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Technology assessment: EMERIT (Experiments of Mediation and Evaluation in Research
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The newsletter "La Lettre EMERIT" (in
French)
"La Lettre EMERIT" is a quarterly newsletter
on "science, technology & society" issues, published
in French only. The subscription is free, on request (pvendramin@ftu-namur.org).
From number 15 (1997), an electronic version of
"La Lettre EMERIT" is also downloadable,
in Acrobat format (pdf).
The EMERIT experience (1992-2004)
The EMERIT programme (Experiments of Mediation and Evaluation
in Research and Technological Innovation) began in 1992. It was
entrusted to the Work and Technologies Research Centre by successive
ministers for research and technological development (from 1992
to 2002). The EMERIT work programme aimed at developing information
and awareness on societal questions linked to technological innovation.
EMERIT activities develop a regional perspective and associate partners
and users of R&D. The work programme mainly focuses on the socio-economic
aspects of technological innovation and its impacts on work and
civil society. It aims at enhancing culture and control of innovation,
at the regional level and among social actors. The work programme
includes exploratory studies, publications, seminars and conferences.
Downloadable article in
English:
Vendramin P., Valenduc G., TA and the Regions : the Walloon experiment
of EMERIT, in Technikfolgenabschätzung, Theorie und Praxis,
Karlsruhe, vol. 11 nr 2, Juli 2002.
The EMERIT collection (in French)
The EMERIT collection consists of a series of publications, with
various publishers, based on the results of exploratory studies
conducted within the EMERIT programme :
- La société à l'épreuve de la technologie.
EMERIT - dix ans de sensibilisation aux enjeux de la recherche
et du changement technologique (2002)
- L'innovation dans les services (2001)
- Technologies et organisation flexible (décembre 1998
- out of print)
- Le travail à distance (décembre 1997)
- Le travail au vert - environnement, innovation et emploi (octobre
1996)
- L'écho des savants - la communication scientifique et
le grand public (septembre 1996)
- Les méthodes d'évaluation environnementale (décembre
1993 - out of print)
- Evaluation des choix technologiques et régions (octobre
1993)
Click here to find references
of these publications or to fill in an order
form .
EMERIT and technology assessment
EMERIT activities promote a democratic and concerted approach of
technological choices in Europe. The table below lists a series
of institutions active in the area of technology assessment in Europe
and proposes links with their website.
Technology assessment institutions in Europe - 2006 |
Institutions
created by Parliaments |
| Germany |
TAB, Technikfolgenabschätzung
Büro (1989)
http://www.tab.fzk.de/ |
| Danemark |
DBT, Danish
Board of Technology (1986)
http://www.tekno.dk/ |
| Flanders |
VIWTA, Vlaams Instituut voor Wetenschappelijk
en Technologisch Aspectenonderzoek (2001) http://www.viwta.be |
| France |
OPECST, Office
Parlementaire d'Evaluation des Choix Scientiques et Techniques
(1985)
http://www.senat.fr/opecst |
| United Kingdom |
POST, Parliamentary Office
of Science and Technology (1989)
http://www.parliament.uk/post/ |
| Norway |
Teknologiradet, Norwegian Board of Technology (1999)
http://www.teknologiradet.no |
| The Netherlands |
Rathenau Instituut
(1986)
http://www.rathenau.nl/ |
| Switzerland |
TA-Swiss, Centre de TA du Conseil suisse de la science (1994)
http://www.ta-swiss.ch/ |
| European Union |
STOA, Science and Technology
Options Assessment (1987)
http://www.europarl.eu/stoa/
EPTA, European Parliamentary Technology Assessment
Network (1989) http://www.eptanetwork.org/ |
Permanent parliamentary committes
on Technology Assessment |
| Finland |
Finnish Committee
for the Future (1986)
http://www.tekno.dk/ |
| Greece |
Greek Permanent
Committee of TA (1997)
http://www.parliament.gr/ |
| Italy |
VAST, Valutazione
delle Scelte Scientifiche e Tecnologiche(1997)
http://vast.camera.it/ |
Long
term programmes entrusted to institutions |
| Germany |
ITAS, Institut
für TA und Systemanalyse, Karlsruhe (1987)
http://www.itas.fzk.de/ |
| Austria |
Institut für
TA, Akademie der Wissenschaften (1995)
http://www.oeaw.ac.at/ita/ |
| European Union |
ESTO, European
Science & Technology Observatory, Séville (1997)
http://esro.jrc.es/ |
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