USAID-funded Projects

The Code of Federal Regulations, Title 22, Part 216 (22 CFR 216) has the following objectives:

1) ensure that the environmental consequences of A.I.D financed activities are identified and considered by A.I.D and the host country prior to a final decision to proceed and that appropriate environmental safeguards are adopted.

2) assists developing countries to strengthen their capabilities to appreciate and effectively evaluate the potential environmental effects of proposed development strategies and projects, and to select, implement and manage effective environmental programs;

(3) identify impacts resulting from A.I.D.’s actions upon the environment, including those aspects of the biosphere which are the common and cultural heritage of all mankind; and

(4) Define environmental limiting factors that constrain development and identify and carry out activities that assist in restoring the renewable resource base on which sustained development depends.

These objectives are achieved through an Initial Environmental Assessment (IEE) which has to follow set guidelines and format laid down by the USAID. On completion and approval of an IEE, development projects are required to carry out an annual audit of their project's activities to ensure that it complies with the commitments agreed in the IEE. This audit is called an Envionmental Status Report or ESR.

Anglo Articles has carried out IEEs in the Dominican Republic, Mauritania, Zimbabwe and Lesotho. We have also completed several ESRs in Mauritania.