Comparative Table of Parliamentary TA Institutions
POLAND - BUREAU OF RESEARCH
Topics
Most TA work undertaken by BAS in recent years
have been done in the following areas:
Energy and environment – renewable
sources; nuclear safety; Carbon Capture and Storage; perspectives of shale gas
extraction in Poland; potential for greenhouse gas emission reduction in Poland
and its implications for the energy sector.
GMO and biotechnology – societal,
economic and political consequences of biotechnologies and of the widespread
use of GM crops.
Information society – development of
ICT in Poland; e-government and the state of online public services; overview
of Polish strategies and regulations concerning information society; digital
exclusion in Poland (sources of exclusion, social groups mostly endangered by
exclusion and its consequences); e-voting.
Innovativeness of Polish economy –
final report will discuss the current state of innovation in Poland, innovation
rankings and national and regional innovation policies.
Climate policy – perspectives for
the post-Kyoto agreement, evolution of the EU legislation and domestic action.