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The 2008
Social Impact Assessment (SIA) Training Course Schedule Rabel Burdge (Western Washington University, USA) and Colleagues from other countries will be giving a series of two day SIA Training Courses during the 2008 calendar year for planners; consultants; government agency personnel; development workers for domestic and international donor organizations, extension and community development workers; as well as faculty and students in town and regional planning, environmental studies, engineering, the social sciences and design arts; and any person wanting to learn about or do social impact assessment either as a stand-alone activity or part of environmental or other types of assessments. The course is titled: Making Social Impact Assessment (SIA) Count in the Planning Process for Planners and Resource Managers. Social Impact
Assessment is the systematic analysis in advance
of the likely impacts a proposed action (project, policy or plan) will have on
the day-to-day life (environment) of persons and communities. The Basic SIA
course will provide the knowledge, understanding and technical skills to do
social impact assessment at the community and project level for a variety of
development and policy proposals.
To achieve this goal, we use a combination of instructor presentations and
group activity around a practical case study to achieve the following
objectives:
Announcing a Second SIA course October 23 & 24
(Thursday and Friday) at the Holiday Inn-Arlington, VA, next to Washington D.C.
at the Ballston Stop on the Metro Orange line. Rabel
J Burdge (USA) is the instructor. Training
course fee is $US 595.00 and includes the three new SIA textbooks (a $US 60.00
value), lunch and refreshment breaks both days, and all course handouts.
Enrollment will be limited to 20 persons!
Qualifications and Experience C. Nicholas Taylor is a founding Director of Taylor Baines & Associates in Christchurch, New Zealand. He has been involved since the early 80s in the development of approaches and techniques for social impact assessment. He has edited a special issue on SIA for Project Appraisal and has a major text, Social Assessment: Theory, Process and Techniques, first published in 1990, revised in 1995 and again in 2004. He has led numerous, successful courses on SIA around the world and has worked on SIA capacity building initiatives in South Africa, Australia and Malaysia. Roy E. Rickson is a Professor in the Australian School of Environmental Studies at Griffith University. He has done research and taught in the areas of social assessment of development, global industries and local communities, environmental sociology, sociology of agriculture, industry/community relationships in environmental management. He has taught and done workshops in China, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam and the United States.
Organize an SIA training course in your area. If interested in organizing an SIA training course in your area contact Rabel at burdge@comcast.net We provide the trainers and all course materials. The local organizer is responsible for the honorarium and travel expense of the trainers and arranging the local venue and catering.
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