Stakeholder Consultation
Two stakeholder workshops were held in January 2025, engaging over 60 national and international health and Strategic Environmental Assessment experts. The workshop feedback will shape the scope and content of the 'Health in SEA Toolkit' currently under preparation. If you would like to submit your views and any comments on what such a Toolkit should contain, please email the project PI (contact details are provided in the Project Team page).
Project Infographic
The first infographic of the project, depicting the connections between the environment and human health, has been launched.
IAIA'24 Project Presentation
The ProHealth SEA team presented the objectives and preliminary findings of the project at the annual conference of the International Association for Impact Assessment, held in Dublin in April 2024.
First steering meeting
Our first steering meeting was held on 24 May 2023.
Summary:
The ‘proportionate’ coverage of health in SEA is subjective, and largely dependent on the scope and scale of the plan. The project team and the Steering Committee agreed that the SEA scoping stage, including stakeholders consultation, is essential in defining the extent of 'proportionate'. Such stakeholder engagement would also help strive for a balance between their expectations for the coverage of health in SEA and what is realistic to deliver, which can often be constrained by data and knowledge. The Steering Committee agreed that definitions of the terms 'health' and 'proportionate' for the purpose of this study are necessary. It was also agreed at the meeting that ten Irish and ten international good practice case studies, spanning planning hierarchies and sectors, will be reviewed to establish the state-of-the-art on the current coverage of health in SEA.
Kick off!
The project kicked off on the 30th of March 2023 and will run until the 30th March 2025