News # 4 - 2005
As part of the Calabash Project we now have an exciting 2-day Training Course on Public Participation. It is planned to present the training course in various countries in the SADC region depending on demand. Please click here to view the course flyer.
Power, Poverty and Sustainability
IAIA 2006 will be held in Stavanger, Norway from May 23-26. This conference will focus on issues of particular relevance to the Nordic region while giving attention to trends and topics from other regions and previous conferences... please visit: http://www.iaia.org/Non_Members/Conference/IAIA06/Conf_main_page/index.html
CBBIA Progress
A stakeholders workshop was held in Johannesburg – the workshop was attended by 13 people from various SADC countries.
The draft situation assessment report is almost completed. 24 case studies are being written up. More are being sought so that there is a reasonable spread amongst SADC countries. It is anticipated that the situation assessment will be available as from January 2006. Click on the image to the right to read more about the CBBIA project.
Project of the Year 2005 Award
SAIEA's Calabash Project has received international recognition by receiving the "Project of the Year" award from the International Association for Public Participation (iap2). We wish to thank the World Bank TFESSD and CIDA for their continued support and extend our congratulations to all those who participated in the Calabash Project for this achievement. We particularly acknowledge Peter Croal who managed the Project. The project was completed in July 2005. To visit the iap2 website please click here.
Scientist of the Year 2005
The executive director of SAIEA received the Scientist of the Year 2005 award from the Government of Namibia. The award was presented to Peter Tarr by Prime Minister Nahas Angula.
The
Staff of the Southern African Institute for Environmental Assessment
would like to thank all partners for a successful year. We wish everyone
a peaceful festive season and a prosperous 2006.
Transboundary - Environmental Assessment Studies
SAIEA recently signed a contract with the Environmental Law Institute to look at ways of improving methodologies for transboundary impact assessment in the context of shared waters. For this project we are studying the methodologies used for transboundary impact assessments in shared rivers in the region. The report will be available in early 2006.