1. Claire Higgins Public Health Development Officer Institute of Public Health in Ireland www.publichealth.ie/hia The Driving Forces for HIA 7 th International Health Impact Assessment Conference April 2006

2. Institute of Public Health in Ireland Remit includes: providing public health information and surveillance; strengthening public health capacity; advising on policy We have made tackling inequalities in health the focus for all our work

3. HIA driving forces

4. North – Review of Public Administration South – development of the Health Service Executive Changing environment

5. Capacity building initiatives Training Programmes

6. HIA resources

7. HIA network information

8. Support for HIA Wide range of organisations: –Government departments –Local authorities –Health organisations –Community organisations Increased resources –CAWT –Healthy cities

9. Lessons to share