Scientific rigour
Conclusions grounded in field data, measurement and the literature — never in approximation.
About
A consulting firm born in the field.
E2CS Consult SUARL — Environment, Climate, Communities, Services — supports project owners in mainstreaming environmental, social and climate issues across the whole life cycle of their projects.
Who we are
A consulting firm based in Dakar, established in March 2025.
We support governments, local authorities, projects and companies in mainstreaming environmental, social and climate issues — from design through implementation, monitoring and regulatory compliance.
E2CS stands for four words: Environment, Climate, Communities, Services — the “2” standing in for the two C’s. Four words that say the order in which we take things on.
Born of more than thirty years of continuous field practice, our approach is rigorous, inclusive and adapted to local realities. We believe a sustainable project is one that reconciles environmental performance, social equity and resilience to climate change.
Our work is aligned with the international safeguard standards — the World Bank Environmental and Social Framework, the AfDB Operational Safeguards, the IFC Performance Standards and IFAD’s requirements — while complying with Senegalese regulation, notably the Environment Code (Law No. 2023-15 of 2 August 2023).
The founder
Abdoulaye Ndiaye,
naturalist and environmental specialist.
A career that began in the heart of the wild, and never left the field.
Led by Abdoulaye Ndiaye, E2CS Consult draws on recognised expertise in the environmental and social assessment of development projects and programmes, in Senegal and across several countries of West and Central Africa, financed notably by the World Bank, the AfDB, IFAD, the Green Climate Fund and the Adaptation Fund.
His career began in the field at Niokolo Koba National Park in 1991 — the largest protected area in West Africa, a UNESCO World Heritage site — and then at IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature. He went on to serve as national coordinator of a sub-regional programme funded by the European Development Fund, as a visiting lecturer at the University of Liège, and as head of the environment and natural resource management division of the PADERCA project in Casamance.
That trajectory gives him a rare double perspective: that of the author of safeguard instruments, and that of the person accountable for implementing them inside a project management unit. In 2024 he contributed to the update of the African Development Bank’s Integrated Safeguards System.
Biodiversity conservation and the sustainable management of natural resources are the foundation of any successful development.
French — read, spoken and written: excellent
Wolof — read, spoken and written: excellent
English — read and written: excellent · spoken: fluent
Spanish — read and written: intermediate
1991 — 1995
Niokolo Koba National Park
Large and medium mammal counts in the largest protected area in West Africa, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and support to the training of park rangers. The field school where it all began.
1995 — 1998
IUCN — Dakar Office, Wetlands Programme
Preparation of technical documents for natural resource and biodiversity conservation projects, and establishment of the IUCN National Committee in Senegal.
1998 — 2002
National Parks Directorate
Preparation of the Niokolo Koba management plan, then Programme Officer for the park rehabilitation and development project (FAC/FFEM): ecological monitoring, the “elephant operation”, and the park-communities interface.
2002 — 2005
National Coordinator, AGIR programme
Coordination, on behalf of the Senegalese State, of a sub-regional programme covering Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali and Senegal, funded by the 8th European Development Fund.
2002 — 2004
Visiting lecturer, University of Liège
Module on tropical park management and participatory approaches within the interuniversity postgraduate degree in tropical animal and plant resource management, including supervision of field dissertations.
2007 — 2015
Head of Environment & Natural Resources — PADERCA
Environment and Natural Resource Management Division of the Casamance Rural Development Support Project (AfDB): project ESIA then implementation of its management plan, community forestry, integrated mangrove management, soil defence and restoration, and environmental education.
2015 — present
Senior consultant, team leader
ESIA, impact statements, strategic assessments, ESMF, RPF and RAP for the World Bank, the AfDB, AFD, IFAD, KfW, the Adaptation Fund and the Netherlands cooperation. In parallel, safeguards lead for the PDEC (IDA) and the Digital Technology Park (AfDB).
March 2025
E2CS Consult SUARL established
This experience brought together within a structured consulting firm, with its own tools, methods and network of associated experts.
Academic background
A naturalist’s training, completed in environmental science.
Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Natural Sciences, then postgraduate study at the Institute of Environmental Sciences and the Faculty of Science and Technology of UCAD — equivalent to five years of higher education.
Advanced Studies Certificate in Environmental Sciences, with distinction
Institute of Environmental Sciences (ISE) — UCAD, Dakar — 1993 — 1994
Postgraduate coursework in Animal Biology
Faculty of Science and Technology — UCAD, Dakar — 1993 — 1994
Master’s degree in Natural Sciences
Faculty of Science and Technology — UCAD, Dakar — 1991 — 1992
Bachelor’s degree in Natural Sciences
Faculty of Science and Technology — UCAD, Dakar — 1990 — 1991
Our vision
To become a reference in West Africa.
In advisory work on environment, climate and community development, built on expertise, innovation and ethics.
Our mission
To make projects sustainable, compliant and socially acceptable.
Helping project owners design and deliver operations that reconcile environmental performance, social equity and climate resilience.
Our values
Four non-negotiable principles.
Ethics and transparency
Independent judgement, traceable sources and honest reporting of findings, including the inconvenient ones.
Inclusion and participation
Neighbouring communities are stakeholders in their own right, not a box to tick.
Innovation and local fit
Proven digital tools — KoboToolbox, QGIS — put to work in African field conditions.
What sets us apart
What you find in an E2CS deliverable.
Expertise rooted in place
Thirty years in the field across West Africa: we know the actors, the administrations and local practice.
Both frameworks, mastered together
Senegalese regulation and funder standards handled in a single deliverable, with no grey areas.
A methodology with its own tools
Thirteen proprietary instruments covering the full assignment cycle, from screening to close-out.
Documented traceability
Digital data collection, consultation and grievance registers, monitoring dashboards: every statement is sourced.
Standards we work to
We speak your funder’s language
Every deliverable is built to clear the funder’s review first time round: instruments, terminology and compliance grids aligned with the applicable framework.
ESS 1-10Environmental and Social Framework — World Bank
OS1-OS10Integrated Safeguards System — AfDB
IFC PSPerformance Standards — International Finance Corporation
SECAPSocial, Environmental and Climate Assessment Procedures — IFAD
EHSEnvironmental, Health and Safety Guidelines — World Bank Group
2023-15Senegal Environment Code & classified-installation nomenclature
Funders and partner institutions
World Bank / IDA
African Development Bank
European Union — EDF
AFD
IFAD
KfW
Netherlands Enterprise Agency — RVO
Adaptation Fund
Green Climate Fund
UNCDF
UNIDO
Millennium Challenge Account
GEF / SGP
IUCN
FFEM
Next step
Let’s work together.
For every assignment we mobilise a fit-for-purpose team: GIS specialists, socio-economists, ecologists, and GBV and occupational safety specialists.