Best poster at the Impact Assessment conference

The Institute was represented by Nick Okello, a MSc. participant at the Environmental Science programme. Mr. Okello presented a paper titled “Breaking Kenyan Barriers to Public Involvement in EIA Activities” and the poster “EIA Research Activities at UNESCO IHE”. Each year a group of 4-8 MSc. students choose the EIA topic, resulting in the development of several country case studies on the quality of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), the implementation of EIA activities, monitoring, involvement of public bodies, among other topics.

Out of 40 posters, the poster by UNESCO-IHE was selected as the “Best Poster of the Conference”. The judges were particularly impressed with the short and precise quality of information and the eye-appealing general outlook of the poster. Due to the award, the poster will be published in the next issue of IAPA Journal, together with a short paper.

The conference offered an opportunity for interaction and active debate on a myriad of environmental assessment topics namely: environmental impact assessment, strategic environmental assessment, health impact assessment, social impact assessment and sustainable development, among others.