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TA-SWISS
Brunngasse 36
CH-3011 Bern
T + 41 31 310 99 60
F + 41 31 310 99 61
info@ta-swiss.ch

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TA-SWISS collaborates with many different institutions and partners. These include:

Swiss institutions with close links to technology assessment
Swiss Confederation / Parliament
International Technology Assessment Networks (TA)
Foreign TA institutions

Swiss Confederation

www.admin.ch
Official Homepage of the Swiss Confederation
www.parlament.ch
The website of the Swiss Parliament provides a complete and up-to-date overview of political affairs and members of the National Council and Council of States.
www.swtr.ch
Swiss Science and Technology Council
www.sbf.admin.ch
State Secretariat for Education and Research
www.are.admin.ch
Federal Office for Spatial Development OSD
www.umwelt-schweiz.ch
Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
www.bag.admin.ch
Federal Office of Public Health FOPH
www.bbt.admin.ch
Federal Office for Professional Education and Technology OPET
www.bsv.admin.ch
Federal Social Insurance Office FSIO
www.bakom.admin.ch
Federal Office of Communications OFCOM

TA Institutions worldwide

www.eptanetwork.org
The EPTA Network was founded in 1990 under the patronage of the President of the European Parliament. Its members include TA institutions from 16 countries that play an active part in counselling politicians at national level.
www.netzwerk-ta.net
«TA Network» is a confederation of scientists and practitioners in the TA domain. The objective is to improve exchanges among all those with an interest in TA. The website offers mailing lists, calendar of events, journals, calls for tenders and much else besides.
www.parliament.uk/post/home.htm
POST Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (UK)
www.tekno.dk/
Teknologirådet (Danmark)
www.tab.fzk.de/
TAB, Office of Technology Assessment (Germany)
www.ita-wirtschaftsservice.de/
ita-WirtschaftsService (Germany)
www.inahta.org/
INAHTA, International Network of Agencies for Health Technology Assessment
www.oeaw.ac.at/~ita/
ITA, Institute of Technology Assessment, Vienna (Austria)
www.itas.fzk.de/
ITAS, Institut für Technikfolgenabschätzung und Systemanalyse (Karlsruhe, Germany)
www.ta-akademie.de/
TA-Akademie, Akademie für Technikfolgenabschätzung (Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
www.ta-net-bw.de/
TA-Netzwerk Baden-Württemberg (Germany)
www.drze.de/
German Reference Centre for Ethics in the Life Sciences DRZE
www.jrc.es/welcome.html
IPTS, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (European Commission)
www.europarl.eu.int/stoa/default_en.htm?redirected=1 STOA, Scientific and Technological Options Assessment (European Parliament)
www.htai.org/
HTAi, Health Technology Assessment international
www.teknologiradet.no/
Norwegian Board of Technology
www.rathenau.nl/
Rathenau Institute (Netherlands)
www.hcta.it/
Health Care Technology Assessment HCTA (Italy). The Azienda Provinciale per i Servizi Sanitari works on issues relating to Health Technology Assessment.
www.viwta.be/
viW T A, Flemish Institut for Science and Technology Assessment (Belgium)
www.eptanetwork.org/EPTA/members.php?country=CataloniaCatalonian TA-institute CACIT
www.parliament.fi/FutureCommittee
Committee for the Future, Finland
www.senat.fr/opecst/index.html
OPECST, Office Parlementaire d'Evaluation des Choix Scientifiques et Technologiques
www.eptanetwork.org/EPTA/members.php?country=Greece
GPTCA, Greek Permanent Committe of Technology Assessment
http://vast.camera.it
VAST, Comitato per la Valutazione delle Scelte Scientifiche e Tecnologiche
www.wws.princeton.edu/ota/
The OTA closed in 1995 after 23 years of working. This site make available in electronic form the complete collection of OTA publications along with additional materials that illuminate the history and impact of the agency.

