Actions related to objective 11.2

Full text of the objective 11.2 "All programmes and projects funded in partner countries have an ex ante environmental assessment procedure, ranging, as appropriate, from environmental screening to full environmental impact assessment or strategic environmental assessment" from the National Strategy

Flanders:

• Waarschijnlijk hier en daar, maar gebeurt dit ook systematisch?

Federal:

Discussion enc ours entre DGCD - VUB pour développer l'application effective de l'évaluation d'impact environnemental via le développement d'un toolkit pour faciliter son utilisation.

Future actions:

• Apply a screening procedure of all Belgium's development cooperation projects prior to the decision to allocate funds and carry out a full Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) when it proves necessary, so that potential negative impacts on the biodiversity of recipient countries can be identified at an early stage and be avoided or mitigated;
• Broader strategic approaches, such as "Indicative Cooperation Programmes, "Country Strategic Papers" or "Sector-Wide Approaches" (SWAP), etc., should be subject to a Strategic Environmental Assessment* (SEA) that includes biodiversity considerations;
• Both EIAs and SEAs should be performed by using the existing assessment systems of the recipient country as much as possible. Joint EIAs or SEAs by several donors will be encouraged whenever possible;
• Ex post evaluations of development cooperation programmes or projects should integrate biodiversity considerations, even in projects/programmes that are not related to natural resources.