Doing Cross-European Technology Assessment

Abstract

The authors give a case-based state-of-play account of cross-European

Cross-European Technology Assessment

“…Within the framework of the PACITA (Parliaments and Civil Society in Technology Assessment) project two workshops have been organized where these questions have been discussed between PACITA partners and other TA actors in Europe 3 . In addition, partners in the PACITA project have compiled several case descriptions of cross-European projects conducted previously, which have been compared with regards to process, financing, mode of cooperation etc., in order to find the strengths and weaknesses of cross-European projects (Barland et al 2012). The endeavour to achieve closer cooperation between European TA institutions lies at the core of the PACITA initiative.…”