Veranstaltungen: Seminare/Kongresse/Workshops

Impact Assessment for Sustainable Development: Integrating Environmental Assessment with Economic and Social Appraisal
Manchester, UK, 21 September - 11 December 1998
Introduction

The University of Manchester, Institute of Development Policy and Management (IDPM) and the EIA Centre at the University of Manchester, are offering a progressive training programme on Impact Assessment for Sustainable Development: Integrating Environmental Assessment with Economic and Social Appraisal.

Sustainable Development can only be achieved on the basis of a balanced appraisal prior to their approval and implementation, of a country's development policies, plans and programmes as well as of its major development projects. Environmental impact assessment (EIA) is a tool which is widely used to assess the environmental impacts of individual development projects. Cost-benefit analysis (CBA) and social impact assessment (SIA) are used to appraise their likely economic and social consequences. A balanced appraisal requires the integrated application of each of these three appraisal methods. The emergence of sustainable development as a major policy objective is now leading to these three methods being adapted and applied, in an integrated manner, in strategic-level appraisals of development policies, plans and programmes. This has created the need to strengthen and extend training in the combined application of these three forms of appraisal, at both project and policy and planning levels, in different types of economic system. The University of Manchester, through IDPM and the EIA Centre, has an international reputation for research and training in this area.

Participants

The programme is intended to meet the needs of those concerned with the practical integration of environmental considerations, along with economic and social factors, in the development process. It will be appropriate, therefore, for senior government agency staff, development agency personnel, private sector development staff, international consultants and regulatory authority staff, and managers in NGOs from developing and transitional economies, as well as those from advanced economies with interests in international and national sustainable development issues.

Programme Content

The course has been designed as a comprehensive 12 week programme for which a Postgraduate Certificate in Environmental Assessment and Sustainable Development will be awarded on its satisfactory completion, However, because of the programme's structure, applicants may attend the modules in project level assessment (weeks 1-4) and in strategic policy and planning assessment (weeks 6-9) separately.

Options within the programme

• Environmental Impact Assessment and Economic and Social Appraisal for Development Projects
• International Conference (see special announcement: 23 - 24 Okt. 1998) and Pre-Conference Workshop and Visits Programme
• Strategic Environmental Assessment and Economic and Social Appraisal for Sustainable Development Planning
• Individual Study Programme
• Postgraduate Certificate in Environmental Assessment and Sustainable Development
• Study-pathway (including distance learning component) to a Postgraduate Diploma and Masters Degrees in Environmental Assessment and Sustainable Development (in preparation, and subject to University approval).

For further information, please contact the Programme Directors

Professor Colin Kirkpatrick
Institute for Development Policy and Management
University of Manchester
Manchester M13 9GH
Tel.: + 44 (0) 161/275-2800, - 2807
Fax: + 44 (0) 161/273-8829
E-mail: colin kirkpatrickXga1∂man ac uk

Dr. Norman Lee
EIA Centre
University of Manchester
Manchester M13 9PL
Tel.: + 44 (0) 161/275-6873
Fax: + 44 (0) 161/275-6893
E-mail: norman leeKdh2∂man ac uk