Reforming environmental permit and review systems: El Salvador
Channel: iaiachannel
Date: 2018-03-19

Presenter: Jorge Castaneda
Discussion Facilitators: Cheryl Wasserman and Heather Smith

Slides and relevant handouts available at http://www.iaia.org/webinars.php.

In this 80-minute webinar, learn how El Salvador’s environmental permit and review reforms and online platform saves time, provides certainty, transparency, accountability, validation, spatial information access and participation for all levels of impact.

Presenter Jorge Castaneda will demonstrate the El Salvador comprehensive and innovative platform, an integrated system for environmental permitting and review, from application through enforcement, with features addressing many of the common challenges and pressures for reform faced by all EsIA programs.  

After the presentation and Q&A, Cheryl Wasserman and Heather Smith lead a discussion with Jorge and answer more viewer questions.

This webinar will interest government and development officials responsible for EsIA systems, related environmental permitting and enforcement and anyone else interested in the new environmental permit and review system in El Salvador.

Jorge Castaneda directs the EsIA program in El Salvador’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MARN) and has been deeply involved in shaping reforms in El Salvador’s system.

Recorded: 19 March 2018

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