NZAIA is a community of impact assessment specialists and supporters. The Association’s activities embrace the full range of IA practices, from social, health and cultural impact assessment to ecological impact assessment, at project, plan and policy levels, and within a variety of statutory and non-statutory contexts. Our membership reflects this wide and diverse community of impact assessment practitioners.
NZAIA is a community of impact assessment specialists and supporters. The Association’s activities embrace the full range of IA practices, from social, health and cultural impact assessment to ecological impact assessment, at project, plan and policy levels, and within a variety of statutory and non-statutory contexts. Our membership reflects this wide and diverse community of impact assessment practitioners.
Our Aims
1. To promote the practice of impact assessment in the formulation and implementation of developments and policy proposals in New Zealand and the Pacific.
2. To promote research and consultation practices which identify the full range of social, cultural, economic and environmental effects of proposed policies and projects, and the measures to address those effects.
3. To promote impact assessment that recognises and accommodates different social and cultural values, including those of indigenous peoples.
4. To promote and encourage a high standard of practice among members of NZAIA and others using impact assessment methods.
5. To promote and support the development of impact assessment theory, tools and methods in New Zealand and the Pacific.
2. To promote research and consultation practices which identify the full range of social, cultural, economic and environmental effects of proposed policies and projects, and the measures to address those effects.
3. To promote impact assessment that recognises and accommodates different social and cultural values, including those of indigenous peoples.
4. To promote and encourage a high standard of practice among members of NZAIA and others using impact assessment methods.
5. To promote and support the development of impact assessment theory, tools and methods in New Zealand and the Pacific.
What does NZAIA do to achieve those aims?
- We hold an annual conference for practitioners and other interested people on aspects of impact assessment theory and practice in New Zealand
- We co-ordinate and publish Impact Connector, an electronic newsletter with impact assessment articles written by academics and practitioners
- We make submissions on public consultation processes run by central government, where there is an opportunity for impact assessment methods to be better used
- We work with partner organisations to further our aims in New Zealand and the Pacific.
History
NZAIA was formally incorporated in 1998, but existed before that as a social impact network dating from the 1980s.
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Governance
As required by the Incorporated Societies Act 1908, NZAIA operates under a set of rules which are set out in our Constitution.
NZAIA is governed by a Core Group of volunteers who meet via teleconferencing once a month to discuss and implement NZAIA business.
Governance matters are decided at the Annual General Meeting (AGM), usually held at the annual conference.
NZAIA is governed by a Core Group of volunteers who meet via teleconferencing once a month to discuss and implement NZAIA business.
Governance matters are decided at the Annual General Meeting (AGM), usually held at the annual conference.
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