Institutions with close links to TA

International institutions

www.ethikrat.org
The website of the German National Ethics Council contains the names of current members and statements on: biobanks, pre-implantation diagnostics (PID), stem cells, cloning and bio-patenting.
www.izt.de
Institute for Future Studies and Technology Assessment is an independent charitable institution. It deals with such things as risks and opportunities of “intelligent” labels, the so-called RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) technology.
www.europaeische-akademie-aw.de/
The European Academy (EA) devotes its time to scientific research and assessing the consequences of scientific and technical for the individual and social lives of human beings and their natural environment.
www.wmin.ac.uk/csd
The “Centre for the Study of Democracy (CSD)” is based in London at the University of Westminster. The CSD focuses mainly on interdisciplinary theory and research in political science. At the end of 2002, in cooperation with TA-SWISS, the CSD published a book entitled “Participatory Technology Assessment. European Perspectives”.
www.europa.eu.int/comm/research/quality-of-life/stemcells.html
The European Commission held a conference on 18/19 December 2001 in Brussels under the title «Stem Cells: Therapies for the Future?». The conference can be viewed on the screen. In the run up to the conference, there was also an opportunity to join in an online dialogue.
www.esst.uio.no/
ESST, European interuniversity association on society, science and technology
www.irgc.org
IRGC, International Risk Governance Council

Swiss institutions

www.mfk.ch/
The website of the Museum of Communication includes details of current exhibitions.
www.bats.ch/
BATS, Biosafety Research and Assessment of Technology Impacts of the Swiss Priority Program Biotechnology
www.umwelt-schweiz.ch/buwal/de/fachgebiete/fg_efbs/start.html
the Swiss Expert Committee for Biosafety (EFBS/CFSB)
www.umwelt-schweiz.ch/buwal/de/fachgebiete/fg_ekah/index.html
Swiss Ethics Committee on Non-Human Gene Technology (ECNH)
www.nek-cne.ch/
Swiss National Advisory Commission on Biomedical Ethics (NEK/CNE)
www.rzu.ch/
Regional planning of Zurich and its environs (RZU)
www.snhta.ch/
The «Swiss Network for Health Technology Assessment» deals with medical-technical questions, and assesses new medical technologies and their potential consequences. Its core function is to help to improve effectiveness, achieving greater cost efficiency and the to establish public health firmly in Swiss society.
www.science-et-cite.ch/
Science et Cité Foundation
www.risiko-dialog.ch/
The «Risiko-Dialog» Foundation was set up at the end of the 1980s following major accidents such as Chernobyl and Schweizerhalle. It monitors the social perception of risk and supports qualified communication of risk between different interest groups.
www.ethikdiskurs.ch/
Ethik im Diskurs, Zurich
www.ethik.unizh.ch/ufsp
University research focussing on ethics, Zurich University Centre for Ethics
www.equiterre.ch/
Equiterre, partner for sustained development in science and education

Science and Education

www.swtr.ch/
Swiss Science and Technology Council SSTC
www.cass.ch/
Swiss Scientific Academies
www.sagw.ch/
Swiss Academy of Liberal Arts SAGW
www.scnat.ch/
Swiss Academy of Sciences SCNAT
www.samw.ch/
Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences SAMS
www.satw.ch/
Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences SATW
www.snf.ch
Swiss National Science Foundation in the Service of Scientific Research SNSF
www.cus.ch
Swiss University Conference
www.crus.ch
Rectors' Conference of the Swiss Universities
www.ch-forschung.ch/
CH-Forschung, the Association of Swiss Research Information, Swiss Institutes of Technology

Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology

www.ethz.ch/
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zürich)
www.eth-rat.ch/
ETH-Borad
www.ethlife.ethz.ch/
“ETH Life” the daily web journal of the Swiss Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich
www.epfl.ch/
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL Lausanne)
www.psi.ch/
Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI)
www.empa.ch/
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research (EMPA)
www.eawag.ch/
Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology (EAWAG)
www.slf.ch/
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL)

Cantonal Universities

www.unige.ch/
University of Geneva
www.unifr.ch/
University of Freiburg
www.unibe.ch/
University of Bern
www.unibas.ch/
University of Basel
www.unil.ch/
University of Lausanne
www.unine.ch/
University of Neuenburg
www.unisg.ch/
University of St. Gallen
www.unizh.ch/
University of Zürich
www.unisi.ch
University of Lugano

Higher Education Establishments

BFH
Berner Fachhochschule
FHNW
Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz
FHO
Fachhochschule Ostschweiz
FHZ
Fachhochschule Zentralschweiz
HES-SO
Haute Ecole Spécialisée de Suisse occidentale
SUPSI
Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana
ZFH
Zürcher Fachhochschule

Last update: 19.11.2007 nbz