{"id":19965,"date":"2024-05-23T12:11:06","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T12:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frontreaders.com\/nema\/?page_id=19965"},"modified":"2026-03-04T15:51:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T12:51:33","slug":"esia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/esia\/","title":{"rendered":"ESIA Process"},"content":{"rendered":"\n  \n    \n    <section class=\"u-clearfix u-valign-middle-sm u-valign-middle-xl u-section-2\" id=\"block-1\">\n      <div class=\"fr-view u-clearfix u-rich-text u-text u-text-1\">\n        <p id=\"isPasted\"><span style=\"font-size: 2.23077rem;\">Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Process<\/span>\n        <\/p>\n        <p><span style=\"font-size: 1.2307692307692308rem;\">In case you intend to undertake a project on your land, please verify if it requires certification from a lead agency or the National Environment Management Authority.<\/span>\n        <\/p>\n        <p><span style=\"font-size: 1.2307692307692308rem;\">1. Refer to Schedule 4 and 5 of the National Environment Act, Cap. 181 to check if your project requires an <strong>Environmental and Social Impact Assessment or a Project Brief.<\/strong><\/span>\n        <\/p>\n        <ul>\n          <li style=\"font-size: 1.23077rem;\">Schedule 4 shows lists of projects for which <strong>Project Briefs&nbsp;<\/strong>are required and where it should be submitted.<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>\n          <\/li>\n          <li style=\"font-size: 1.23077rem;\">Schedule 5 provides Categories of Projects<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>for which an <strong>Environmental and Social Impact Assessment<\/strong> is mandatory.\n          <\/li>\n          <li style=\"font-size: 1.23077rem;\">Schedule 10 shows list of Projects Which may require Environmental and Social Impact Assessments.<\/li>\n          <li style=\"font-size: 1.23077rem;\">Schedule 11 shows list of Projects or Activities Exempted from Environment Assessments.<\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n        <p><span style=\"font-size: 1.2307692307692308rem;\">2. Check for lists of certified environmental assessors to help assess your land and project for environmental and social impact from this website.<\/span>\n        <\/p>\n        <p><span style=\"font-size: 1.2307692307692308rem;\">3. Visit our portal Environmental Licensing and Management Information System (ELMIS) and create an account or login to submit your Project brief, ToR or ESIA.<\/span>\n        <\/p>\n        <p><span style=\"font-size: 1.2307692307692308rem;\">4. The assessment of your submission follows the processes below.<\/span>\n        <\/p>\n        <p align=\"center\"><!--[if !vml]-->\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ESIAprocess.png\" width=\"570\" align=\"center\" style=\"width: 570px;\" class=\"fr-dib fr-fic\">\n        <\/p>\n        <p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 1.2307692307692308rem;\">\n            <br><\/span>\n        <\/p>\n        <p><span style=\"font-size: 1.2307692307692308rem;\">5. To check the status of your project approval, login to your profile.<\/span>\n        <\/p>\n        <p><span style=\"font-size: 1.2307692307692308rem;\">6. You will be notified whether your project was approved or rejected.<\/span>\n        <\/p>\n        <p><span style=\"font-size: 1.2307692307692308rem;\">Click to apply for ESIA on&nbsp;<\/span>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/eservices.nema.go.ug\/users\/create\"><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1.2307692307692308rem;\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/eservices.nema.go.ug\/users\/create\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-weight: 700;\"><span class=\"u-text-palette-1-base\">ELMIS<\/span><\/span>\n            <\/a><\/span>\n        <\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"u-container-style u-expanded-width-md u-expanded-width-sm u-expanded-width-xs u-group u-palette-2-light-3 u-group-1\">\n        <div class=\"u-container-layout u-container-layout-1\">\n          <h3 class=\"u-text u-text-2\">News Updates<\/h3>\n          <div class=\"custom-expanded u-align-center u-blog u-blog-1\" data-site-sorting-prop=\"created\" data-site-sorting-order=\"desc\" data-items-per-page=\"1\" 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href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/category\/news-updates\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News Updates<\/a>, <a class=\"u-textlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/category\/ozone-project\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Ozone Project<\/a><\/span><span class=\"u-meta-comments u-meta-icon\"><a class=\"u-textlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/uganda-introduces-new-green-labels-for-acs-and-refrigerators\/#respond\">Comments (0)<\/a><\/span>\n                  <\/div>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/uganda-introduces-new-green-labels-for-acs-and-refrigerators\/\" class=\"u-active-none u-blog-control u-border-2 u-border-active-palette-1-dark-1 u-border-hover-palette-1-dark-1 u-border-no-left u-border-no-right u-border-no-top u-border-palette-1-base u-btn u-btn-rectangle u-button-style u-hover-none u-none u-btn-1\">Read more<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"u-align-left u-blog-post u-container-align-left