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RIAI Action Plan 2010 - 2013
Posted: Tuesday, March 30, 2010
The Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland is the national body for the promotion, regulation and support of architecture in Ireland.
The RIAI engages with government, the professions, industry, clients and the public to promote the value of quality and design in architecture: to deliver attractive and sustainable built environments; to enrich our distinctive culture and heritage; to contribute to the competitiveness of our economy; and to improve quality of life for the people of Ireland, today and for generations to come.
The RIAI is designated as the competent authority for architecture in Ireland under EU Directive 2005/36/EC. As official registration body under the Building Control Act 2007, the RIAI is committed to discharge its obligations for administration of the Register of Architects in Ireland.
The RIAI seeks to provide architects with the professional training, education and research support required to consolidate the role of the RIAI, and the architecture profession generally, as champions of exemplary practice in architecture and urbanism; and to provide high quality professional services, public education, outreach programmes, and consumer protection to clients, end-users and the public.
RIAI Policy Objectives
- Promote the value of quality and design in architecture to the advancement of Ireland’s economic, social and environmental policy objectives, and the delivery of a high-quality built environment.
- Promote the importance of first-class infrastructure and a high-quality built environment to the delivery of Ireland’s ‘Smart Economy’ framework, and its economic, social and environmental objectives.
- Champion the theory and practice of Sustainable Development; to combat climate change and to improve quality of life for the people of Ireland, today and for generations to come.
- Establish the RIAI structures and programmes required to support the objectives and actions contained in the Government Policy on Architecture 2009-2015.
- Engage with government, the professions, industry, and the public to effect improvements in the planning system, and to promote sustainable, and design-led, planning in Ireland.
- Advance implementation of the RIAI structures required to administer the Register of Architects under the 2007 Building Control Act and relevant EU directives.
- Promote best practice in the procurement of architectural services; to deliver quality, value and risk management for commissioning bodies, and to enable practices of all scales participate effectively in the public procurement process.
- Review RIAI governance and administrative structures to achieve operational improvements, and to provide consumer protection and high-quality services to architects, clients, end-users and the public.
- Provide architects (including private and public sector salaried architects, and architectural technologists) with the professional training, education and research support required to deliver best practice and high-quality services to clients, end-users and the public.
- Promote the need for evidence-based research in architecture, conservation,construction, urban design and the built environment, including Breen enterprise, and identify key research objectives relevant to architectural practice and consumer protection.
- Expand the RIAI’s education and outreach programmes to achieve a wider social, cultural, political and public awareness, and appreciation, of architecture and environmental issues.