PACITA Collaborative project on mobilisation and mutual learning actions in European Parliamentary Technology Assessment Grant Agreement no. 266649 Activity acronym: PACITA Activity full name: Parliaments and Civil Society in Technology Assessment Deliverable 4.3 Expanding the TA-landscape Due date of deliverable: February 2013 Actual submission date: April 2013 Start date of Activity: 1 April 2011 Duration: 4 years Author(s): Leonhard Hennen and Linda Nierling (editors). Organisation name of lead beneficiary for this deliverable: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institution: Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS) Revision [draft 1] 1 Change Records Version Date Change Author 2 PACITA Partners Teknologirådet – Danish Board of Technology (DBT) Toldbodgade 12, DK-1253 Copenhagen, Denmark, Contact: Anders Jacobi [email protected] www.tekno.dk Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Kaiserstr. 12, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany Contact: Leonhard Hennen [email protected] www.kit.edu Rathenau Insituut (KNAW‐RI) Postbus 95366, 2509 CJ Den Haag, the Netherlands Contact: Geert Munnichs [email protected]/g.munnichs@rathena u.nl www.rathenau.nl Teknologiraadet – Norwegian Board of Technology (NBT) Prinsens Gate 18, 0152 Oslo, Norway Contact: Tore Tennoe [email protected] www.teknologiraadet.no 3 The Institute of Technology Assessment (OEAW/ITA) Address: Strohgasse 45/5, A-1030 Vienna Contact: Pacita‐ITA team [email protected] www.oeaw.ac.at Applied Research and Communications Fund (ARC Fund) 5 Alexander Zhendov str., 1113 Sofia, …… Bulgaria Contact: Zoya Damianova [email protected] www.arcfund.net Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica‐ Institute of Technology of biology and chemistry (ITQB) Avenida da Republica, Estacao Agronomica Nacional, Oeiras, 2784-505, Portugal Contact: Mara Almeida [email protected] www.itqb.unl.pt/ Institute Society and Technology (IST) Leuvenseweg 86, B-1011 Brussels, Belgium Contact: Johan Evers [email protected] www.samenlevingentechnologie.be 4 The Catalan Foundation for Research and Innovation (FCRI) Pg. Lluís Companys, 23, ES-08010 Barcelona, Spain Contact: Belén López [email protected] www.fundaciorecerca.cat Swiss Centre for Technology Assessment (TA‐SWISS) Brunngasse 36, CH-3011 Berne, Switzerland Contact: Danielle Bütschi danielle.buetschi@ta‐swiss.ch www.ta‐swiss.ch Association Knowledge Economy Forum (KEF) Galvydzio 5/96, LT-08236, Vilnius, Lithuania Contact: Edgaras Leichteris [email protected] www.zef.lt 5 Technology Centre ASCR Ve Struhach 27, 160 00 Prague 6 Contact: Lenka Hebakova [email protected] www.tc.cz Scientific and Public Involvement in Risk Allocations Laboratory (SPIRAL) Boulevard du Rectorat 7/29, B31, 4000 Liège, Belgium Contact: Pierre Delvenne [email protected] www.spiral.ulg.ac.be/ University College Cork (UCC) Western Road, Cork, Ireland Contact: Frederic adam [email protected] www.ucc.ie Secretariat of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS‐SEC) Nádor utca 7, H-1051 Budapest, Hungary Contact: Janka GAUGECZ [email protected] www.mta.hu 6 Legal notice: The information in this document is provided as is and no guarantee or warranty is given that the information is fit for any particular purpose. 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Reproduction is authorised provided the source is acknowledged. 7 Table of Contents Page List of Abbrevations 11 Executive Summary 20 Chapter 1 Cross-European comparative analysis of establishing PTA 23 1.1 Background and aim of the study 23 1.2 Cross-European findings of establishing (P)TA 25 1.3 Policy options and national recommendations for a TA infrastructure 45 1.4 Conclusions – A second wave of Technology Assessment in Europe? 47 1.5 References 55 Chapter 2 Explorative Country Study: Bulgaria 57 2.1 General Objective 57 2.2 Description of governmental system and general R&D structure 57 2.3 Barriers and opportunities for building up a national TA landscape 63 2.4 Policy options and national recommendations 71 2.5 Case study – Parliamentary Committee for the Study of Best Practices in Shale Gas Exploration and Extraction 75 2.6 References 80 2.7 Appendix 81 Chapter 3 Explorative Country Study: Czech Republic 90 3.1 Introduction 90 3.2 Description of governmental system and general R&D structure 91 3.3 Barriers and opportunities for building up a national TA landscape 97 3.4 Policy options and national recommendations 107 3.5 Case study – Public debate on Nuclear Waste Management in the Czech Republic 112 3.6 References 117 3.7 Appendix 119 Chapter 4 Explorative Country Case Study: Hungary 132 4.1 Description of governmental system and