Comparative Table of Parliamentary TA Institutions
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT - SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OPTIONS ASSESSMENT
FINDING TOPICS
Proposals for executing technology assessment (TA) and scientific foresight (SF) projects and organising events with a scientific and/or technological character are submitted by the
various parliamentary committees and by individual MEPs and are discussed by the STOA Panel, in view of
their adoption, usually based on a recommendation of the STOA Bureau. The proposals are approved by the STOA
Panel on the basis of the following criteria (STOA Rules, Article 6):
the relevance of the subject to Parliament´s work;
the scientific and technological interest of the proposal;
the strategic importance of the proposal and its alignment with priorities defined by the STOA Panel; and
the availability of scientific evidence covering the same subject.
STOA remains sovereign in the final choice of subjects and the
elaboration of the project specifications. In doing this, the Panel may
accept, modify, merge or reject proposals submitted by committees or
Members.