Comparative Table of Parliamentary TA Institutions
GERMANY - OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT AT THE GERMAN BUNDESTAG
Finding Topics
Proposals for TA-studies can come from one or many of the parliamentary
groups in the Committee for Education, Research and Technology
Assessment as well as any of the other committees in the German
Bundestag. Under the guidance of the committee chairwoman, the
TA-rapporteurs along with the director of TAB discuss the political and
factual relevance of requested topics. TAB submits a statement for
every proposal on its scientific workability as well as considerations
of the objectives, substance, and methods. Topics are then selected and
unanimously presented to the committee for debate and decision. A
proposal is accepted when a third of the committee members do not
oppose it.
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