UNEP-IETC: EnTA Workshop for Sub-Saharan Africa


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United Nations Environment Programme
Division of Technology, Industry and Economics

INSIGHT, Spring '96 Edition

Training Opportunity in Environmental Technology Assessment for Sub-Saharan Africa

The UNEP IE/IETC Environmental Technology Assessment Programme (EnTA), in collaboration with the Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education, is organizing a leadership training programme for Sub-Saharan Africa on the utilization of Environmental Technology Assessment (EnTA) for decision-making in the management of Environmentally Sound Technologies (ESTs). The training for 20 participants is scheduled for 25-28 November 1996 at Potchefstroom University for CHE, South Africa. The workshop will be based on a pilot programme field-tested in November 1995 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Environmental technology assessment is an analytical tool used to help understand the likely environmental impacts of a new technology being used by an industry, municipality, country or society. As such, EnTA can be utilized to strengthen EST decision-making capabilities. The planned training will be structured around case studies from either the city hosting the seminar or from the countries of the participants and will emphasize the exchange of experiences among trainees. In addition, each trainee will generate a personal action plan aimed at implementing local EnTA training activities of their own that will be directed toward building/strengthening decision-making capabilities in their respective country.

Training Content:
The training programme has been designed and formatted as a series of proactive workshops, including on-site visits, that address the following key topics:

EnTA and development issues
Institutional aspects of technology assessment
EnTA as a communication process
Identifying environmental impacts of technologies on large cities and lake/reservoir basins.

Target Audience:
The training will be targeted at the needs of Sub-Saharan African government, civil-society and industrial decision-makers in the area of technology implementation/regulation, as well as at those with responsibilities involving environmental issues. A limited number of senior to mid-level managers of (environmental) training centres will also be targeted in order that they may facilitate the implementation of future national EnTA training events.

Invitation for Applications (no more effective):
English will be the language of this IETC training programme. Application forms can be requested from IETC's Osaka office.

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