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Environmental Compliance Certificates: The Legal and Practical Aspects

In 2018, we saw the issuance some first Environmental Compliance Certificates (“ECC”). In this practical session, we will discuss what challenges are faced by projects undergoing the environmental impact assessment (“EIA”) process, how to manage these challenges, and other tips related to the EIA process.

HIGHLIGHTS

How does an actual ECC look like?
Which environmental conditions are imposed on project activities in the ECC?
Are public consultations a legal requirement?
Can you start preparation or construction without the ECC?
From EIA to ECC: process and actors
Who can oppose an ECC being issued and how can that be resolved?
Can an ECC be transferred?

PROGRAM

	Time	Programs
	8.30am – 9.00am	Registration and coffee
	9.00am – 9.10am	Snapshot of Environmental Laws, Rules, and Regulations in Myanmar
	9.10am – 9.30am	ECC: What is it and how does it look like?
	9.30am – 10.00am	From EIA to ECC: Steps in the Process
	10.00am – 10.15am	Break
	10.15am – 10.45am	ECC Trouble Shooting: How to deal with delays, gaps with IFC Performance Standards, and Social Objections
	10.45am – 11.00am	Break
	11.00am – 11.40am	Panel Discussion

Attendance at this workshop is free for VDB Loi clients. 30,000 kyats will be charged at the event to non-clients/members. Seats are limited and confirmation will be given on a first-come, first-served basis. To reserve your place, please contact Aye Chan Myint at [email protected] (+951 925 3752~756, +95 9 953 204 692) or Mary Ann at [email protected] (+951 925 3752~756, +95 9 894 802 226).

Speaker

Edwin Vanderbruggen
Senior Partner
VDB Loi

Edwin is the senior partner of VDB Loi and a leading foreign legal advisor living in Myanmar since 2012. A frequent advisor to the Government on transactions and privatizations in energy, transportation and telecom, he is widely recognized for his “vast knowledge” (Legal 500) and his ability “to get difficult things through the bureaucracy ” (Chambers, 2016). He advises international financial institutions on their largest Myanmar transactions, oil and gas supermajors, a greenfield multi- billion US$ telecom project and the Japanese Government on the Thilawa SEZ. He assisted two newly licensed foreign banks setup in Myanmar, acted for the sponsor of an 800MUS$ urban infrastructure PPP project and worked on 6 out of 7 power deals inked in 2016.

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EVENT DETAILS

DATE:
June 12, 2019

TIME:
08.30am to 11.40am

VENUE:
Pan Pacific Hotel, Yangon.