EIA - Putting it in Context and Making it fit for Purpose
20th February 2013 — 09:40 to 16:00
Brunei Gallery, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
The European Environmental Impact Assessment Proposals
In October 2012 the European Commission outlined it’s proposals to streamline environmental impact assessment. The proposals are intended to lighten administrative burdens and make it easier to assess the potential impacts of major projects, without weakening existing environmental safeguards.
Over the next year Member States will provide feedback to the European Commission on their view of the proposals. This conference will provide an opportunity for a wide range of stakeholders from different perspectives including developers, policy makers, legal experts, regulators and EIA and other appraisal practitioners to set out their views
Much has changed since the last time the EIA Directive was revised and this conference will look at the proposals from three main perspectives:
-
The political climate across Europe and in the UK is being driven by the need to see effective regulation that is fit for purpose and which supports the growth agenda
-
Critically in a world where the need for sustainable development is widely recognised by many Governments, agencies and professionals, integrated processes that recognise the role of a range of appraisal tools are growing in importance. EIA needs to be set more clearly in this broader context.
-
The current EIA Directive has its strengths and weaknesses and this meeting will provide a timely opportunity to review this in the context both of the EC Proposals but the also the wider political and integration agenda.
Download the conference programme as
an MSWord document
or
a PDF document 
.
Conference outputs
- Delegate Notes 2013-02-28 10:26:28.999515
- EIA and Development: an Overview of its Strengths and Weaknesses , Sian John, Royal HaskoningDHV 2013-02-28 10:11:49.107064
- EIA fit for purpose - Developer’s Perspective , Lucie Anderton, Network Rail 2013-02-28 10:20:55.282538
- EIA – Legal/Process Consequences of Revisions , Howard Bassford, DLA Piper 2013-02-28 10:14:21.390014
- EIA - Putting it in Context and Making it fit for Purpose Programme 2012-11-29 12:36:01.460454
- EIA - Putting it in Context and Making it fit for Purpose Programme 2012-11-29 12:35:39.851342
- European Commission's Proposals for a New EIA Directive - An EIA Practitioner's Perspective , Simon Price & Roy Emberton, Ramboll 2013-02-28 10:14:19.470947
- Experience of the Planning and EIA Process for Nuclear New Build , Katy McGuinness, Nuclear New Build, EDF Energy 2013-02-28 10:20:57.637616
- Integrating appraisal: Sustainable Development & EIA in context , Carol Somper, Temple Group 2013-02-28 10:02:10.311556
- Key Themes from the day - A Planner's perspective , Clare Taylor, MWH 2013-02-28 10:23:21.243951
- Revision of the EIA Directive , Dr Stephanie Hurst, DCLG 2013-02-28 10:01:46.511884
- The European Commission proposal for a revised EIA Directive– COM(2012)628 , Anastasios Nychas, DG Environment, European Commission 2013-02-28 10:01:38.423182
- The European EIA Proposals – A flood authority perspective , Paul Seaby, Environment Agency 2013-02-28 10:14:28.723736
- The National Grid Approach , Hector Pearson, National Grid 2013-03-04 10:02:21.552503
- What People and Nature need: an NGO perspective on EIA review , Simon Marsh, RSPB 2013-02-28 10:14:46.897995
