Biodiversity & ecosystem services
Natural and critical habitats, biodiversity management plans, ecological offsets and no net loss (ESS 6 / IFC PS 6).
Consulting firm · Dakar · Established March 2025
Reconciling environmental performance,
social equity and climate resilience.
E2CS Consult supports governments, local authorities, projects and companies in mainstreaming environmental, social and climate issues — from design through to regulatory compliance.
Wooded hills and a laterite track — Kédougou region, Senegal.
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years of continuous professional practice since 1995
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environmental and social studies and instruments delivered
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countries of assignment and 3 transboundary river basins
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funding agencies and partner institutions, multilateral to bilateral
01 — Who we are
Thirty years in the field,
put to work on your projects.
Born of more than thirty years of continuous practice — from protected-area conservation to the appraisal of major infrastructure projects — our approach is rigorous, inclusive and grounded in local realities.
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).
02 — Our expertise
Six ways in,
one integrated offer.
From preliminary study to construction supervision, from community engagement to climate finance and GIS mapping.
Environmental & social assessments
ESIA, environmental impact statements, ESMF, strategic assessments, management plans, compliance audits and construction monitoring.
Resettlement & stakeholder engagement
RAP and resettlement policy frameworks, stakeholder engagement plans, grievance mechanisms, GBV/SEA-SH prevention.
Health, safety & labour
Labour Management Procedures, occupational health and safety, working conditions and community health and safety (ESS 2).
Climate & climate finance
Vulnerability analysis, adaptation and mitigation projects, access to the GCF, the GEF and the Adaptation Fund.
GIS & mapping
Thematic mapping, georeferenced data collection with KoboToolbox, remote sensing and geographic dashboards.
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
03 — Method
A methodology with its own tools, from prospecting to close-out.
To guarantee the quality, compliance and traceability of its assignments, E2CS Consult has developed a toolkit of thirteen instruments, aligned with the World Bank, AfDB and IFC frameworks.
Scope before producing
Screening, categorisation and a scoping note: we first establish which instrument is required, and why.
Go and get the data
Georeferenced field surveys, digital collection with KoboToolbox, and documented consultations disaggregated by sex and group.
Analyse and prioritise
Impact matrix, the avoid–minimise–restore–offset mitigation hierarchy, and measures that are budgeted and assigned.
Transfer and monitor
Team training, contractor-level management plans, grievance and consultation registers, monitoring dashboards.
04 — Track record
Assignments that carry
national programmes.
Senegal’s agropoles, major development programmes in Casamance, and projects financed by the World Bank, the AfDB and IFAD.
IDA / World Bank
Casamance Economic Development Project (PDEC)
Senegal — Ziguinchor, Sédhiou, Kolda
AfDB
Stakeholder Engagement Plan, Centre Agropole (PZTA Centre)
Senegal — Diourbel, Fatick, Kaffrine, Kaolack
AfDB
Mining railway extension and 12 MW solar plant, Zouérate
Mauritania
Netherlands (RVO)
ESIA of the Develop To Build (D2B) project — artisanal fisheries, six Casamance sites
Senegal — Casamance
05 — In the field
Our assignments in pictures
Photographs from our work in Senegal and Mauritania. Faces have been deliberately blurred out of respect for the people we met.
Frequently asked questions
What project owners ask us
When is an in-depth impact assessment required rather than an initial environmental analysis (AEI)?
The choice of instrument follows from screening: it depends on the nature of the project, the sensitivity of the receiving environment and the scale of expected impacts. In Senegal, the Environment Code (Law No. 2023-15 of 2 August 2023) and its implementing texts provide for four instruments — the initial environmental analysis (AEI), the in-depth impact assessment (EIA), the environmental audit and the strategic environmental assessment. Funders add their own classification — High, Substantial, Moderate or Low for the World Bank, categories 1 to 4 for the AfDB. We always run an upfront screening that tells you precisely which instrument is required, and why.
How long does an environmental and social impact assessment take?
For a medium-sized project, allow roughly two to four months from scoping to draft report, plus the time needed for administrative review and the public hearing. The determining factors are the size of the study area, the season (site access, ecological surveys), the number of stakeholders to consult and the availability of baseline data. You receive a detailed schedule with the scoping note.
Do you work outside Senegal?
Yes. Our assignments have covered Senegal, Mauritania, Guinea-Bissau, Cameroon and Belgium, as well as three transboundary basins — the Senegal River (OMVS), the Gambia (OMVG) and the Niger — within regional programmes that also covered Guinea, Mali and The Gambia. For each assignment we mobilise a network of associated experts — GIS specialists, socio-economists, ecologists, GBV specialists — suited to the country context.
Do you work to World Bank and AfDB standards?
That is our core business. We work fluently with the World Bank Environmental and Social Framework and its ten Environmental and Social Standards, the AfDB Integrated Safeguards System and its Operational Safeguards — to whose 2024 update our founder contributed — as well as the IFC Performance Standards and IFAD’s SECAP procedure. Every deliverable comes with a compliance grid documenting, standard by standard, how each requirement is addressed.
What happens after the report is delivered?
A study is only worth what its implementation is worth. We remain available for the administrative review of the file, facilitation of the public hearing, translation of the management plan into a contractor-level plan, training of project and contractor teams, and environmental and social supervision during works.
Next step
A project to appraise, to finance, or a team to train?
Describe what you need in a few lines. We come back with a first read of the issues at stake, the instrument required and a realistic schedule.