TY - JOUR AU - Vanclay, Frank AB - Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, volume 21, number 1, March 2003, pages 3–4, Beech Tree Publishing, 10 Watford Close, Guildford, Surrey GU1 2EP, UK Guest editorial International Principles for Social Impact Assessment: their evolution Frank Vanclay HIS ISSUE OF Impact Assessment and Frank Vanclay was appointed Convenor of the Inter- Project Appraisal (IAPA) is special because it national Committee. T contains the long-awaited International Prin- Establishing the membership of the International ciples for Social Impact Assessment (SIA). They are Committee was a fraught process. There were many the output of a formal International Association for willing volunteers, but mostly from the developed Impact Assessment (IAIA) project, initially ap- world. Even so, without funding, how could the In- proved as a project by the IAIA Board in 1998, with ternational Committee actually meet to do its busi- the final document being endorsed in early 2003. ness? Furthermore, there was an awareness that To some extent, the Principles were inspired by developing truly international guidelines and princi- the US Interorganizational Committee’s Guidelines ples would be difficult. Once the regulatory context and Principles for Social Impact Assessment which is removed, different cultures are considered, and were published in IAPA’s predecessor journal, Im- TI - International Principles for Social Impact Assessment: their evolution JF - Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal DO - 10.3152/147154603781766464 DA - 2003-03-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/taylor-francis/international-principles-for-social-impact-assessment-their-evolution-zu59B0EmTN SP - 3 EP - 4 VL - 21 IS - 1 DP - DeepDyve ER -