The Observatory of Technology Assessment has in its aims the support to the parliamentary activities on technology assessment, offering the expertise and experience of its members in the field. It assumed the involvement of the national network GrEAT (Studies Group on Technology Assessment) on the organisation of a parliamentary unit on TA, and will continue such scientific and technical support to the national Parliament.

The history of Parliamentary Technology Assessment in Portugal has more than a decade. The main milestones of this activity were:

Chronology of Parliamentary Technology Assessment in Portugal

1990s - Several cases discussed in Parliament (e.g. Souselas, in vitro fertilization, new airport in Lisbon, etc.)

2009 - Report on Science (Rapporteur MP Bravo Nico)

2010 - 1^st Progress Report on Science (1^st legislative session Rapporteur MP José Ferreira Gomes)

2010 - Report on Science in Portugal (Rapporteur MP José Ferreira Gomes)

2010 - Conference "Science in Portugal" (20 Dec. 2010)

2010 - Foundation of the Studies Group for Technology Assessment (GrEAT), started meetings at the national Parliament on TA

2011 - 2^nd Progress Report on Science (2^nd legislative session Rapporteur MP José Ferreira Gomes)

2013 - Report by MP Rui Santos "Final Report Parliamentary Technology Assessment"

2014 - Organisation of colloquium of the MEP Marisa Matias at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

2015 - Report by MP Rui Pedro Duarte "Report Parliamentary Technology Assessment"

         - Scientific article on Parliamentary Technology Assessment in Portugal

         - Elected the Committee on Education and Science: Alexandre Quintanilha (Chairman), Mano Margarida (Vice President) and Abel Baptista (Vice President) - (Link to the complete list of members)

        - Elected the Committee on Economy, Innovation and Public Works: Helder Amaral (President), Fernando Virgílio Macedo (Vice President) and Hortense Martins (Vice President) - (Link to the complete list of members)

2016 - The OAT re-started the contacts with the main parliamentary committees related with Technology Assessment

           - Proposal of OAT as associated member of EPTA (European Parliamentary Technology Assessment)

Other documents

Institutions with Parliamentary Technology Assessment

List of Technology Assessment studies prepared for the European Parliamentarians

List of studies carried out by the Office for Technology Assessment of the US Congress