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General Principles of EIA Centres (based on “Establishing & Operating an EIA Centre”

General Principles of EIA Centres (based on “Establishing & Operating an EIA Centre” by EIA Centre Manchester and Ecoline Moscow) Jan Veeken EIA Expert, DHV Netherlands June 8 th 2004. Main activities EIA Centre. Education and training. New methods, data.

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General Principles of EIA Centres (based on “Establishing & Operating an EIA Centre”

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  1. General Principles of EIA Centres (based on “Establishing & Operating an EIA Centre” by EIA Centre Manchester and Ecoline Moscow) Jan Veeken EIA Expert, DHV Netherlands June 8th 2004

  2. Main activities EIA Centre Education and training New methods, data Information and materials for trainings Information and contacts Research activities Information and advisory services Data

  3. Information and advisory services • Needs analysis: relevant to users • Obtaining documents for the document collection, web-site: good storage and location recorded on the data-base • Providing access to information resources: free and open with reading and photocopying facilities, Newsletter • Providing EA advisory service: standardised EA advice notes for routine requests • Monitoring, analysis and evaluation: Annually review of services related to the strategy • Planning for information service funding: charging users, sponsorships, grants (information services: 50% of time)

  4. Providing Education and Training Courses • Trainings needs analysis: types of trainees, types of training • Survey of existing EA Education and Training Provisions: short and long courses, ‘on-the-job-training • Identifies of EA Education and Training Deficiencies: quantitative and qualitative, training the trainers • Construction of the EA Training Strategy: regional case-studies, learner-active training styles, different institutes, different trainers • Implementation of EA Trainings: organisation, preparation, evaluation

  5. EA Research Activities • Research Needs Analysis: consultation of researchers and potential users of findings • Survey of Existing EA Research Activities: ongoing activities and recent publications, also international • Identify Major deficiencies in EA Research: not only lack of knowledge but failures in dissemination • Construct the EA Research Strategy: involvement of research users • Implementation of Research Activities: discussion of drafts, national workshops

  6. EA Centre Networking • Cooperation and Communication between different centres • Jointly resources • Jointly activities • New Centres can learn from existing Centres • Contribution to network development and maintenance: • Conferences and workshops • Publishing information newsletter • Actual website with electronic discussion groups

  7. Guiding organisational principles EIA Centres • Credibility: seniors from different stakeholders in Steering committee • Openness and objectivity: services available to all stakeholders and preference for co-operative working • Organisational and management clarity: clear and simple blue-print for the Centre’s goals, its management and strategy • Realism: taking into account the available resources • Cost-effective administration: A simple but sound budgeting and financial accounting system. Effective administrative provisions for publicising the Centre's activities and for fund raising

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