CAPCIT: The Advisory Board of the Parliament of Catalonia for Science and Technology

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  • Fernando Domínguez García CAPCIT, Parliament of Catalonia, Barcelona

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Throughout the world, parliaments and other legislative bodies represent societies in which information technologies and scientific knowledge are advancing at a frantic pace. Yet, most legislators lack the knowledge or training required to understand and deal with the full implications of the technological and scientific revolution. Following the trend of Parliamentary Technology Assessment (PTA) in the United States and Europe over the past two decades, the Advisory Board of the Parliament of Catalonia for Science and Technology (CAPCIT) was established in 2008. Despite the institution’s short history, CAPCIT represents the first and most serious attempt in Spain of bringing together the main scientific and technological sources in a common forum at the service of policy-making.

Keywords: Parliamentary Technology Assessment (PTA) ∙ Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) ∙ European Parliamentary Technology Assessment (EPTA) ∙ Advisory Board of the Parliament of Catalonia for Science and Technology (CAPCIT

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Parliamentary Technology Assessment