Hoang Thanh (He / Him)

I was awarded Bachelor of Environmental Science in 1999, Master of Environmental Science in 2005, and Bachelor of Arts in English Language in 2006. I also have completed several courses to further my expertise such as Environmental Economics, Waste Management, Environment Impact Assessment, and Training Need Assessment. I have more than 24-year experience in project implementation in different positions including national environmental specialist, international safeguards specialist, expert, team leader, program officer, and project director. I am addressing the environmental safeguard issues covering all the phases of a project life cycle including designs and preparation, tender, construction, and operation. My assistants to the Employers/client and ADB in project implementation are including (i) work together with an international resource person, (ii) conduct due diligent and participate in the field assessment and missions and the Fact-Finding Mission (iii) conduct meetings and coordinate to organize workshops, (iv) advise and assist the clients and PMO environmental safeguard implementation, (v) prepare, update, review and proofread project’s environmental safeguard documents including Project Administration Manual (PAM), Rapid Environmental Assessment (REA) to be used for project categorization, Environmental and Social Management Framework, Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) and Environmental Management Plan (EMP), safeguards requirements and provisions in the Bidding Documents and the Works’ Contract, and (vi) ensure the programs/projects being compliance both the ADB’s safeguards policies and the host country safeguards system. During the execution period, I am monitoring and facilitating related institutions including Construction Supervision Consultant and Contractor in safeguards compliance to ensure that the mitigation measures are properly being implemented, and any damages are to be duly compensated. Those are including (i) establish and maintain procedures to monitor the progress of safeguards implementation, (ii) devise monitoring and supervision tools to be used by CSC and Contractor, (iii) verify the compliance with safeguards measures and achieving the intended outcomes, (iv) identify risk and impacts and incompliances with ADB and Government requirements, (v) prepare training materials and documents including monitoring tools, reporting templates, and templates of the necessary safeguard plans such as Contractor’s Environmental Management Plan (CEMP) and other linked plans, (vi) conduct training courses regarding environmental safeguard management and implementation, (vii) review and approve required safeguards documents including CEMP and others, (viii) Regularly undertake environmental monitoring, establish and maintain a grievance redress mechanism. Therefore, I can combine and keep the balance all from the different sides for a good coordination and cooperation of stakeholders to support the preparation of the proposed investment program. I can support in planning and development environmental due diligence documents, leading the processes for stakeholder consultations, and delivering comprehensive and concise required documents.