INVITATION TO APPLY FOR CERTIFICATION AND REGISTRATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERTS AND FIRMS OF ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERTS

1.Section 83 of the Environmental Management Act, 2004 directs that the Environmental Impact Assessments and Environmental Audits shall be conducted by Experts or Firms of Experts whose names and qualifications have been registered as such by the Council; and Regulation 16 and 27 of the Environmental (Registration of Experts) Regulations, 2005 confer powers to the Council to certify individuals and Firms of Experts as Environmental Expert and Firm of Environmental Experts respectively.

2.The Council hereby invites eligible and qualified individuals and/or Firms to apply for certification and registration as Environmental Experts or Firm of Environmental Experts.

3.Applications shall be submitted to the Registrar of Environmental Experts by filling a Form to be obtained from the office of the National Environment Management Council. Where an individual and/or Firm intends to apply to conduct an Environmental Impact Assessment Study and Environmental Audit, two separate applications shall be submitted.

4.Application fee for registration of individual citizens and local Firms is Tshs. 100,000/= and Tshs. 360,000/= respectively whereas fees for foreign individuals and Firms are Tshs. 450,000/= and Tshs. 900,000/= respectively.

QUALIFICATIONS:

1.Individual Applicants should:

i.Possess at least a first degree in a relevant discipline or its equivalent from an accredited University or Institution;
ii.Have training in Environmental Impact Assessment and/or Environmental Audit;
iii.Have knowledge and experience in environmental management in general and competence in carrying out Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and/or Environmental Audit (EA);
iv.Provide an abstract of the Environmental Impact Assessment or Environmental Audit report(s) involved in and a letter of recommendation from an individual or firms that supervised your work;
v.Provide names of at least three referees who are conversant with environmental issues and particularly Environmental Impact Assessment; and
vi.Fulfillment of other requirements as stipulated in pertinent laws for practicing individual environmental experts.

2.Applying Firms should note that:

i.Firms registered under other laws may apply to be registered as Consulting Firms of Environmental Experts Under these Regulations;
ii.They must have experience in carrying out Environmental Impact Assessment and/or Environmental Audit;
iii.Firms of Experts to be registered under these Regulations shall, within its members, have at least two certified and registered Environmental Experts and two specialists from different specializations to constitute a Multi-disciplinary Team;
iv.Firms shall, together with the application forms, present:
The name/names of persons who have been certified and registered to practice;
The kind of expertise the firm intends to offer in the conduct or preparation of Environmental Impact Assessment or Environmental Audits ; and
The certificate of registration of Business name.
v.Fulfillment of other requirements as stipulated in pertinent laws for practicing firms of environmental experts.
The applications, in duplicate, accompanied with the curriculum vitae, certified copies of relevant certificates and the prescribed fees should be submitted to the following address not later than 15^thFebruary, 2020.

The Registrar of Environmental Experts
National Environment Management Council
35 Regent Estate,
P.O.BOX 63154,
11404 Dar es Salaam.
Tel. No: +255 22 277 4852 or 0787 684430

Successful applicants will be informed about subsequent requirements for completing the registration process.
Please note that FOREIGN firms may only apply to carry out SPECIFIC Environmental Impact Assessment or Environmental Audit.

In case you need any further clarification please do not hesitate to visit NEMC’s office located at Plot No. 28, 29 & 30 in Dar es Salaam, or NEMC Zonal Offices in Arusha, Dodoma, Mbeya, Mwanza , Mtwara and Kigoma.

Announced by:

Director General, National Environment Management Council (NEMC),

Plot No. 28, 29 & 30-35 Regent Street, P.O. Box 63154, Dar es Salaam.

Telephone: +255 22 2774889, Direct line +255 22 2774852

Mobile: 0713 608930/0692108566

Fax: +255 222774901

Email: dg@nemc.or.tz