Social Impact Assessment

Badge awarded to

Diego Sandoval Navarro

Issued on 15 Dec 2025 by

Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

The Inter-American Development Bank, through BIDAcademy, issues the following badge and certifies that the recipient has successfully completed the IDB online course "Social Impact Assessment”. This course helps the badge owner to effectively assess if the elements of social impact assessment have been applied based on international good practice. Based on the IDB’s Social Impact Assesment: Guidance Note and three case studies, the course offers self-guided activities to evaluate if the social impacts have been identified correctly.

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Criteria

Learning objectives/outcomes

Having undertaken this course, participants will now be able to:

Understand the ten elements of an SIA
Recognize the use and value of SIA in development programs preparation and implementation
Interpret project-related challenges, risks, and opportunities while implementing the ten elements of an SIA
Evaluate application and understanding of SIA to improve the project lifecycle
Analyze the application of the ten elements of SIA and examine if they have been correctly implemented

Sectors (AcademiaBID)

Environmental Social Risk Management

Learning experience and activities

Self-paced virtual learning that includes:

Reviewing documents, audios, infographics, and videos on the ten elements of an SIA
Answering to:
- Self-assessment questions at the end of each topic and correction feedback after two attempts
- Two practical cases, with six questions each, evaluated
- An evaluated case study type "choose your own adventure" in which the participant makes decisions that lead to a result
- Final questionnaire to evaluate the acquired knowledge

Course content

The Course has four modules that cover the following topics:

Module 1. Initial knowledge questionnaire
Module 2: Introduction and explanation of the ten elements of the HIA
- Element 1: Clarifying the legal and regulatory foundations
- Element 2: Assessing the social context
- Element 3: Stakeholder analysis and meaningful participation
- Element 4: Identifying benefits and opportunities
- Element 5: Identifying Risk
- Element 6: Defining indicators, baseline, and data collection methodology
- Element 7: Social aspects in the design and execution of the project
- Element 8: Production and dissemination of documents
- Element 9: Incorporating social aspects in the project management system
- Element 10: Monitoring, adaptive management, and evaluation
Module 3. Evaluation
- Case study: agricultural sector productivity project
- Case study: rural transport efficiency project
- Case study: EIS in a flood risk reduction program
Module 4. Final knowledge questionnaire

Assessment

This badge has been awarded after successfully completing:

Two case studies, with six questions each, evaluated
A case study in a "choose your own adventure" format, where the participant makes decisions that lead to a final result

Evaluation criteria

Two attempts to pass each of the three case studies. The highest grade obtained is computed
Minimum average score required: 70/100
All activities have the same weight
The initial and final questionnaire are not evaluated but are used to determine how much the participant learned during the course

Estimated learning effort

The course takes about four hours to complete

Badge type

Assessment badge

*This credential is equivalent to the previous version.