Background
Social and environmental assessments and good safeguard practices should be an well-established elements of project preparation and implementation processes. Government of Nepal (GoN) is committed to address safeguard requirements while designing and implementing any development projects that could have adverse social and environmental impacts, however, safeguard provisions are scattered in a number of GoN acts, rules, and guidelines.
In Nepal, safeguards performance of development programs and projects seems very poor. That is why, ADB’s Nepal Country Partnership Strategy has emphasized the need for improvement in such performance of projects funded by it. There is an urgent need of developing capacity in key agencies and to meet an immediate requirement for better environmental and social safeguards policy provisions. The TNA conducted by Capacity Development Resource Center in 2017 has also indicated the lacking of knowledge and skills in environmental and social safeguards.
In this regard, the training program on environmental and social safeguards has been designed to impart safeguards related knowledge and skills to the participants to ease the portfolio performance.

Course Aim
The aim of this course is to enhance the environmental and social safeguards knowledge and skills of the participants.

Objectives of the Course
At the end of this training program, the participants are expected to be able to:

• understand the legal procedures, principles and provisions of safeguards; and
• implement the mitigation measures.

Course Contents
The training course will be organized to deliver the following contents:

• Environmental and social safeguards policy and principle
• EAP, EMP and SEMP preparation
• Detailed measurement surveys and key issues
• Challenges of DMS and resolution
• Assessing impact on IPs and planning
• Environmental compliance monitoring

Training Approach and Methodology
Adult learning principles will be used to facilitate the learning of the participants. Particularly, instruction techniques such as interactive lecture, exercises, plenary discussions will be used to enhance participants' learning. Due to current pandemic situation and the measures taken by the Government of Nepal in response to the outbreak of COVID-19, this program is being conducted online.

Duration
The program will be implemented for six days with about 4 hours of session every day

Date
29 Mangsir - 06 Poush 2077 (14 - 21 December 2020)

Training Management Team
Mr. Shiva Hari Adhikari
Dr. Shyan Kirat Rai
Mr. Shashi Shekhar Acharya

Participants

S.NO	DRSP
1	Ambika Ghimire	Safeguards and GESI Monitors, Sindhupalchok
2	Ram Babu Parajuli	Safeguards and GESI Monitors, Okhaldhunga
3	Mingma Y. Sherpa	Safeguards and GESI Monitors, Ramechap
4	Nabina Karki Gautam	Safeguards and GESI Monitors, Bhaktapur
5	Nabina Tiwari	Safeguards and GESI Monitors, Kathmandu
6	Roshan Poudel	Safeguards and GESI Monitors, Sindhuli
7	Shova Subedi	Safeguards and GESI Monitors, Dolakha
8	Perina Pathak	Safeguards and GESI Monitors, Dhading
9	Deepa Katuwal	Safeguards and GESI Monitors, Gorkha
10	Pawan Thapa	Safeguards and GESI Monitors, Nuwakot
11	Rojeena Rijal	Safeguards and GESI Monitors, Kavre
12	Kapil Giri	Safeguards and GESI Monitors, Makwanpur
	PID Waste Water Treatment Plan and RUDP
13	Dalip Kumar Malla	Social safeguard Expert
	Priority River Basins Flood Risk Management Project
14	Shabnam Samal	Sociologist
	SASEC Mugling-Pokhara Highway Improvement Project Phase 1
15	Prem Prakash Khatri	Project Manager, Mungling-Pokhara-East Section
16	Narendra Subedi	Project Manager, Mungling-Pokhara-West Section
	Electricity Grid Modernization Project
17	Ramesh Gautam	Sociologist
18	Bimalendra Mahato	Engineer
19	Binod Manandhar	Enginner
20	Rasmila Prajapati	Engineer
	SASEC Airport Capacity Enhancement Project; Civil Aviation Sector Improvement Program
21	Prabhuram Thapa	Chief Officer
22	Anjana Bhatta	Chief Officer
23	Sunita Shrestha	Chief Officer
24	Nirmal Paudel	Officer
	Dudhkoshi Project
25	Bashanta Dhoj Shrestha	Project Manager
26	Sharada Prasad Bhattarai	Administrative Officer