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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

2021: Technology assessment and decision-making under scientific uncertainty. Lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic

2019: Technologies in care for older people

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New Projects from EPTA members

  • ESFR-SIMPLE (SPIRAL)
  • Kultur und Digitalisierung (TA-SWISS)
  • MUNDEC (SPIRAL)
  • Blackout (ITA)
  • Electrification of transportation (ERS)
  • FORhesIT (NBT)
  • Sea change for digital regulation in the EU (NBT)

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Recent Policy Briefs from EPTA members

  • Ecological agriculture in Poland in the context of EU strategies (BAS)
  • Follow the science? Policy advice in times of crises (ITA)
  • Understanding AI? (ITA)
  • Geothermal energy (POST)
  • Reducing peatland emissions (POST)
  • Drug Therapies for COVID-19 (POST)
  • Corporate social responsibility in Poland (BAS)

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