Wellbeing for Future Generations

Join us for this exciting event co-organised by UNSW International Centre for Future Health Systems (Medicine & Health) and UNSW Cities Institute (ADA) at the Health Translation Hub building.

As cities and health systems worldwide grapple with achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and embedding wellbeing into decision-making, Wales offers compelling insights. Its groundbreaking Well-being of Future Generations Act establishes seven wellbeing goals and five ways of working – sustainability, prevention, integration, collaboration and involvement- across all public bodies.

This workshop explores how Health Impact Assessment operates within this transformative governance framework as a practical tool for placing health and equity at the centre of decision-making across sectors, and examines emerging frameworks for building HIA capacity in Australia. Through presentations and panel discussion, we'll explore lessons from Wales and strategies for building the cross-sectoral partnerships and multi-level capacities essential for creating healthier, more equitable Australian cities and health systems that serve current and future generations.

Program

Health Impact Assessment (HIA) in Wales: Policy and Legislation

Professor Liz Green, Public Health Wales Consultant in Public Health, Policy and International Health, Programme Director for Health Impact Assessment

Professor Liz Green is a global expert in Health Impact Assessment (HIA) and leads the Wales Health Impact Assessment Support Unit, UK which is also linked to the WHO Collaborating Centre on ‘Investment in Health and Wellbeing’, Public Health Wales. She has directed and led groundbreaking HIAs on Brexit, pandemic restrictions, trade and Climate Change in Wales. She will talk about the Wales' progress in advancing HIA and the levers which have been beneficial such as the unique Wellbeing of Future Generations Act, exploring how HIA has been embedded within policy and planning processes to drive health equity and cross-sector collaboration. She will discuss the capacities needed to successfully implement "Health in All Policies" approaches and integrate health and wellbeing considerations across sectors and how wider determinant focussed HIA will become statutory in 2027.

Multi-level capacity framework for Health Impact Assessment (HIA)

Fiona Haigh, UNSW International Centre for Future Health Systems

Jinhee Kim, UNSW Cities Institute

This presentation introduces a HIA capacity framework developed through international review of existing frameworks and competency literature. The framework identifies capacity building requirements across three organisational levels: micro (individual/team understanding and implementation), meso (organisational commitment and resources), and macro (cross-agency capacity and influence).

* We will be providing an all-vegan lunch. Please let us know if you have any additional dietary requirements.

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