PROFILE: THE IMPACT ASSESSMENT INSTITUTE (IAI)

The Institute was set up in 2015 as an independent body with the mission to scrutinise the evidence base for proposed and active legislation.  It provides impartial scientific and factual analysis on policy and legislative proposals, secondary legislation, amendments, active regulations, evaluations and other relevant policy studies.  The term "Impact Assessment" covers the entire policy process, from Inception Impact Assessments at the introduction of a new policy, through Ex-ante Impact Assessments accompanying policy/legislative proposals to Ex-post Impact Assessments for evaluations.