general R&D structure 132 4.2 Barriers and opportunities for building up a national TA landscape 140 8 4.3 Policy options and national recommendations 147 4.4 Case study – Preparation of the National Food Safety Strategy 159 4.5 Appendix 163 Chapter 5 Explorative Country Study: Ireland 172 5.1 Description of governmental system and general R&D structure 172 5.2 Barriers and opportunities for building up a national TA landscape 178 5.3 Policy options and national recommendations 189 5.4 Case study – Closure of the Irish Council for Bioethics 191 5.5 References 198 5.6 Appendix 200 Chapter 6 Explorative Country Study: Lithuania 212 6.1 Description of governmental system and general R&D structure 212 6.2 Barriers and opportunities for building up a national TA landscape 219 6.3 Policy options and recommendations 228 6.4 Case study – Public debates on Building Nuclear Power Plant in Lithuania 234 6.5 References 240 6.6 Appendix 242 Chapter 7 Explorative Country Study: Portugal 249 7.1 Description of governmental system and general R&D structure 249 7.2 Barriers and opportunities for building up a national TA-landscape 256 7.3 Policy options and national recommendations 264 7.4 Case Study – Parliamentary Debate on Medically Assisted Procreation 266 7.5 References 270 7.6 Appendix 272 Chapter 8 Explorative Region Study: Wallonia, Belgium 283 8.1 Description of governmental system and general R&D structure 283 8.2 Barriers and Opportunities for building up a national TA landscape 290 8.3 Policy options and national recommendations 297 8.4 Case study – Mobile phone antennas controversies - between public health and environmental framing of electromagnetic fields in a multilevel polity 301 9 8.5 References 307 8.6 Appendix 309 10 List of Abbrevations General Abbrevations EU European Union FP7 Seventh Framework Programme ICT Information and Communication Technologies NGO Non-governmental organisation PACITA Parliaments and Civil Society in Technology Assessment PTA Parliamentary Technology Assessment R&D Research and development S&T Science and technology TA Technology Assessment Bulgaria ARC Fund Applied Research and Communications Fund BAS Bulgarian Academy of Sciences GDP Gross domestic product GMO Genetically modified organisms MEET Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism MEW Ministry of Environment and Waters MEYS Ministry of Education, Youth and Science MP Member of Parliament NIF National Innovation Fund NIS National Innovation Strategy NSF National Science Fund NSSR National Strategy for Scientific Research OP Operating Programme 11/321 Czech Republic ASCR Academy of Sciences of the CR BIOCEV Biotechnology and Biomedicine Centre of the ASCR and Charles Univ. CENIA Czech Information Agency for Environment CR Czech Republic CRDI Council for Research, Development and Innovation CZERA Czech Republic in the European Research Area EIA Environment Impact Assessment ENV Environment HTA Health Technology Assessment ILA Innovation Leadership Agency IMG Institute of Molecular Genetics of the ASCR MEYS Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR MIT Ministry of Industry and Trade of the CR RDI Research, development and innovation RIA Regulatory Impact Assessment SEA Strategic Environmental Assessment SF Science Foundation STRAST Department of Strategic Studies TC ASCR TA CR Technology Agency of the CR TC ASCR Technology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the CR 12/321 Hungary BLI Balaton Limnological Institute CFRI Central Food Research Institute CAAG Clean Air Action Group ÉTT Food Safety Advisory Board HERC Higher Education and Research Council HAS Hungarian Academy of Sciences HAS ERC Hungarian Academy of Sciences Centre for Energy Research HAI Hungarian Association for Innovation HIPO Hungarian Intellectual Property Office KvVM Hungarian Ministry for the Environment Protection and Water HRC Hungarian Rectors’ Conference OTKA Hungarian Scientific Research Fund METT Hungarian Society for Sciences KFKI AEKI Atomic Energy Research Institute GM Ministry for National Economy NGM Ministry for National Economy VM Ministry for Rural Development EMMI Ministry of Human Resources MND Ministry of National Development MPAJ Ministry of Public Administration and Justice LP Momentum Programme NDA National Development Agency NIH National Innovation Office NORT National Office for Research and Technology MNIR National System of Innovation in Hungary NHDP New Hungary Development Plan North-Balaton Region landfill PNPP Paks Nuclear Power Plant KTIA Research and Technology Innovation Fund Sustainable Development Committee of the Hungarian Parliament FTSS The Federation of Technical and Scientific Societies 13/321 Ireland ACSTI