Approved by the Senegalese Ministry of the Environment for carrying out environmental impact studies in accordance with ministerial decree no.9470 MJEHP / DEEC of November 28, 2001, the EDE design office provides expertise, its operational capacity and its experience in national and international organizations, the private sector, manufacturers, research and development institutes in taking into account the environmental dimension.
The fields covered are vast, taking into account the transversality of the environment and the multifaceted challenges of natural resource management.
Thus, sanitation, spatial planning and infrastructure, town planning, the exploitation of renewable resources, mines and quarries, industrial processes, the energy and technology sector, Agro -industry, waste treatment and storage, biotechnology and biological diversity are key areas of intervention for the firm. EDE's technical support takes many forms.
STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
The content of the EDE mission in strategic environmental assessments can be seen through the consideration by development programs and policies of the environmental dimension, within the framework of their planned intervention, to take charge of the interdependence between man and the environment.
ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT STUDY
EDE helps its clients to identify the environmental and social impacts of a development initiative in time and space, and gives them a series of accompanying measures for environmental protection and social strata in a logic of prevention and anticipation by establishing an environmental and social management plan.
The latter includes activities, costs and implementation schedule. Environmental ethics postulates the organization of public consultations with the populations to take into account fears, opinions, reluctance factors and motivating elements.
ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT
The services of EDE also include the environmental compliance of companies or development projects that have not relied on national and international legal requirements during their installation or during the implementation implementation of their activities.
At this level, the design office helps its clients to comply with the regulatory framework governing their activities in an approach that includes the audit reference system, audit findings and non-conformities noted, as well as the environmental compliance plan. .
RESETTLEMENT ACTION PLAN - SHORT RESETTLEMENT PLAN
The impacts of losses and those of involuntary resettlement of populations during program implementation, if not mitigated, often lead to severe economic, social and environmental problems.
In particular, displaced persons may find themselves in environments where their production techniques are likely to be less efficient and competition for resources is stronger, institutions and their social networks weakened, dispersed kinship groups, cultural identity , traditional authority and the potential for lessened or lost mutual aid.
EDE offers services linked to the development, depending on the case, of Resettlement Action Plan (PAR) or Succinct Resettlement Plan (PSR) in a working document which clearly sets out the tools, analysis techniques, procedures, mechanisms, approach and planning to follow in a resettlement, compensation, compensation, complaint and conflict management process.
The direct beneficiaries of resettlement are the people affected by the work of the project or program.
The scope of EDE's interventions goes beyond the Senegalese framework and covers many African countries.
CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Global warming is causing lasting changes to our climate system, which pose a real threat. How to react to climate change? What solutions to consider? as part of its services for projects and programs, the mitigation, adaptation and resilience strategies of this phenomenon occupy a central place in the services offered by the EDE Cabinet. Climate change is already there and is having real effects all over the world. It is therefore necessary to adapt. For EDE, this involves protecting property and people (flood plan, fight against fuel poverty, etc.), maintaining and preserving the natural heritage (forests, water resources, dykes, etc.) or developing the 'urban space (urban and built planning; protection of coastlines, reduction or optimization of waste, green spaces and vegetation, development of renewable energies, etc.). EDE thus contributes to the development and use of alternatives to the reduction of greenhouse gases through projects on bio gas, solar installations, reuse of wastewater ...
COASTAL EROSION AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT
Coastal protection has become a real concern for policymakers given the risks of submersion and disasters disrupting crucial business sectors such as fishing and tourism. With its experiences and its network of partners, the EDE Cabinet is on the way to becoming a benchmark institution in the field of coastal management and monitoring. Coastal erosion, the mobility of the coastline and more broadly the natural evolution of the coastlines, have important social and economic consequences, which have been observed for several decades. Indeed, faced with natural factors linked to geological dynamics, current drifts, winds, swells, tides and storms, erosion is accentuated by the acceleration of urbanization (residential and tourist) on the littoral. It is thus also provoked and amplified by various anthropic pressures including the retention of sediments linked to local developments or dams. EDE thus places particular emphasis on the challenges of this phenomenon of coastal erosion on the Senegalese and African coasts accentuated by climate change. The Cabinet guides decision-makers and project leaders on integrated coastal zone management strategies to consider given the magnitude of this phenomenon, which has become global. Many approaches have been proposed with more than satisfactory results. These are topo-bathymetric studies, environmental and social impact studies for dredging and beach restoration ...
IMPACT STUDIES OF OIL WASTE
EDE International is also adapting and focusing on the environmental assessment of oil and gas exploitation projects. The exploitation, refining and production of petroleum by-products come with their share of environmental considerations. Special safety measures must be taken due to the abrasive nature of petroleum products. In addition, the environmental consequences generated by the handling of such materials are significant. The exploitation of fossil resources is likely to involve risks of water and soil pollution by hydrocarbons, degradation of ecosystems, etc. Oil waste poses a real risk of damaging biodiversity. With its network of experts, EDE International works alongside its customers to provide them with economically and socially sustainable solutions aimed at minimizing the environmental and social impacts and risks of oil exploitation. EDE International also offers its public and private partners in the petroleum sector institutional support in order to comply with the requirements of the regulatory framework, in particular the laws and standards in force in the countries concerned.
