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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

2019: Technologies in care for older people

2018: Towards a digital democracy opportunities and challenges

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New Projects from EPTA members

  • Bioelectronics (TA-SWISS)
  • Inter- and Hyperconnectivity (TA-SWISS)
  • Focus Climate (TA-SWISS)
  • Intellectual Property: Additional Agency Actions Can Improve Assistance to Small Businesses and Inventors (STAA)
  • Agile Assessment Guide: Best Practices for Agile Adoption and Implementation (STAA)
  • Science & Tech Spotlight: Agile Software Development (STAA)
  • Science & Tech Spotlight: Consumer Electronics Recycling (STAA)

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Recent Policy Briefs from EPTA members

  • Autonomous weapon systems (TAB)
  • Light pollution – extent, effects and approaches (TAB)
  • Actualitat COVID-19. Estat de la recerca, 6 (CAPCIT)
  • Actualitat COVID-19. Estat de la recerca, 7 (CAPCIT)
  • Programmed trust: Opportunities and risks of blockchain technology (TA-SWISS)
  • Programmiertes Vertrauen: Chancen und Risiken der Blockchain-Technologie (TA-SWISS)
  • Confiance programmée : Chances et risques de la technologie blockchain (TA-SWISS)

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