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The third round of online regional training on enhancing knowledge and understanding of key E&S professionals and practitioners on best practices for managing risks and impacts associated with an effective EIA process as well as meeting the requirements of environmental and social safeguards in development projects across the region was successfully carried out between March and May of 2022.

Environment Impact Assessment with Social Impact Assessment is an entry point to Integrated impact assessment in support of sustainable development.

Assess stakeholder interest and support for the project and enable stakeholders view to be taken into account in project design.

To improve on project outcomes. Hearing from diverse voices means things don't get missed. Listening to suggestions to bring improvements

To avoid or minimize impacts by exploring alternatives, to mitigate adverse impacts through timely compensation and assistance to restore livelihoods and living standards.

Safety saves sickness, suffering and sadness. Promote safety and health at work. Promote fair treatment, non-discrimination and equal opportunity of project workers.

Mitigation hierarchy is to avoid risks and impacts. Where avoidance is not possible, minimize or risks and impacts to acceptable levels.

The World Bank Environmental and Social Framework (ESF) makes important advances for the World Bank in areas such as transparency, accountability, non discrimination and public participation.

To avoid or minimize impacts by exploring alternatives. To mitigate adverse impacts through timely compensation and assistance to restore livelihoods and living standards.

The term gender-based violence highlights gender dimension of the violence and the root cause of the violence. However the Pacific, gender-based violence is often used against women and girls to adopt a gender-neutral approach to the issue.