Series: Main Page: Country Safeguard Systems Country Safeguard Systems Subregional Workshop 30 May to 1 June 2016 ADB held the Country Safeguards Systems Subregional Workshop on 30 May to 1 June 2016 in Tbilisi, Georgia for representatives from 11 DMCs in Central, West, and East Asia. Over 60 participants from governments, civil society, ADB, and development partners attended the workshop. Organized by SDCC with support from CWRD and EARD under TA 7566 for Strengthening and Use of Country Safeguard Systems, the workshop aimed to highlight lessons, challenges, and opportunities in addressing the environmental and social risks and impacts of projects through safeguards; identify specific gaps and challenges in applying CSS across the subregions, and determine possible approaches in bridging these gaps. GRM CD Yesim Elhan-Kayalar delivered the opening remarks while SDES Principal Social Development Specialist (Safeguards) Indira Simbolon officially closed the proceedings. Program and Learning Materials 30 May 2016 31 May 2016 01 June 2016 Session / Activity Title Speaker(s) Session 1: Updates on Policy and Strengthening of CSS Country Safeguard Systems: Sharing ADB Experience This presentation gives an overview of ADB's actions on strengthening CSS in the region. Indira Simbolon Session 1: Updates on Policy and Strengthening of CSS Environmental Risk Management: Europe and Central Asia Region This presentation gives an overview of World Bank's Environmental approach in Europe and Central Asia. Ruxandra Maria Floroiu Session 1: Updates on Policy and Strengthening of CSS Country Safeguard Systems: Legal Framework Assessments This presentation gives an overview of the results of ADB's CSS mapping exercise. Maria Laureen Laurito Panel 1: Sharing of Environmental and Social Safeguards Experiences/Best Practices Draft Law on Land Acquisition for Unavoidable Public Need This presentation gives an overview of the legal policy framework for land acquisition and resettlement in Mongolia. Chinzorig Batbileg Panel 1: Sharing of Environmental and Social Safeguards Experiences/Best Practices RETA 7548 Workshop: Main Environmental Issues and Solutions During Implementation This presentation gives an overview of the challenges and solutions during the improvement of environmental safeguards in the participating countries… Madina Khalmirzaeva Panel 1: Sharing of Environmental and Social Safeguards Experiences/Best Practices Methodology And Key Findings Of Equivalence And Acceptability Assessment Of CSS In Armenia This presentation gives an overview of the assessment of land acquisition and resettlement safeguards project in Armenia. Zaruhi Hayrapetyan Panel 2: Sharing of Environmental and Social Safeguards Experiences/Best Practices Land Valuation in Pakistan This presentation gives an overview of Pakistan’s Independent Valuation of Land. Ahmed Ashfaq Khokhar Panel 2: Sharing of Environmental and Social Safeguards Experiences/Best Practices Cumulative Impact Assessment This presentation gives an overview of the environmental and social impacts of safeguards policies in Pakistan. Vaqar Zakaria Panel 2: Sharing of Environmental and Social Safeguards Experiences/Best Practices Application of Safeguard Policy of the Asian Development Bank in Kazakhstan This presentation gives an overview of the application of safeguard policy and best practice on resettlement in Kazakhstan. Assel Karymbayeva Panel 3: Sharing of Environmental and Social Safeguards Experiences/Best Practices Guidance Notes on LAR for EAs and PIUs in ARM: Operational Manual for Streamlining Social Safeguard Requirements of CSS and SPS 2009 in ADB Projects This presentation gives an overview of the land acquisition and resettlement requirements in Armenia in relation to ADB Projects. Sona Poghosyan Panel 3: Sharing of Environmental and Social Safeguards Experiences/Best Practices TA 7566-REG Strengthening and Use of Country Safeguards Systems: Environmental Training of Civil Servants This presentation gives an overview of the incorporation of Environmental Safeguard and Sustainability Training in the Civil Service in Pakistan. Vaqar Zakaria Panel 3: Sharing of Environmental and Social Safeguards Experiences/Best Practices Developing Site-Specific Environmental Management Plans to Improve Environmental Safeguards Implementation This presentation gives an overview of the purposes and phases of SSEMP preparation. Keti Dgebuadze Panel 3: Sharing of Environmental and Social Safeguards Experiences/Best Practices Design Elements of Effective Grievance Redress Mechanism in KGZ: Lessons Learned and Recommendations This presentation gives an overview of Grievance Redress Process in Kyrgyzstan. Nurzada Kartanbaeva Session / Activity Title Speaker(s) Benefitting from Partnerships Urban Services Improvement Investment Program (USIIP) This presentation gives an overview of the Urban Services Improvement Investment Program (USIIP) in Georgia. Nurzhan Dzhumabaev Benefitting from Partnerships Good Practice in Implementation of Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) This presentation gives an overview of the implementation of Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) under USIIP in Georgia. Nurzhan Dzhumabaev, Keti Dgebuadze, Ketevan Chomakhidze Session / Activity Title Speaker(s) Next Steps and Synthesis Challenges IFIs Face and are Likely to Face in Implementing their Safeguard Policies This presentation gives an overview of the generic and specific challenges in implementing safeguard policies. Michaela Bergman Disclaimer The views expressed on this website are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) or its Board of Governors or the governments they represent. ADB does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this publication and accepts no responsibility for any consequence of their use. By making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area, or by using the term “country” in this document, ADB does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. Event Coordinator/s Marian Lagmay Related Full Agenda ADB Organizer/s Office of Safeguards Read Also Main Page: Country Safeguards System Topics Environment Governance and Public Sector Management Knowledge Management Social Development and Protection