Gary Baker, CEO of IAIA, converses with Yaw Amoyaw-Osei, the recipient of the 2024 IAIA Lifetime Achievement Award, discussing his extensive career in impact assessment.
The conversation concludes with Gary Baker acknowledging Yaw Amoyaw-Osei's contributions and emphasizing the importance of translating theoretical knowledge into practical applications in the field of impact assessment.
Find key points discussed below:
1. Career Highlights and IAIA's Role:
⭕ Yaw Amoyaw-Osei reflects on his long and distinguished career in impact assessment, highlighting his first IAIA conference in 1996 in Lisbon as a pivotal moment.
⭕ He emphasizes the value of networking and learning from peers within the IAIA community, which contributed significantly to his professional development.
⭕ He mentions Ghana's rise as a leader in impact assessment in Africa during the mid-1990s, partly due to IAIA's influence.
2. Advice to Young Professionals:
⭕ Yaw encourages young professionals to leverage the resources and networking opportunities provided by IAIA.
⭕ He stresses the importance of volunteering and building connections with experienced professionals, which can lead to career development opportunities such as jobs, internships, and higher education prospects.
3. Optimism About Environmental Challenges:
⭕ Yaw expresses optimism about the role of impact assessment in addressing global environmental issues such as climate change, sanitation, and deforestation.
⭕ He advocates for better publicization and utilization of impact assessment among policymakers to realize its full potential in solving environmental problems.
4. Call to Action for Impact Assessment Practitioners:
⭕ He urges impact assessment practitioners to make their work more practical and accessible to policymakers and decision-makers.
⭕ He highlights the need for the impact assessment community to critique and improve their approaches to ensure tangible benefits.
IAIA CEO Gary Baker, CFA recently chatted with 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award winner, Yaw Amoyaw-Osei. Listen to that conversation here.
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