Suggestions and ideas, even global initiatives, need to be translated in realistic policies and well documented plans at a manageable scale. This is true for businesses as well as governments. ESS offers its support for policy, plan and project (PPP) development.
ESS has executed the following assignments regarding Plan, Policy, and Project Development:
Assignment | Period | Client |
Consulting to support the review of the progress of the Comprehensive Disaster Risk Management Program (CDRMP) of Suriname. | 2023 | Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) |
Updating the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan Suriname | 2023 | Ministry of Spatial Planning & Environment |
Implementation of Readiness Project Activities in Suriname | 2022-2023 | Frankfurt school/ Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) |
Facilitator at the webinar ‘Online presentation on Experience Sharing on Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC)’ | 2021 | REDD+ Project Management Unit |
Review of the progress of the Comprehensive Disaster Risk Management Program (CDRMP) of Suriname | 2021 – 2022 | Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) |
Preparing the “National Circumstances and Institutional Arrangements” chapter for the Third National Communication under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) | 2020 – ongoing | Government of Suriname, Ministry of Spatial Planning and Environment |
Peer review of the Comprehensive Disaster Risk Management Program (CDRMP) for Suriname | 2020 – 2021 | Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) |
Development of a project document (Prodoc) for Free Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) protocols for the indigenous and tribal people and an analysis of processes & gaps at Association of Indigenous Village Leaders in Suriname (VIDS) for short-term capacity building. | 2020 – 2021 | United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) |
Support the National Coordination Center for Disaster Management (NCCR) to develop District Disaster Plans (Suriname) | 2019 | United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) |
Formulating an Environmental and Social Management Framework for the Suriname Ministry of Trade and Tourism | 2018 | World Bank |
Capacity Assessment of the Nature Conservation Division (Natuurbeheer, NB) to Define Strengths and Weaknesses and Develop a Plan for Capacity Building (Suriname) | 2016 – 2017 | Conservation International Suriname (CI Suriname) |
Analysis of Institutional Framework governing Environmental and Natural Resource Management in Suriname in relation to CSME (CARICOM) | 2010 – 2012 | CaribInvest (Barbados) for CARICOM Secretariat |
Design of a National Biodiversity Information Network System (NBINS, Phase 1) Suriname | 2010 -2011 | Government of Suriname, Ministry of Labour, Technological Development and Environment (ATM) |
Enabling activities for the preparation of Suriname’s Second National Communication to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) | 2010 – 2012 | Government of Suriname, Ministry of Labour, Technological Development and Environment (ATM) |
Preparation of the Third National Report regarding the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (Suriname) | 2009 – 2010 | Government of Suriname, Ministry of Labour, Technological Development and Environment (ATM) |
Preparation of PIF (pre-proposal) and PPG (preparation grant) documents for the Coastal Protected Area Management project in Suriname | 2009 | Government of Suriname, Ministry of Physical Planning, Land and Forest Management (RGB) |
Suriname country study, as part of Conservation Training and Education Assessment in Suriname and Guyana | 2008 – 2009 | Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS, U.S. Duke University) |
Assessment in relation to the UN Conventions on Biodiversity and Climate Change, as part of the National Capacity Self-Assessment of Suriname | 2008 – 2009 | Government of Suriname, Ministry of Labour, Technological Development and Environment (ATM) |
Analysis of cross-cutting issues and formulation of action plan in relation to National Capacity Self-Assessment of Suriname | 2008 – 2009 | Government of Suriname, Ministry of Labour, Technological Development and Environment (ATM) |
Suriname Country Report, as part of ACTO Program for Strengthening Joint Regional Program for Strengthening Joint Regional Management for the Sustainable Use of Amazonian Biodiversity | 2007 – 2008 | Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organisation (ACTO), Suriname |
Development of the National Biodiversity Action Plan 2012-2016 (Suriname) | 2007 – 2012 | Government of Suriname, National Institute for Environment and Development (NIMOS) & Ministry of Labour, Technological Development and Environment (ATM) |
Development of SBB / ITTO Capacity Plan (capacity building for sustainable forest | 2007 – 2008 | Government of Suriname via Forest Management and Production Control foundation (SBB) |
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Development of a proposal for a Capacity Fund for the Forest and Nature Sector in Suriname | 2007 – 2008 | Government of The Netherlands (via its embassy in Suriname) |
Suriname country study, part of Assessment of Biotrade in the Amazon Region | 2006 – 2007 | UNCTAD / Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) |
Development of Capacity Building Strategy for Tropenbos in Suriname | 2006 – 2008 | Tropenbos International Suriname |