Through the STOA Committee - STOA stands for Science and Technology Options Assessment - of the EU Parliament, European Technology Assessment will continue to have an advisory influence; the framework agreement was extended on April 13. 

"This is a strong sign of life for parliamentary technology assessment. Together with its German partner, ITAS Karlsruhe, ITA advises the Austrian, and also the European Parliament with the aim of analyzing socio-technical innovations and including possible societal impacts," emphasizes Walter Peissl, Deputy Director of the Institute of Technology Assessment of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. The value of technology assessment in an international context has thus been proven once again. 

The European Technology Assessment Group (ETAG) currently includes institutions from Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Norway and Portugal.