European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies

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The European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (EGE ) is an independent, multidisciplinary advisory body to the President of the European Commission .

tasks

The European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies is charged with advising the European Commission on ethical issues , either at its request or in agreement with it on its own initiative . The advice provided by this body covers all aspects of the policy and law of the Commission in which ethical, social and fundamental rights aspects are related to the development of science and new technologies .

The current mandate is set out in Commission Decision 2016/835 of 25 May 2016.

The EGE publishes statements and declarations. In its opinions , it identifies impending developments, gives a broad description of possible developments and makes recommendations. In her statements ( statements ) she provides short-term, compact advice on specific topics.

Members

The body has up to fifteen members.

On March 30, 2017, following a decision of October 2015, the European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker appointed fifteen experts from the fields of natural, social and human sciences, ethics, philosophy and law as members of the EGE . It reports to the Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation Carlos Moedas and reports to him and the Commission President. The committee of the European Commission that selected the members of the EGE consisted of Ewa Bartnik, Vololona Rabeharisoa and Göran Hermeren; The latter was chairman of the EGE from 2002 to 2011. The following were appointed as members of the advisory body: Emmanuel Agius, Anne Cambon-Thomsen, Eugenijus Gefenas, Julian Kinderlerer, Andreas Kurtz, Jonathan Montgomery, Herman Nys, Siobhán O'Sullivan, Laura Palazzani, Barbara Prainsack, Carlos Maria Romeo Casabona, Nils-Eric Sahlin , Marcel Jeroen Van den Hoven and Christiane Woopen (as of March 30, 2017).

history

The precursor of the EGE, the Advisory Group on Ethical Implications of Biotechnology (English Group of Advisors on the Ethical Implications of Biotechnology , GAEIB), was founded on 20 November 1991st After the group's mandate expired, it was replaced by a decision of 16 December 1997 by the European Group on Ethics in Natural Sciences and New Technologies with an expanded mandate.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (EGE). In: ec.europa.eu. Retrieved May 3, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Preamble, Decision (EU) 2016/835 of the Commission.
  3. ↑ Ethics group of the commission demands: Distribute wealth created through digitization and automation more equitably. In: ec.europa.eu. December 19, 2018, accessed May 3, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Decision (EU) 2016/835 of the Commission of May 25, 2016 renewing the mandate of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies
  5. ↑ European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (EGE). Section “EGE opinions and statements”. In: ec.europa.eu. March 30, 2017, accessed May 3, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Article 4, Commission Decision (EU) 2016/835.
  7. ↑ EU Commission appoints 15-member advisory committee for ethics in science and new technology. In: ec.europa.eu. March 30, 2017, accessed May 3, 2020 .
  8. ^ Identification Committee members. EGE members are chosen with the support of an identification committee. In: ec.europa.eu. Retrieved May 3, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Commission appoints new advisory group on ethics in science and new technologies. In: ec.europa.eu. March 30, 2017, accessed May 3, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Markus Frischhut: The Ethical Spirit of EU Law , Springer, 2019, ISBN 978-3-030-10582-2 . P. 100 .