IAIA Awards are given annually in the following categories. Nominations for the 2024 Awards are invited through 15 September 2023. View previous award winners below.
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IAIA is pleased to recognize and congratulate its 2023 award winners. Thank you to those who submitted nominations for the Awards Committee to consider.
See past IAIA award recipients
Lifetime Achievement Award
Awarded to Peter Tarr for his exemplary leadership and capacity building in IA for the southern African region, his work with the Southern African Institute of Environmental Assessment (SAIEA,) and the developing world since 2000. He and SAIEA have become a model of capacity building, training, IA reviews and guidance and networking that is unparalleled in the developing world.
Individual Award
Carlos Perez-Brito is being presented the Individual Award for his work in leading numerous cutting-edge best practices and high-profile events to mainstream Social Impact Assessment in East Asia and the Pacific and previously in the Latin American Region.
Insitutional Award
Awarded to the European Investment Bank for its Environmental and Social Sustainability Framework. The framework updates the EIB's ten existing standards and adds an eleventh standard, encouraging financial institutions intermediaries to also assess the environmental and social effects of the projects they finance.
Youth Award
Presented to Muturi (Teddy) Kamau for the tireless work that he has done to help organize, facilitate and steer engagement meetings on IA reforms in Kenya and for continuing to build capacity at the grassroots level.
Regional Award
Dr Jong-Gwan Jung was selected for the Regional Award in recognition of his time with the IAIA Board, his role in leading the IAIA Korean Affiliate (Korean Society of Environmental Impact Assessment) and in broadening the regional network of impact assessment across all of Asia.
Outstanding Service to IAIA
Behzad Raissiyan is recognized for the Outstanding Service to IAIA Award. He is a long-time member and participant at every annual conference since 2010, often overcoming incredible obstacles just to attend. Behzad has also served as chair and member of the TPDC, as member of the Board Nominations Committee, as a friend to IAIA HQ, and occasionally as conference help to HQ.
Best Paper of 2022
“Environmental assessments and sustainable finance frameworks: will the EU Taxonomy change the mindset over the contribution of EIA to sustainable development?” IAPA 40(1-2) 90-98
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