Learning Centre

Welcome to the website of NEMA Compliance Promotion Centre

The Learning Centre offers knowledge and skills support to all stakeholders on environmental conservation with special emphasis on environmental policies and laws in Kenya. The website allows us to extend our services and resources to the wider Kenyan community.  This site is particularly useful to learning institutions that wish to train/teach on environmental issues.

On this site you will find information about the NEMA Compliance Promotion Centre, its staff, its services and courses.  These include short courses offered, and our online publications.
If you are a commencing learner, or considering studying online using our resources, visit First Steps, a Beginners Guide to Studying at NEMA – a great online resource.

We invite you to visit us at NEMA Headquarters Nairobi for more information.
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Compliance Promotion

NEMA through the Minister or Environment and Mineral Resources has gazetted several regulations to operationalise EMCA (1999). These regulations provide specific activities to be undertaken to help developers to protect the environment as they carry out their activities. NEMA Compliance Promotion Centre undertakes to improve capacity for the developers and lead agencies to assist them to make informed investment and environmental protection decisions.

The training workshops usually last between 2 days and 3 weeks. The workshops provide proponents with updated knowledge and skills on new requirements by NEMA to ensure clean and healthy environment. The training sessions is done using a problem solving and critical approach and incorporates field visits to establishments that demonstrate best environmental practices. The list of courses available is provided below. Click on the link for more information on modules, timetable and cost.

• EIA
• EMCA (1999)
• Waste Management Regulations
• Environmental Incident Management
• Biodiversity and Benefit Sharing
• Ozone Depleting Substances
• Water Quality Regulations
• Development of Environmental Awareness Materials
• Environmental Inspection
• Air Quality Regulations
• Noise Pollution Regulations
• Noise Pollution Regulations
• Education for Sustainable Development
• Environmenta Committees (PECs and DECs) Induction Course
• Environmental Prosecution
• Environmental Risk Management
• Strategic Environmental Management
• NEMA Staff Inductiobn Course
• Environmental Journalism
• Environmental Auditing
• Environmental Economic Instruments

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