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BOOK TITLE: Int'l Enviro Consulting Practice-(How & Where to seek
Global Opportunities)
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 605 3rd Street, New York, NY.10158-0012
John Wiley & Sons, Baffins Lane, Chichester, Sussex PO 19
1UD, England
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ISBN Order #: 0471179841
Author: Sam Peter A.
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This book provides the reader with a broad framework of global
environmental management. It provides the reader with comprehensive
information about international environmental opportunities and market. It
uses a guided approach on how to set up an international environmental
consulting practice and includes a comprehensive approach and
information on a carefully constructed, step-by-step methodology to
setting up an individual, a corporation or a company in international
environmental practice. Between the covers is an in-depth background
of international environmental consulting practice giving the reader an
understanding of the evolution of global environmental management
problems, issues, treaties and agreements. The reader is presented
with information on future opportunities within the international
environmental consulting market. Analyses and trends which shape the
present international environmental consulting market are provided to
give the reader a broader view of the fields in future market certainties
and uncertainties. As environmental management increasingly becomes
an important element in forging each nation's economic, social and human
development, the need for environmental experts increases, especially in
nations where environmental technologies and experts are lacking.
Nations classified under developing countries criteria typically demand
foreign environmental consultants. The demand for international
environmental consultants has steadily risen in the past ten years due to
the complex dimension of environmental management in these countries.
The complexity arises from the integral role of socio-economic
development considerations in environmental management and
the overall sustainable development. In retrospect, the reader is
presented with in-depth literature on consulting market opportunities as
they reflect the complex socio-economic development dimensions of
environmental management in each continent. It is understood that
developing countries present unique socio-economic, poverty,
population explosion, economic inefficiencies that play a vital impact on
natural resources. In developed nations although there are similar
synergies between development and natural resources, there have been
specific and rapid interventions over the years to institute stringent
environmental policies and management. In an earlier period of
environmental management policy development in most of the
industrialized countries, we witnessed drastic increase in demand for
environmental practitioners, especially in the United States. As the
environmental field in developed nations has become saturated and
highest priority environmental problems get addressed, we have started
to witness a decreasing need for environmental consulting and services
in those industrialized countries.
Chapter One: The Evolution Of International Environmental Consulting
- Forces Shaping International Environmental Consulting Practice
- International Treaties, Agreements and Laws
- Governmental and Non-Governmental Role
- The International Donor Community
- Global Environmental Industry and Market
- Environmental Technical Assistance Needs in Developing Countries
Chapter Two: Preparing for International Environmental Consulting
Practice
- Helpful Hints: The Fundamentals
- Introduction
- Self Evaluation Questionnaire
- Understanding the Practice of a Consultant
- Practitioner*s Qualifications, Capabilities, Abilities and Sensitivity
-The Actual Business: How to Start (The Building Blocks)
- Preparation and development of an International Environmental
Business Plan
- Registration of your Business or Organization with the State or
Federal Government
- Legal Advise on Foreign Transactions with Foreign Countries
- Financial Resources for the New Venture Market You are
Pursuing
- Investment Consideration
- Human Resource Capacity
- Insurance Coverage Consideration
- Procuring Services and Contracts
- How to Conduct a Preliminary Inventory
- How to Evaluate and Know much More About Yourself and Your
Company
- How to Visualize Success and Develop an Action Plan for Success
- Anticipating Pitfalls and Developing Strategies to Overcome and Tackle
Pitfalls
- Strategic Thinking
- International Laws Awareness
- In-country Trade, Marketplace attributes, Environmental Policies and
Governance
- Different Bureaucracies, Governmental Functions and Structures
- Cultures, Customs and Traditional Configurations and Practices
- Socio-economic and Business Forms of Transactions and
Configurations
- Complex Forms of Registration and Licensing
- Effective Networking and Creating Visibility
Chapter Three: International Partnership and Joint Venturing
- The Partnering Process
- The Benefits of Partnering
- The Venturing Process
- The Benefits of Venturing
CHAPTER FOUR : Proposals, Contracts, Bidding and Negotiating
- Development Of Proposals
- Developing Proposals
- Types of Proposal
- Response to Request for Proposals (RFPs)
- Unsolicited Proposals
- How Do You Obtain RFPs And Consulting Jobs
- Internet Access
- Sources Of Information On the Internet
- Monthly Publications
- Direct Contact
- Registration As A Sub-Contractor
- Registration With International Donor Organizations And Developing
Agencies
- Contracts
- General Elements For Drafting A Contract
- Bidding
- Negotiating
- Attributes of Negotiations in Different Cultures Overseas
- Preparation For Negotiating In A Different Cultures and Traditions
Overseas
- The Ten Commandments of Negotiations
Chapter FIVE : International Consulting Market Opportunities and
Prospects
- Overview
- Consulting Opportunities
- Business and Contract Opportunities
- International Development Assistance Agencies
- Foundations And Non-Profit Organizations
- Foreign Governmental Institutions
- Multinational Corporations
- U.S. Environmental Industries & Companies Prospects for Foreign
Markets
- Africa
- Eastern Europe
- Western Europe
- Latin America
- Asia
- Pacific Rim
- Lending for Environmental Management
- Global Environmental Facility
- Chapter SIX: The Year 2000 and Beyond
- Promising Future
- Emerging Environmental Fields
- Strategic Environmental Management
- Environmental Responsibility Programs
- International Standards Organization (ISO 14000) & Pollution
Prevention
- Environmental Medicine/Plant Pharmaceuticals
- Ecotourism
- Occupational Environmentalism
- International Environmental Data And Trends
- Global Ambient Air Quality Indicators And Trends
- Budgets And Financial Resources Towards Environmental
Management
- Where Does Public And Private Environmental Financing Go
- Environmental Capacity Building Needs in Developing Countries
- Technical Aspects
- Socio-economic Aspects
- Environmental Regulations/Enforcement And Policy
- Service Sector Growth
- Management Sector Growth
- Construction Sector Growth
- Environmental Technologies Export Market/Technology Transfer
Chapter Seven: Final Preparation: Before You Step into a Foreign
Country
- Before You Go There
- When You Get There
- Assessing and Knowing Key Political and Economic Sensitivity
Factors
- Africa
- Eastern Europe
- Western Europe
- Far East, Asia and The Pacific Rim
- North, South And Central America
APPENDICES AND SPECIAL SECTIONS
Section I : Organizations and Functions of the United Nations
Section II : List of Foreign Countries Governmental Ministries
Directly Responsible for the Environment and Health
Section III: Names and Addresses of International Inter-Governmental
Agencies And Donor Assistance Organizations
Section IV: List of US Government Agencies Engaged in International
Environmental Projects and the Provision of Foreign
Assistance
Section V: Names and Addresses of Foreign Embassies in the US.
