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About EPTA

The EPTA partners advise parliaments on the possible social, economic and environmental impact of new sciences and technologies.

The common aim is to provide impartial and high quality accounts and reports of developments in issues such as for example bioethics and biotechnology, public health, environment and energy, ICTs, and R&D policy.

Such work is seen as an aid to the democratic control of scientific and technological innovations, and was pioneered in the 1970s by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) of the US Congress.

EPTA aims to advance the establishment of technology assessment as an integral part of policy consulting in parliamentary decision-making processes in Europe, and to strengthen the links between TA units in Europe.

 

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Additional information is available under:

Documents 2017-11-24
Organisational rules 2019-12-04

EPTA Reports

2024: AI and Democracy

2023: Generative AI

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New Projects from EPTA members

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  • AI: Challenges and Opportunities for Parliaments and Public Authorities
  • Scenarios for Artificial General Intelligence
  • Technological impacts of the evolution of the energy mix
  • Urban digital twins: potentials for sustainable development
  • Impact of fake news on democracy
  • Medical Use of Psychedelics
  • GAO’s Support for Congress

Recent Policy Briefs from EPTA members

  • Electromagnetic (electronic) warfare (POST)
  • Status quo and perspectives of telemedicine. TAB-Fokus (TAB)
  • Status quo and perspectives of telemedicine (TAB)
  • Regulation and remediation of 'forever' chemicals (POST)
  • Regenerative agriculture (POST)
  • Humanoid robots from now to 2040’s – AI-assisted societal impact analysis using Radical Technology Inquirer methodology (ComFuture)
  • The future of quantum technology and quantum-safe internet (ComFuture)

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