Comparative Table of Parliamentary TA Institutions
GREECE - GREEK PERMANENT COMMITTEE OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
Institutionalisation
GPTCA is
instituted at the onset of every legislative period upon the
Parliament´s decision following a proposal of the government or the
presidents of the parliamentary groups. With the decision on the
composition of the committee, the Parliament determines the topic that
the committee will deal with and the deadline by which it will submit
its findings. The special committees are composed by the one tenth
(1/10) and up to the one fifth (1/5) of the total number of Members of
Parliament (article 42). Currently it consists of 25 Members of
Parliament representing all the parliamentary groups in the House.
Its task covers any matter within the sphere of research and
technology development in order to give advice on relevant strategic
issues. It is also entitled with the encouragement of international
cooperation on technology assessment. Article 43 A of the Standing Orders
of the Hellenic parliament provides also that the committee for the
accomplishment of its task may cooperate with similar institutions
functioning within the parliaments of other countries, encourage the
international cooperation and research on TA matters and proceed to the
exchange of information between the respective parliamentary
institutions on TA.
The scientific support of its work is undertaken by the
Directorate of Studies of the Hellenic Parliament. Several scientists
and research fellows participate in the discussion meetings of the
committee in order to present their points of view on TA matters.