POLAND - BUREAU OF RESEARCH 

Topics

Most TA work undertaken by BAS in recent years have been done in the following areas:

• Energy and environment – renewable sources; nuclear safety; Carbon Capture and Storage; perspectives of shale gas extraction in Poland; potential for greenhouse gas emission reduction in Poland and its implications for the energy sector.
•  GMO and biotechnology – societal, economic and political consequences of biotechnologies and of the widespread use of GM crops.
• Information society – development of ICT in Poland; e-government and the state of online public services; overview of Polish strategies and regulations concerning information society; digital exclusion in Poland (sources of exclusion, social groups mostly endangered by exclusion and its consequences); e-voting.
•  Innovativeness of Polish economy – final report will discuss the current state of innovation in Poland, innovation rankings and national and regional innovation policies.
• Climate policy – perspectives for the post-Kyoto agreement, evolution of the EU legislation and domestic action.

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