Economic, environmental, and operational impact assessment plays a critical role in supporting investment decisions, policy development, and infrastructure planning within the water and energy sectors. Effective impact assessment requires standardized methodologies, reliable reference factors, transparent assumptions, and consistent analytical approaches to ensure credible and comparable results across projects. This training program explores internationally recognized impact assessment methodologies, reference factor selection, calculation frameworks, and governance practices, with a practical focus on water and energy projects. It provides an institutional perspective on developing and managing a standardized Reference Factors Guide that supports evidence based impact assessments and long-term organizational consistency.
Analyze economic, environmental, and operational impact assessment methodologies.
Evaluate reference factors, multipliers, and their applicability to water and energy projects.
Assess data sources, calculation methodologies, and validation approaches for impact assessment.
Examine governance frameworks for developing and maintaining institutional reference guides.
Develop structured approaches for standardizing impact assessment methodologies across projects.
Strategic Planning and Performance Professionals.
Economic and Financial Analysts.
Water and Energy Sector Specialists.
Infrastructure Planning and Project Evaluation Professionals.
Sustainability and Performance Management Professionals.
Interactive presentations and facilitated discussions.
Practical demonstrations of impact assessment methodologies.
Review of international reference databases and official sources.
Case-based learning using the organization's draft Reference Factors Guide.
Review of the draft Reference Factors Guide prepared before the program.
Validated framework for selecting and documenting reference factors.
Recommendations for additional economic, environmental, and operational factors relevant to the water and energy sectors.
Methodology for maintaining, reviewing, and periodically updating the institutional guide.
Executive recommendations for standardizing impact assessment practices across future projects.
Economic, environmental, and operational impact assessment frameworks.
Assessment boundaries, system definitions, and impact pathways.
Project lifecycle considerations for impact assessment.
International standards and institutional methodologies.
Introduction to the Reference Factors Guide methodology.
Classification of economic, environmental, and operational reference factors.
Employment multipliers and economic impact coefficients.
Reference factor selection criteria and applicability.
Source verification, reliability assessment, and uncertainty evaluation.
Documentation of assumptions, limitations, and units of measurement.
Emission factors for electricity generation and fuel consumption.
Reference factors for desalination and water treatment facilities.
Operational factors for transmission networks and strategic storage.
Water and energy sector productivity and efficiency indicators.
Alignment of international reference factors with the Saudi context.
Structure and taxonomy of the Reference Factors Guide.
Methodologies for documenting reference factors.
Source traceability and evidence management.
Governance, ownership, and approval processes.
Periodic review, validation, and updating methodologies.
Review and validation of the draft Reference Factors Guide.
Gap analysis and identification of additional reference factors.
Standardization of calculation methodologies across projects.
Institutional governance for maintaining the Reference Factors Guide.
Case Study: Validation and enhancement of the organization's draft Reference Factors Guide for water and energy projects.