Réalisation des études techniques et environnementales ; Business plan ; Assistance à la Maitrise d’Ouvrage et Supervision des travaux pour la construction d’une station pilote de biogaz à Ouagadougou
Etude d’Impact Environnemental et Social (EIES) et Plan d'Action de Réinstallation (PAR) de l’opération de résorption de la décharge de Mbeubeuss (Dakar, Sénégal)
PROJET DE RENFORCEMENT DE L’ALIMENTATION EN EAU POUR MULTI USAGES SUR L’AXE LOUGA-THIES-DAKAR, A PARTIR DE LA STATION DE KEUR MOMAR SARR
A word from the director
Dr. Ing. Cheikh Sidia TOURE
Environmental health, called by engineers of the sector "environmental hygiene", is constituted by all the elements of the environment which allow a healthy living environment and a harmonious human development. Its basic components are :
■ the supply of suitable drinking water,
■ rational management of wastewater and sewage sludge,
■ the correct evacuation of rainwater,
■ solid waste management produced by the community,
■ perfect control of pollution from the activities of industrial establishments.
The EDE cabinet does not pretend to identify all the challenges of this sector of sanitary engineering. It attempts to promote the most competent human resources and to support African governments in the definition and implementation of sectoral policies adapted to communities while respecting real sustainable development.
The firm has specialized over the past 15 years by gradually attacking the following areas:
■Sewage and sludge disposal
The progress report on sanitation and drinking water, 2015 monitoring report and MDG assessment "Progress on Sanitation and Drinking Water: 2015 Update and MDG Assessment", indicates that one in three people in the world, that is 2 , 4 billion people lack access to improved sanitation and 1 billion people practice open defecation. Lack of sanitation increases risk of disease and malnutrition, especially for women and children .Sanitation is an element "essential for health and environmental health" but also, for each human being, "a factor of development and dignity". During the years 2000-2010, the firm provided approach based on a structured learning process, starting from concepts towards sanitation projects developed by States to draw lessons and good practices through large-scale dissemination. The strategy and the basic principles developed are focused on a minimum of sanitation: "a barrier is erected against the spread of diseases carried by the faeces" for all human beings. Supply-demand approaches to the sanitation market have also influenced the sector. States and financial partners have evolved towards a market logic which is not always relevant for the poorest in urban and rural areas. New models of financing for the sector are starting to emerge with the concept of Public Private Partnership (PPP) ).
■ Stormwater management
During the years 2010-2016, the EDE cabinet approached the stormwater management aspect not essentially as a technical object but on the contrary as a set of actions requiring to be reintegrated in the way of doing and thinking about the on the one hand, and to focus on the organizational, financial and institutional processes which surround it through a multidisciplinary approach, without forgetting the essential technicality processes, on the other hand. The implementation of the Rainwater Management Program (PROGEP) with the Municipal Development Agency (ADM) in Senegal constitutes a model model.
■ Solid waste management
Solid waste management includes the collection, transport, recovery and elimination of waste and, more broadly, any activity involved in organizing the management of waste from its production to its final treatment. If the links of collection, transport and recycling seem familiar and find suitable solutions in Africa, landfills are still equations with several unknown variables and constitute one of the major problems for national authorities and local elected representatives in Africa .The Cabinet positions itself towards the management and characterization of this most neglected link in this global management, "the non-control of landfills" which become just outlets for maximum concentration of pollution of all kinds.
The firm's strategies, principles and objectives are:
■ in-depth knowledge of these deposits, which can constitute an efficient trading tool that can play a significant role in climate change, which is essential for planning,
■ the choice of technologies,
■ equipment sizing.
The reflection of the EDE firm is the determination of methods and approaches for the knowledge of these deposits. Appropriate and proven value chains exist for Africa. The political, economic and social constraints noted are not insurmountable in the current conditions and situations of African cities.
The polluter pays principle is not reasonably applicable in most industrial platforms often located in urban areas in Africa. These industrial units are often agglomerated in an urban fabric whose planning is controlled neither by the States nor by the local elected officials. The cabinet positions itself in the support to the States for the definition of policies, strategies and objectives for the rational management pollution caused by industrial units.
In some countries which have already acquired this tool, the qualitative and quantitative characterizations of pollution have made it possible to put in place a draft pollution tax which must normally be accompanied by appropriate measuring instruments, accepted by all stakeholders. Cabinet support for states is evident in this final chapter.
In the 2030 Agenda for the SDGs, Africa is invited to redouble its efforts to improve sanitation in all areas of environmental hygiene. The sovereign responsibility of the States will consist in:
■ educate and protect the most exposed populations,
■ to change the old mentalities and practices which confront the quest for dignity,
■ communicate and raise awareness in an open and frank way on the issue of sanitation.
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