u-container-style u-repeater-item u-video-cover\">\n                <div class=\"u-container-layout u-similar-container u-valign-bottom-md u-container-layout-3\">\n                  <h4 class=\"u-blog-control u-text u-text-palette-1-base u-text-4\">\n                    <a class=\"u-post-header-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/nema-and-airqo-strengthen-air-quality-regulation-implementation-in-uganda\/\">NEMA and AirQo Strengthen Air Quality Regulation Implementation in Uganda<\/a>\n                  <\/h4>\n                  <div class=\"u-blog-control u-metadata u-text-grey-30 u-metadata-2\"><span class=\"u-meta-date u-meta-icon\">February 18, 2026<\/span><span class=\"u-meta-category u-meta-icon\"><a class=\"u-textlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/category\/news-updates\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News Updates<\/a><\/span><span class=\"u-meta-comments u-meta-icon\"><a class=\"u-textlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/nema-and-airqo-strengthen-air-quality-regulation-implementation-in-uganda\/#respond\">Comments (0)<\/a><\/span>\n                  <\/div>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/nema-and-airqo-strengthen-air-quality-regulation-implementation-in-uganda\/\" class=\"u-active-none u-blog-control u-border-2 u-border-active-palette-1-dark-1 u-border-hover-palette-1-dark-1 u-border-no-left u-border-no-right u-border-no-top u-border-palette-1-base u-btn u-btn-rectangle u-button-style u-hover-none u-none u-btn-2\">Read more<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"u-align-left u-blog-post u-container-align-left u-container-style u-repeater-item u-video-cover\">\n                <div class=\"u-container-layout u-similar-container u-valign-bottom-md u-container-layout-4\">\n                  <h4 class=\"u-blog-control u-text u-text-palette-1-base u-text-5\">\n                    <a 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href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/nema-signs-a-memorandum-of-understanding-with-buganda-kingdom-for-environmental-conservation\/\" class=\"u-active-none u-blog-control u-border-2 u-border-active-palette-1-dark-1 u-border-hover-palette-1-dark-1 u-border-no-left u-border-no-right u-border-no-top u-border-palette-1-base u-btn u-btn-rectangle u-button-style u-hover-none u-none u-btn-3\">Read more<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"u-align-left u-blog-post u-container-align-left u-container-style u-repeater-item u-video-cover\">\n                <div class=\"u-container-layout u-similar-container u-valign-bottom-md u-container-layout-5\">\n                  <h4 class=\"u-blog-control u-text u-text-palette-1-base u-text-6\">\n                    <a class=\"u-post-header-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/nema-board-of-directors-inspects-mt-elgon-project-in-the-mt-elgon-subregion\/\">NEMA Board of Directors Inspects Mt. 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Elgon Subregion<\/a>\n                  <\/h4>\n                  <div class=\"u-blog-control u-metadata u-text-grey-30 u-metadata-4\"><span class=\"u-meta-date u-meta-icon\">February 11, 2026<\/span><span class=\"u-meta-category u-meta-icon\"><a class=\"u-textlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/category\/news-updates\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News Updates<\/a><\/span><span class=\"u-meta-comments u-meta-icon\"><a class=\"u-textlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/nema-board-of-directors-inspects-mt-elgon-project-in-the-mt-elgon-subregion\/#respond\">Comments (0)<\/a><\/span>\n                  <\/div>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/nema-board-of-directors-inspects-mt-elgon-project-in-the-mt-elgon-subregion\/\" class=\"u-active-none u-blog-control u-border-2 u-border-active-palette-1-dark-1 u-border-hover-palette-1-dark-1 u-border-no-left u-border-no-right u-border-no-top u-border-palette-1-base u-btn u-btn-rectangle u-button-style u-hover-none 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               <\/h4>\n                  <div class=\"u-blog-control u-metadata u-text-grey-30 u-metadata-7\"><span class=\"u-meta-date u-meta-icon\">April 5, 2025<\/span><span class=\"u-meta-category u-meta-icon\"><a class=\"u-textlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/category\/news-updates\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News Updates<\/a><\/span><span class=\"u-meta-comments u-meta-icon\"><a class=\"u-textlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/9th-nema-board-takes-oath-in-a-grand-inauguration\/#respond\">Comments (0)<\/a><\/span>\n                  <\/div>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nema.go.ug\/en\/9th-nema-board-takes-oath-in-a-grand-inauguration\/\" class=\"u-active-none u-blog-control u-border-2 u-border-active-palette-1-dark-1 u-border-hover-palette-1-dark-1 u-border-no-left u-border-no-right u-border-no-top u-border-palette-1-base u-btn u-btn-rectangle u-button-style u-hover-none u-none u-btn-7\">Read more<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n              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\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Process In case you intend to undertake a project on your land, please verify if it requires certification from a lead agency or the National Environment Management Authority. 1. 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