Udvalget for Forskning, Innovation og Videregående Uddannelser 2011-12
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DeutscherBundestagCommitteeonEducation,ResearchandTechnologyAssessmentTheChairwoman
TothePresidentoftheDanishParliament,MrMogensLykketoftOpenlettertobegiventoallmembersoftheDanishParliament
PlannedClosureoftheDanishBoardofTechnologyDearMr.PresidentLykketoft,Astheholderofthe2011presidencyoftheEuropeanParliamentaryTechnologyAssessment(EPTA)NetworkandaschairoftheCommitteeonResearch,EducationandTechnologyAssessmentattheGermanBundestagIamverysurprisedtohearaboutthepossibledecisiontoclosedowntheDanishBoardofTechnology(Teknologirådet)aspartofthenationalbudgetfor2012.ThiswillpotentiallycutoffDenmarkfromtheinternationalendeavourofparliamentarytechnologyassessment,atatimewhenweseeanexpansionofourEuropeancooperationtoatrulyglobalnetwork.IlearnedthattheDanishBoardofTechnologyhasaleadingroleinparliamentarytechnologyassessmentanddeliberativeprocesses.ManycountriesarelookingtoDenmarkforinspiration.Theneedforknowledge‐basedpolicymakingandthecentralityofparliamentsinthatrespectisnowalsoincreasinglyacknowledgedoutsideEurope.Forexample,theUSCongress(GAO)appliedandwasacceptedasamemberofEPTAundertheDanishpresidencyin2010.AttheEPTAcouncilmeetingintheBundestaginBerlinthisOctober,ChineseandAustralianinstitutionswererepresented.TheDanishBoardofTechnologyisparticularlyaninnovativefrontrunnerinpublicparticipation.Itsachievementsinthisareaarewell‐knownaroundtheworld,andtheBoardhaspioneeredinnovativemethodssuchastheConsensusConferenceandtheglobalcitizenparticipationprojectWorldWideViewsonGlobalWarming.In2010theDanishBoardofTechnologywasgiventheJimCreightonAwardoftheInternationalAssociationforPublicParticipation,onaccountofitsuniqueexpertisein,andcontributionto,thepracticeofpublicparticipation.WearedeeplyconcernedthattheDanishParliamentcoulddecidetoclosedownthisinternationalbestpracticeexampleanddrivingforce.IurgentlyhopethattheDanishParliamentwillreconsiderthedecisiontoclosedowntheDanishBoardofTechnology.Yourssincerely,
Berlin,November18,2011

UllaBurchardt,MP

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