# Environmental Impact Assessment

> Conduct and review environmental impact assessments that meet legal requirements and protect communities.

- **Provider:** Afriskora Training Solutions
- **Category:** Environment, Climate & Natural Resources
- **Duration:** 5 days
- **Formats:** classroom (cities across Africa), live virtual (Zoom/Teams), in-house for teams
- **Certificate:** Afriskora Certificate of Completion, verifiable online
- **Booking:** request dates and a quote; invoice and EFT payment
- **Web page:** https://afriskora.co.za/courses/environment-climate/environmental-impact-assessment
- **Request dates:** https://afriskora.co.za/request-training?course=environmental-impact-assessment

## Overview

This course covers the EIA process from screening and scoping to impact prediction, mitigation, public participation, reporting and review, with reference to African EIA legislation and international lender standards.

## Who should attend

- Environmental officers and consultants
- Regulators and reviewers
- Project developers
- Planners and engineers

## Learning outcomes

- Apply the EIA process and legal requirements
- Scope assessments effectively
- Predict and evaluate impacts
- Design mitigation and management plans
- Run meaningful public participation

## Course outline

### Day 1: EIA framework

- EIA purpose and principles
- Legislation
- Screening
- Scoping

### Day 2: Baseline and impacts

- Baseline studies
- Impact prediction
- Significance rating
- Cumulative impacts

### Day 3: Social and participation

- Social impact assessment
- Public participation
- Indigenous and community rights
- Grievances

### Day 4: Mitigation and management

- Mitigation hierarchy
- Environmental management plans
- Monitoring
- Lender standards

### Day 5: Reporting and review

- EIA reports
- Review criteria
- Decision-making
- Case study