Open AccessParliamentary TA in Portugal
Author(s) -
Mara Almeida
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
technikfolgenabschätzung
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2199-9201
pISSN - 1619-7623
DOI - 10.14512/tatup.24.3.102
Subject(s) - parliament , political science , unit (ring theory) , public administration , operations research , engineering , law , politics , mathematics , mathematics education
Currently, a structure for parliamentary Technology Assessment (pTA) in Portugal does not exist. However, efforts have been made by the Parliament to support the establishment of pTA through the involvement of external actors. Two different models, a Parliamentary Office of Technology Assessment (GPAT) and a Parliamentary Unit of Technology Assessment (UPAT), have recently been proposed. This paper discusses some of the observations presented in a previous TATuP- paper by Böhle/Moniz (2015) relative to the establishment of TA in Portugal including observations on the GPAT model. In doing so, this paper provides a brief comparative analysis between the two models, including precedents, funding and organisational structure.