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Success for TA in Germany

The Office of Technology Assessment at the German Bundestag will continue its work for another five years. As parliamentary TA institution it continues to add to the political decision-making process.

 14.03.2013
TAB is supporting the German Bundestag when it comes to issues of technology assessment

In the coming five years, ITAS will again operate the Office of Technology Assessment at the German Parliament (TAB). This has unanimously been decided by the Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment (ABFTA) of the German Bundestag at its meeting on 27 February 2013.

The Office of Technology Assessment at the German Parliament (TAB) is an independent scientific institution that advises the German Parliament and its committees on matters of scientific and technological change. The duties and tasks of TAB are to design and carry out technology assessment projects, to monitor and analyze scientific and technological trends and related social developments and to study innovation processes.

The common aim of these activities is to assess social, economic and environmental opportunities and risks of new socio-technical developments in order to provide options for policy makers. TAB's overall aim is to supply the German Bundestag with information, based on scientific research, for the policy-making process.

Three new partner organisations

TAB will be supported in the next period of its operation by three partners: The Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ (Leipzig), the Institute for Futures Studies and Technology Assessment (IZT) (Berlin) and VDI / VDE-IT (VDI / VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH, Berlin).