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EIA Professional Organigram
IAIA (international Association for Impact Assessment)
National Associations of E.A
CLEAA (Capacity Linkage and Exchange for Environmental Association in
Africa)
WAAEIA (West Africa Association for Environmental Impact Assessment)
NAAEA (North Africa Association for Environmental Assessment)
EAAEA (East Africa Association for Environmental Assessment)
SAIEA (South Africa Institute for Environmental Assessment)
SEACA Secretariat for Environment Assessment in Central Africa
Global Level
Continental Level
Regional Level
National Level
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Capacity Development and Linkages for Environmental Assessment in Africa (CLEAA)THE PAN-AFRICAN NETWORK FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT
Capacity Development and Linkages in Environmental Assessment in Africa (CLEAA)
is an indigenous, Pan-African network that promotes and builds capacity for
Environmental Assessment and Management (EA&M) processes and tools to support
sustainable development in Africa.
The CLEAA Network
The CLEAA network is anchored and governed by its regional Nodes, each an
independently chartered organization with its own programme of work. These are:
Eastern Africa Association for Impact Assessment (EAAIA);
West African Association for Environmental Assessment (WAAEA) ;
The Secretariat for Environmental Assessment in Central Africa (SEACA); and
The Southern African Institute for Environmental Assessment (SAIEA).
Additional nodes in North Africa and the Indian Ocean Islands were active at one time
and CLEAA will seek to re-engage them
• Vision and Strategy. CLEAA’s vision is that by 2015, all African countries have the
capacity for, and commitment to, employing environmental
• assessment and management tools in the promotion of sustainable development.
• Strategic Focus. Towards this end, CLEAA activities are organized into five focus
areas:
1. Training and Education to provide instruction in EA&M theory and practice.
2. Human Resource Development to enhance the skills and experience of EA&M
practitioners and administrators.
3. Policy Development to support the development of more effective and financially
sustainable national EA&M systems.
4. Awareness and Constituency-Building to enhance national commitments to employing
EA&M in achieving environmentally sustainable development.
5. Strengthening Networks to support focus areas and strengthen EA&M capacity and
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• CLEAA’s Stakeholders. In order to have a meaningful impact under these five
focus areas, CLEAA intends reaching out to the following stakeholders:
• Public Sector (national): Government officials and decision-makers
responsible for promoting and implementing EA&M for both public- and
private-sector development activities.
• Public Sector (regional): Officials of the African Union and Regional
Economic Communities, who provide strategic direction and who develop
regional protocols, policies, programmes and plans that have developmental
and environmental impacts.
• Private Sector: Developers and consultants involved in applying EA&M to
specific projects.
• Civil Society: NGOs, CBOs and others participating in EA studies as
Interested and Affected Parties.Regional/Worldwide Examples
Professional Development Fellows ProgramProvides intensive training,
omentorship and practical experience to carefully selected emerging African EA professionals.
CLEAA invites donors, corporates, governments and other partners to support this worthy effort
by “Sponsoring a PD Fellow”.
oAfrican EA Barometer and Mapping measure progress in the ability of a country to effectively
implement an EA system. After identifying strengths and weaknesses, stakeholders can develop a
targeted capacity building program for a country. The CLEAA Barometer is a unique tool in
promoting sustainable development in Africa. Results from Barometer enquiries will be
summarized in an annual report to AMCEN and then publicized widely across the continent.
CLEAA invites donors, corporates, governments and other partners to “Sponsor a Country” for a
Barometer Workshop.
oUse African expertise - providing work opportunities for existing and emerging African
practitioners is a good way of ensuring that expertise is both built and retained on the continent.
CLEAA encourages foreign and local consulting firms, donors, development partners, lending
agencies and governments to allocate increasing roles for local consultants.
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For more information:
•CLEAA Coordinator:
Hussein Sosovele (Prof)
University of Dar es Salaam
Institute of Resource Assessment
P.O.Box 35097, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Tel: + 255 22 2410144, Fax: + 255 22 2410393,
•Skype: hussein.sosovele1 Email: [email protected]
•Or CLEAA Deputy Coordinator Dr Diedonne Bitondo at
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Secretariat for Environmental Assessment in Central Africa (SEEAC)
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PRESENTATION OF SEACA (SEEAC)
• In order to better address Environmental Assessment
(EA) capacity development challenges in Central
Africa, practitioners decided to create the Secretariat
for the Environmental Assessment in Central Africa
(SEACA) in 1998.
• SEACA is legally registered in Cameroon under law no
90-53 of 19th December 1990 related to freedom of
Association.
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PRESENTATION OF SEEAC (CONT.)
• Membership consists of national associations for
environmental assessment from Cameroon, Chad,
Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo,
Gabon, Rwanda, Burundi, Equatorial Guinea, Sao
Tome & Principe and the Central African Republic
to which SEACA provides strategic support.
• Activities of the national associations are in
support to those of the Governments in Central
Africa.
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THE SPONSHORSHIP OF (CLEAA/PEAA)
SEEAC as a beneficiary of PAANEEAC is
financed by the Netherlands Ministry of
Foreign Affairs (DGIS) with a technical
support from the Netherlands
Commission for Environmental
Assessment (NCEA) .
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THE PAANEEAC PROGRAM (2/2)
Currently, National Associations from the
following seven countries are effectively
operational under the PAANEEAC
programme: Burundi, Cameroon, Central
Africa, Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Gabon, and Rwanda.
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MODE OF ACTION
Assisting national associations in the drafting and implementation of their action plan;
Ensure the sub regional, regional and international coherence of the action plans in
relation to:
◦ The creation of a register of professionals;
◦ The promotion of a code of ethics and deontology;
◦ The Harmonization of procedures;
◦ The involvement of national and sub-regional experts in EIA studies;
◦ The Organization of annual meetings around specific themes of general interest;
◦ The animation and capacity building of the network of national associations ;
◦ The circulation of relevant EA information in Central Africa.
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SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE PROMOTION OF EA
Basic activities consist of the following:
◦ Sensitization;
◦ Information ;
◦ capacity building ;
◦ collaboration with national administrations in
charge of EIA ;
◦ Lobbying;
◦ Watch dog of the government.
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