Abstract IA regime design has evolved significantly over the past 50 years. Current thinking includes a package of next generation approaches such as the incorporation of requirements for regional and strategic IA, the consideration of cumulative effects and alternatives, and the inclusion of sustainability criteria and trade-off rules for decision makers. These suggested changes to IA design largely come from the recognition, through experience, of the weaknesses with current IA laws and regulations and needs to accommodate new understandings, for example about sustainability and complexity. Here, we reiterate the key generic components of next generation assessment that are broadly suitable for application in all jurisdictions with at least moderate assessment capacities, focusing on the necessary process requirements that could be captured in IA law, regulation and policy. Through an illustrative case example of Manitoba, Canada, we show how the components of next generation assessment might be implemented as a package in the context of an existing IA regime. Our application of these principles reveals the value of careful consideration of the current legislative frame as well as needs to cooperate with other jurisdictions. It shows, for example, the importance of experience with using streams of assessment and ensuring meaningful public participation. We conclude that many jurisdictions are likely to find moving consistently to this more comprehensive form of assessment to be a natural progression and that the greatest challenges will probably be in building interjurisdictional cooperation, ensuring good faith application of the sustainability criteria in decision making, and implementing regional and strategic assessments.

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实施下一代评估：全球挑战的案例

摘要 IA 制度设计在过去 50 年中发生了重大变化。当前的想法包括一揽子下一代方法，例如纳入区域和战略 IA 的要求、考虑累积影响和替代方案，以及为决策者纳入可持续性标准和权衡规则。这些对 IA 设计的建议更改主要来自通过经验认识到当前 IA 法律和法规的弱点以及需要适应新的理解，例如关于可持续性和复杂性的理解。在这里，我们重申下一代评估的关键通用组成部分，这些组成部分广泛适用于具有至少中等评估能力的所有司法管辖区，专注于可以在 IA 法律、法规和政策中捕获的必要流程要求。通过加拿大曼尼托巴省的一个说明性案例，我们展示了如何在现有 IA 制度的背景下将下一代评估的组成部分作为一揽子计划实施。我们对这些原则的应用揭示了仔细考虑当前立法框架以及与其他司法管辖区合作的需要的价值。例如，它显示了使用评估流和确保有意义的公众参与的经验的重要性。我们得出的结论是，许多司法管辖区可能会发现始终如一地转向这种更全面的评估形式是一个自然的过程，最大的挑战可能是建立跨司法管辖区的合作，