ENCAP Training Courses

To date, ENCAP has developed or helped support the development of three courses. Each course homepage contains all of the presentation and resource materials used in the course. Click here to be directed to the Workshop Calendar page for information on all upcoming and recently completed courses.

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Africa Regional Course in Environmental Assessment and Environmentally Sound Design and Management for Small-scale Activities (ESDM Training)

The ENCAP EA-ESD Training course is a 5-day (M-F) course for 25-45 participants. The course introduces environmental assessment as a tool for environmentally sound design and implementation of small-scale activities. The emphasis is on improving project success rates and minimizing environmental project failures.

Targeted at USAID partner organizations engaged in small scale activities, the course also addresses compliance with USAID environmental review requirements.

The course emphasizes learning-by-doing; there is a one-day field trip in which participants conduct observation and assessment of actual or proposed project sites. Participants then draft environmental review documentation based on their site visit experience.

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Improving Success Rates for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Through Cleaner Production (MSME Training)

ENCAP co-supported the development of this 3-day course targeted at business development services providers engaged in MSME-based development projects.

The course focuses on Cleaner Production (CP). CP is a proven business-oriented problem-solving strategy that focuses primarily on improving the efficiency of production processes.

Increased efficiency generally translates into higher profits and better quality. CP thus furthers fundamental development goals of BDS providers by helping improve business performance and enhancing the long-term sustainability of Income Generation Programs.

The more efficient use of input materials and energy also equates to reduced waste, resource degradation and pollution, thereby reducing impacts on human health and the environment.

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USAID Environmental Procedures and Mainstreaming Environmental Considerations in Development Programs: Regional USAID Staff Training

This training course, often called the "Regional USAID Staff Training" is a 4- or 5-day course for approximately 30-40 participants.

The course provides USAID staff with an understanding of how to apply USAID environmental procedures and to integrate environmental considerations into development programs.

The course homepage gives access to extensive reference and resource material.

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Professional Development (PD) Fellowship program for Africans in environmental impact assessment

In January 2002, with financial support from the USAID ENCAP program, three regional non-governmental organizations, Capacity Development and Linkages for Environmental Impact Assessment in Africa (CLEIAA), collaborating with the Southern African Institute for Environmental Assessment (SAIEA) and the Eastern Africa Association for Impact Assessment (EAAIA), launched a pilot Professional Development Fellowship Programme in Environmental Impact Assessment.

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