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- Director, Lars Klüver
- The Danish Board of Technology
- Japan, June 2004
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- The Danish Board of Technology
- Setup, aims, organisation
- Methodology of TA
- Relation between problem and method
- A broad range of methods needed
- The special qualities of Participation
- Method examples
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- Constituted by law 1985 + 1995
- Self governing, independent institution
- Connected to Ministry of Science, Technology and Development
- Formal link to Committee of Science & Technology, Danish Parlia=
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- Chairman, Board, and Board of Representatives appointed by Minister =
and
Committee of Science
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- Follow the technological development
- Carry out comprehensive assessments on possibilities and consequence=
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technology for society and the citizen
- Communicate results to decision-makers and the population, and to
support the technology debate
- Give advice to Parliament and Government
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- Director
- Administrative Staff
- 2½ administrative
- 1 IT & web
- Project Staff
- 7 project managers
- 2,5 project secretaries
- Time-limited employment
- 5-10 students & project consultants
- 10 mill.DKK ~ 175 mill Yen
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- Supply focus, needed by decision-makers
- Use the knowledge and tools of experts
- Include norms and interests of stakeholders
- Include experience and values of citizens
- Make transparent and fair processes
- Build upon the democratic traditions
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- Rules of communication depends upon the involved actors
- No universal communication tools
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- Do we look for knowledge, norms or solutions?
- Whom should speak with whom?
- Point of technology innovation
- Timing
- State of political/public/scientific debate
- Governmental policies / political agenda
- What role can be played?
- What does it take to intervene?
- Demands for credibility
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- Citizen Consultation
- Consensus Conference
- Citizen Summit
- Perspective Workshop
- Interview Meeting
- Voting conference
- Stakeholder involvement
- Future Search
- Policy Exercise
- Scenario Workshop
- Expert Analysis
- Work Groups
- Conferences & Workshops
- Structured Brainstorms
- Advisory function
- Parliamentary Hearings
- Future Panel
- Early Warning; Briefings
- Public Debate
- Local Debate Fund
- Debate Products/ www
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- Involve new players to pool knowledge, exchange views and find new p=
aths
- As independent third part, make platforms for constructive stakehold=
er
dialogue
- Give voice to citizens. As persons, consumers, taxpayers, and legiti=
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democratic assessors
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- Including open processes of assessment, to:
- Ensure a common, diverse knowledge-base
- Channel dialogues on interests and values
- Involve else overlooked players
- Be able to deal with uncertainty
- Make broadly accepted solutions
- Integrate communication into the process
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- For principle reasons<=
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- Searching social coherence
- Managing uncertainty and inequality
- Involving the involved
- Citizen and affected as democratic basis
- And for professional
- Managing communication
- Including broad knowledge and value base
- Ensuring results to have high credibility
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- Political culture of “open democracy”
- Institutional setting allows for expansion of method range into open=
TA
processes
- Budget makes public events possible
- Staff competencies as process managers
- Involved actors back up initiatives
- Institution trusted as independent 3rd part
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- When the situation is blocked
- Everyone knows the problems
- No-one are allowed to solve them
- All actors in the same room for 3 days
- Takes responsibility for the past
- Agree on the present situation
- Agree on vision
- Make action plans
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- Sustainable hunting in Greenland, results:
- Education plans on sustainable hunting
- Rules on weapon use
- Independent council on sustainable use of nature
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- When polling or focus groups are not enough:
- Reflected, informed answers needed
- Qualitative as well as quantitative data
- The answers, as well as the reasons for the answers
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- 25-50 participants
- ½ day:
- Information on topic
- Dialogue with experts
- Filling out questionnaire
- Group Interviews with 6-8 people groups
- Animal Cloning, November 2003
- Nano-technology, May 2004
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- Future of the Patenting System
- Medical Treatment of Life-style
- Vulnerability of ICT Infrastructures
- Oil Depletion
- New Climate – New Strategies
- Alternatives to Animal Testing
- Children, health and the Environment
- Digital Rights and Free Information
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- Energy System scenarios (Future Panel)
- ICT Privacy (Expert Work Group + International Assessment)
- Globalisation of Knowledge Intensive Work (Expert work Group +
Conference)
- Chemical Producing GMOs (Citizen Jury)
- Breakdown of private/work borders (Debates)
- Pervasive Health Care (Workshop and Conference)
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