European Technology Assessment Group
The European Technology Assessment Group ( ETAG ) is a cooperative network of research institutions that carry out studies in the field of technology assessment for the European Parliament .
History and purpose
Since October 2005, advises a group of European research institutions in the field of technology assessment are active (TA), the European Parliament on social, environmental and economic aspects of new technologies and scientific developments, the Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS) of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technologie (KIT) leads the consortium in Germany.
Like many other parliaments in Europe, the European Parliament set up a body for science-based advice on the complex social, ecological and economic consequences of modern technologies and research at the end of the 1980s. At the European Parliament, this advisory and consultation process is organized by the STOA (Scientific Technology Options Assessment) committee, a parliamentary body made up of 15 members who represent various parliamentary committees. In view of the increasing importance of European research and technology policy, the European Parliament has decided that the activities of STOA should be supported by permanent cooperation with a group of institutions with appropriate expertise in the field of technology assessment.
From May 2009 for a second period of three years, the European Technology Assessment Group (ETAG) will carry out TA studies for the STOA committee. ETAG's activities for Parliament focus on studies in the following fields: transport , ICT and information society , nanotechnology , life sciences and quality of life, and agriculture , food and biotechnology . The new tender of the STOA Secretariat for the award of future TA studies for the European Parliament is currently running and has not yet been decided.
partner
In addition to being the leading technology assessment institutions in their countries, the members of the group have many years of experience in providing policy advice to parliamentary bodies and most are members of the EPTA network . ETAG consists of the following organizations:
- Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), which the Office of Technology Assessment at the German Parliament operates
- Danish Technology Council (DBT), which advises the Danish Parliament
- Rathenau Instituut, which advises the Dutch Parliament
- ((Institute Society and Technology (IST)), the TA body of the Flemish Parliament, was a member until the end of 2012 but was dissolved)
- Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (ISI), which carries out TA studies for the German parliament together with ITAS
- Catalan Foundation for Research and Innovation (FCRI), which provides scientific advice to the Parliament of Catalonia
- Institute for Technology Assessment (ITA) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
- Technology Center AS CR, a device that operates TA and the Czech Academy of Sciences and Arts belongs
Projects
The scientific responsibility for every TA study that is tailored to the needs of the European Parliament rests with one of the partner organizations. ITAS is responsible for the administration and communication with the European Parliament and coordinates the activities of ETAG as well as the cooperation of the group with the wider network of TA institutions in Europe. The work program includes studies on a wide range of topics from various political areas such as B. Research & Development, Environmental Issues, Health and Energy. Project topics are or were for example: Convergent technologies; Antibiotic resistance; Galileo; sustainable energy supply; Nanotechnology and chemical substitution; Road and air transport options; Cancer therapy; RFID and Identity Management; Copyrights; global health; future energy systems in Europe; Technology and labor market; Tunnel safety; Animal welfare; Human enhancement; ICT and energy efficiency; agricultural technologies for developing countries.
The studies carried out by ETAG for STOA can be found on the STOA website.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ See the members of the EPTA network .
- ^ STOA Committee
- ↑ ITAS
- ↑ TAB
- ↑ DBT
- ^ Rathenau Institute
- ↑ IS
- ^ ISI
- ↑ FCRI ( Memento of the original from December 24, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ ITA
- ↑ TC AS
- ↑ STOA studies
