Recommends ways to feed public consultation into policy debates in science and technology, drawing from four case studies and a Web survey. Policy recommendations centred around four themes: preserving capacity, clarity and planning, synthesis of policy, and evaluation and learning.
The Research Assessment Exercise is used to assess the quality of, and determine core government funding for, research carried out in UK universities. This report provided evidence for a review of the process. The overwhelming majority of participants thought research should be assessed using a system based on peer review; that there was a strong desire for a system with clear rules and transparent procedures; and that there was a need for improved systems to assess inter- and multi-disciplinary research work.
There is a serious lack of testing of medicinal products in the paediatric population. The European Commission has attempted to provide a structural solution by drafting a regulation. This report describes the economic, social, sustainable, and environmental impacts of the regulation. The assessment indicates that the proposed regulation will achieve its objectives, although the effects will vary.
This report, prepared for and funded by the Arthritis Research Campaign (arc), presents the results of an evaluation of 16 research grants. The report presents a framework that conceptualises the relationship between research inputs, process, output and outcomes. The researchers make several conclusions, including that there is a diversity of research payback; the researcher drives translation; short, focused project grants provide value; and flexibility in funding is used advantageously.
This report, prepared for and funded by the Arthritis Research Campaign (arc), presents the results of an evaluation of 16 research grants awarded by arc in the early 1990s. The main objective was to develop a system for evaluating arthritis research, with a view to allowing arc to stimulate and manage the exploitation of research advances so that they translate into practical benefit. Volume 2 of the report presents a collection of the case studies used in the study and provide a narrative on the payback of each research grant.
The Research Assessment Exercise is used to assess the quality of, and determine core government funding for, research carried out in UK universities. This report provided evidence for a review of the process. The overwhelming majority of participants thought research should be assessed using a system based on peer review; that there was a strong desire for a system with clear rules and transparent procedures; and that there was a need for improved systems to assess inter- and multi-disciplinary research work.
This study addresses the demand-side of e-government--not only usage--but also perceptions and barriers to utilization that have not been treated previously. Indicators to measure acceptance and adoption of e-government were used to build two surveys that were then piloted among members of the 'general population' in the 15 EU Member States, Switzerland and Europe, and to IT managers in the commercial sector in seven EU countries. The survey shows that only about one third of businesses are currently using e-government. Among these, only about one third prefer this method over existing methods.
Trans-European Networks, or TENS, in transport, telecommunications, and energy, support projects of common interest where immediate commercial prospects and benefits are uncertain but that promote interconnection and interoperability of and universal access to national transport, telecommunications, and energy networks. In order to assess the future needs and prospects for the TEN Telecom Action and to develop a vision by which to revise its guidelines, this document presents a technology foresight study examining emergent technological solutions and needs, a survey among sector users, and in-depth interviews with sector members.
Explores whether and how e-FOIA is affecting (or expected to affect) U.S. federal agency procedures, with special attention to the implications of e-FOIA for interactions with citizens and private-sector organizations, to inform the Dutch government's preparation of legislative measures to incorporate an 'e' component into its Act to Promote Open Government (Wet openbaarheid van bestuur, or WOB).
