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Environmental and Social Performance Standard 5 (ESPS 5): Land Acquisition and Involuntary Resettlement

Environmental and Social Performance Standard 5 (ESPS 5): Land Acquisition and Involuntary Resettlement
The Inter-American Development Bank, through the BIDAcademy, issues the following badge and certifies that the recipient has successfully completed the course “Environmental and Social Performance Standard 5: Land Acquisition and Involuntary Resettlement”. The course provides an orientation about the criteria of the standard and how to apply them to avoid the impacts due to people resettlement from development projects.

Issued on 03 Mar 2026 by

Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

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Achievement Type Certificate Of Completion
Field of Study Nature, Climate and Disaster Risk
Specialization Environmental and Social Solutions

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Criteria

Learning objectives/outcomes

  1. ​Identify the Environmental and Social Performance Standard (ESPS) 5 on Land Acquisition and Involuntary Resettlement
  2. ​Recognize key concepts, processes, and principles related to land acquisition and involuntary resettlement
  3. ​Understand the different ways in which people can be impacted by resettlement, as well as the standard requirements for managing those risk and impacts
  4. ​Identify the main improvements from OP-710 on Involuntary Resettlement to ESPS 5 to implement good practices in the resettlement process
  5. ​Recognize key changes in the requirements of ESPS 5 vs. OP-710, to design resettlement processes that have minimal impact on the population

Learning experience and activities

Self-paced e-learning featuring:

  • ​Video course featuring most important concepts of ESPS 5 and changes related to the previous IDB policy (OP-710)
  • ​Self-assessment questions, related to the previous sections of the video
  • 12-question final test ​

Course content

  • Welcome and learning objectives
  • Introduction
  • Objetives of ESPS 5
  • Key definitions
  • Key processes and principles of ESPS 5
  • Outline of main changes of ESPS 5 from the previous safeguard policy OP-710
  • Vulnerable and disadvantaged groups
  • Resettlement completion audit

Assessment

This badge has been issued after successfully

  • Completing the video course
  • Passing a 12-question multiple-choice quiz with
    • A score greater than or equal to 80%
    • Two attempts and orientation feedback after the first attempt. The higher score is kept

Estimated learning effort

Completing this coursework takes an estimated 1 hour.

Badge type

Completion badge

*This credential is equivalent to the previous version.

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