
During the five-day workshop, a series of sessions were developed, for which the following presentations were made:
- Defining Environmental and Social Safeguards; their importance
- International Context of ESS
- Social and Environmental Screening
- IFC Performance Standard 1
- IFC Performance Standard 4
- Free, Prior, Informed Consent
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Environmental and Social Reporting
- Social and Environmental Framework
- Social and Environmental Management System
- IFC Performance Standard 8 – Cultural Heritage
- ESIA Policy
- Fundamentos de las buenas prácticas de EIAS
- Social and Environmental Monitoring
- IFC Performance Standard 3
- IFC Performance Standard 5
- IFC Performance Standard 6
- Community Forestry and Its Relevance
- IFC Performance Standard 7
- Importance of Meaningful Ongoing Consultation
- Mainstreaming Gender in Projects
- Gender Policy
- Strengthening Project Safeguards Performance
- Ensuring Project Benefits
- Integrating ESS into Energy Projects
- Integrating ESS into Transport Projects
The workshop was conducted alongside modern adult-learning methodology. A number of materials were developed to provide a participatory environment in which discussions were encouraged and the participants had the opportunity to put in practice their recent acquired knowledge.