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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 | TA Institutions worldwide | Institutions with close links to TA | Science and Education | Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology | Cantonal Universities | Higher Education Establishments
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
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