Section VI: International Non-Profit/Non-Governmental Organizations
Section VII: Water Availability
Section VIII : Selected Water Quality Indicators for Various Rivers
Section IX : Ambient Air Quality Indicators for Various Cities
Section X: Changes in Land Use for Low and Middle Income
Countries
Section XI: Naturally Protected Areas
Section XII: Central Government Expenditures
Section XIII: Development Assistance Receipts
Section XIV: Global Water Availability
Section XV : Money And Interest In Various Countries
Section XVI: Education Profile Of Countries
Section XVII: Basic Social Indicators For Each Country
Section XVIII: Sources of Environmental and Natural Resource
Information for each Country Of Global
TABLES
Table 1-1: Categories of International Environmental Areas of Expertise
Table 2-1: Some International Environmental Treaties and Agreements
Table 2-2: Global Environmental Industry and Market -Average
Annual Growth Calculated over Five Years
Table 2-3: Trade in Environmental Management Products
Table 2-4: Primary Sanitation Systems in Some Cities in Sub-Saharan
Africa
Table 3-1: Some Basic Elements To Consider In Establishing Goals
Table 3-2: Management and Operations Competency Areas and
Functions
Table 5-1: Major Types of Contracts: Merits and Demerits
Table 6-1a: EBJ*s Top 50 Environmental Markets in the World
Table 6-1b: Growth in the Global Environmental Market
Table 6-2: Lending Portfolio for Environmental Management and
Pollution Control Approved in FY 1989-1993 by the World
Bank
Table 6-3: GEF Biodiversity Grants
Table 7-1: Countries Making-up the Highest Pollution Source for
Greenhouse
Table 7-2: Countries Registering the Highest Industrial Emissions of
Carbon Dioxide in 1989
Table 7-3: Countries with the Highest CFC Emissions in 1989
Table 7-4: Estimated Costs and Long Term Benefits of Selected
Environmental Programs in Developing Countries
Table 8-1: Information Sources for Economic and Political Factors
Applicable to Conducting Business in a Foreign Country
Table 8-2: Past and Present Socio-Economic Indicators in Africa
Table 8-3: Environmental Condition Rating in Africa
Table 8-4: Environmental Condition Rating in Europe
Table 8-5: Environmental Condition Rating in Asia and The Pacific Rim
Table 8-6: Environmental Condition Rating in North, South And Central
America
Table :8-7 Global Market For Environmental Technologies Projections
From 1990-2000
FIGURES
Figure 1-1: Framework for Starting An International Environmental
Consulting Business
Figure 1-2: Driving Forces of International Environmental Policy and
Laws
Figure 2-1: Economic Activity and the Environment
Figure 2-2: Forces Creating Markets for International Environmental
Consulting
Figure 2-3: International Environmental Management by International
Multinational Companies
Figure 2-4: Multinational Companies Moving Environmental Markets
through Innovation
Figure 2-5: World Power Generation and Air Pollution Control Order,
1993-2003
Figure 2-6: Environmental Business Opportunity Markets in Developing
Countries
Figure 2-7: World Air Pollution Control Market
Figure 2-8: West German Air Pollution Control Market
Figure 3-1a: Helpful Hints in Entering the International Consulting
Practice
Figure 3-1b: Helpful Hints in Entering the International Consulting
Practice
Figure 3-2: Some Ways Of Networking and Creating Visibility for a
Successful International Environmental Consulting Practice
Figure 4-1: Schematic Diagram for Partnership Process
Figure 4-2: Schematic Diagram of For Joint Ventureship Partner
Selection Process
Figure 5-1: A Flow Diagram Process for Winning a Project Contract
Award
Figure 6-1a: The $408 Billion Global Environmental Market
Figure 6-1b: Global Environmental Market, 1994
Figure 6-2: Net Official Development Assistance from Development
Aid Assistance Countries in 1991
Figure 6-3: Primary Causes of Environmental Degradation in Africa
Figure 7-1a: Environmental Management Options Hierarchy
Figure 7-1b: Source Reduction Methodologies
Figure 7-2: Multinational Companies Driving Environmental Markets
through Innovations and Streamlining of Corporate
International Environmental Programs
Figure 7-3: Global Carbon Dioxide Emissions From Fossil Fuel
Consumption and Cement Manufacturing, Data for 1965
and 1989
Figure 7-4a: Access to Safe Water in Developing Countries Data for
1980 and 1990
Figure 7-4b: Access to Adequate Sanitation in Developing Countries
Data for 1980 and 1990
Figure 7-5: Water Use and Scarcity Global Region
Figure 7-6: Water Availability by Region
