ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT & 
COMMUNITY RELATION  
Bandung, 11-14 May 2009

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is a tool used to identify the environmental, social and economic impacts of a project prior to decision-making. It aims to predict environmental impacts at an early stage in project planning and design, find ways and means to reduce adverse impacts, shape projects to suit the local environment and present the predictions and options to decision-makers. By using EIA both environmental and economic benefits can be achieved, such as reduced cost and time of project implementation and design, avoided treatment/clean-up costs and impacts of laws and regulations.

WHAT WILL PARTICIPANTS GET?
When you have completed this course you will be able to:
• Reduced cost and time of project implementation. 
• Cost-saving modifications in project design. 
• Increased project acceptance. 
• Avoided impacts and violations of laws and regulations. 
• Improved project performance. 
• Avoided treatment/clean up costs.
The application of this training would also give the benefits to local communities include: 
• A healthier local environment (forests, water sources, agricultural potential, recreational potential, aesthetic values, and clean living in urban areas). 
• Improved human health. 
• Maintenance of biodiversity. 
• Decreased resource use. 
• Fewer conflicts over natural resource use.
• Increased community skills, knowledge and pride. 

ABOUT INSTRUCTOR:
WAHYU PRIATNA AFFANDI is experienced Instructor, who succeeds in combining the experience of practitioner with ability adequate academic. He has experience more than 25 years as a practitioner in Petroleum Industries. After he graduated from ITB, he started his career as a Production Operation Engineer in HUFFCO-Indonesia and then he joined VICO Indonesia for more than 19 years (as a Reservoir Engineer, Tanker Coordinator until as a Senior Environmental Coordinator for Kalimantan Operations). He also spent his 3 years career in LASMO Indonesia as Environmental Specialist and ended his career in Oil & Gas Company as an advisor in ISO-14001 Audit & Certification Developing Environmental Program, Risk Assessment, Training, Waste Management and Community Development, in ENI Indonesia.