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Fife Integrated Impact Assesment Tool |
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What is Integrated Impact Assessment? Integrated Impact Assessment (IIA) is a method of estimating the possible implications, intended and unintended, of policies, strategies, projects or initiatives with the aim of enhancing potential positive impacts and minimising potential negative impacts. It examines how the proposal may affect the communities we serve and how these effects may be distributed amongst different groups within the community. At present there is no one single definition of Integrated Impact Assessment or associated tools. Integrated assessments can consider a wide range of topics simultaneously and are founded upon the belief that an inter-disciplinary approach to assessing proposals is best practice.
When and why would I use IIA? IIA is most effective when used as early as possible in the development of a proposal. IIA may help community planning organisations and others to evidence that they have considered the potential impact of their activity to fulfill statutory requirements and to demonstrate best practice.
What is the Integrated Impact Assessment Toolkit? The IIA toolkit contains guides and materials to enable you to undertake an integrated impact assessment including background information, a preparation guide, the IIA checklist and outcome report templates, topic discussion guides, worked examples and a list of resources and contacts.
What is the IIA checklist? The checklist is used to assess the potential impact of proposals on communities and focuses upon four areas:
Within each area there are a number of key topics (24 in total) to assist stakeholders in identifying potential positive, negative or no impacts of their proposal and to highlight any areas of the proposal which may require further investigation or a more detailed impact assessment within one area.
How do I use the IIA checklist? The checklist has been designed to be used by a small group of people including those who have been closely involved in the development of the proposal and other stakeholders such as services users or community representatives as appropriate.
First the group should consider which communities, and which groups within the communities, are likely to be most affected by the proposal. Once these have been identified the group will work through the four areas discussing each topic before agreeing if the proposal will have a potentially positive, negative or no impact on that topic. All of the decisions of the group should be entered on the checklist with supporting comments.
An outcome report will contain the key IIA findings, recommendations for action and any areas needing further investigation.
Where can I find out more? The IIA toolkit has been devised by a small working group from Fife Council and NHS Fife. The final version of the toolkit is now available. A series of workshops are being planned. For further information on the toolkit please contact:
Clare Campbell Public Health Department NHS Fife
Vivienne Brown, Fife Council
To download the IIA Toolkit please click on the link below.
 Fife IIA (1.42 MB)
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