Open assessment

Open assessment is a method for making impact assessments where anyone can participate and contribute.[1] Most open assessments have been made in Opasnet, which is a wiki-based web-workspace specifically designed for this purpose. The open assessment method has been developed in the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL, Finnish: Terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin laitos) in Finland originally for providing guidance in complex environmental health problems. So far, it has been applied on e.g. air pollution[2] and pollutants in fish.[3] Opasnet has won the World Summit Award Finland competition, the eGovernment and Institutions category.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Jouni T. Tuomisto, Mikko Pohjola: Open Risk Assessment - A new way of providing scientific information for decision-making. Publications of the National Public Health Institute 2007:B18 ISBN 978-951-740-736-6 [1] Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Marko Tainio: Methods and Uncertainties in the Assessment of the Health Effects of Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Air Pollution. National Institute for Health and Welfare, 2009:18. ISBN 978-952-245-102-6 [2] Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Benefit-risk assessment on farmed salmon - Opasnet". en.opasnet.org. Retrieved Jan 12, 2011.
  4. ^ World Summit Award Finland [3] Archived 2010-12-27 at the Wayback Machine, accessed Jan 12, 2011.


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