Environment and health impact assessment – developing an online knowledge sharing platform and network : report of an expert consultation, 25-26 April 2017, Bonn, Germany

Fischer, TB; Hayes, SJ; Fung, HS

Abstract

Aim of the expert consultation was to discuss the need of and options for the development of an online
knowledge exchange platform on environment and health in impact assessments. Importantly, the target group
of such an online platform would be the health impact assessment (HIA) as well as the environmental assessment
communities of environmental impact assessments (EIA) and strategic environmental assessments (SEA). The
experts agreed that the platform should not only support joint work of these experts but also support awareness
raising and capacity building on HIA and EIA/SEA in general among decision-makers, assessment reviewers as well
as the public. Importantly the web based resources provided need to be relevant to the target groups to support
knowledge exchange and communication in the impact assessment community and to further bridge the
language divide between the different professional groups involved in impact assessment.

Citation

Fischer, T., Hayes, S., & Fung, H. (2017). Environment and health impact assessment – developing an online knowledge sharing platform and network : report of an expert consultation, 25-26 April 2017, Bonn, Germany

• Report Type: Project Report
• Publication Date: Apr 1, 2017
• Deposit Date: Nov 9, 2020
• Publisher: World Health Organization (WHO)
• Publisher URL: http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/357489/Workshop-EHIA-Wiki-rep-eng.pdf?ua=1
• Related Public URLs: https://www.euro.who.int/en/home
• Additional Information: Corporate Creators : World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe; Access Information : This report can be accessed using the link above.; Funders : German Government through the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety