Comparative Table of Parliamentary TA Institutions
THE NETHERLANDS - RATHENAU INSTITUTE
Finding Topics
Scientific, societal and
political developments and trends steer the Rathenau Instituut’s activities.
This is why the biannual Work Programme is designed with a brief outline of the
very developments that will primarily determine the institute’s work over
coming years.
For this outline, there is
regular consultation with the Institute’s Programme Council, an advisory board whose members come
from academia, business, politics and journalism. The Rathenau Instituut’s
Board then selects the work themes, by taking the
following three criteria into consideration:
- The themes involve new technological
and/or scientific developments. This can involve the development of new fields
of science and technology or new trends within the whole science system.
- The themes are or will be
politically, socially or administratively relevant; for instance because many
citizens are directly or indirectly involved in the consequences of a certain
technology or because a scientific development may change the way in which
social issues are dealt with.
- The themes are
or will be the topic of discussion or opinion forming. In other words: they are
not yet socially, administratively or politically »ready« for introduction to
society at large.
In the Work Programme we leave space
to tackle current political and societal events, or topics from previous Work Programmes
as they often become current again. Sometimes, political and social
developments require accelerated or tailor-made investigations.
In drafting the final Work Programme, the
opinion of the House of Representatives is sought. The Work Programme is
reviewed by the Minister of Education and Science, who renders an opinion on it
and then forwards it to both Houses of Parliament.
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