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Europäische Technologieplattform Plants for the
Future

• Österreichischer Konsultationsprozess -
  Arbeitsgruppe 4
• Competitiveness, consumer choice and good
  governance
• 10.11.05

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Bereiche der Strategic Research Agenda Goal 1
Vibrant Research Deliverables Genome
sequences and biodiversity inventories Plant
systems biology Improved genomics tools and
processes Genetic systems for crop
improvement Goal 2 Human resources,
infrastructure and networking Deliverables
Improved human resource training and skill
management Upgraded infrastructures for
genomics and bioinformatics Networks of
research institutions, industry and other
countries Goal 3 Public/consumer
involvement Deliverables Dissemination of the
knowledge of plants Improved mutual trust
between the public and the plant science
community Plants are fun
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Bereiche der Strategic Research Agenda Goal 4
Ethics, Safety, legal and financial
environment Deliverables Ethics global
justice, naturalness, freedom consumer
choice Safety legal issues Coexistence,
Improved legal environment Financial issues
improved public funding, creative public-private
partnerships, novel private investment
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Zusammensetzung der Arbeitsgruppe 4
Titel Vorname Name Institution Bemerkung
Mag. Birgit STEININGER FFG/EIP - Biowissenschaften und -technologien Förderungen
Mag. Therese LINDAHL FFG/EIP - Biowissenschaften und -technologien Förderungen
Dr. DI Martin KRACHLER ÖVAF Agroökonomie
Dr. Bettina REITNER FWF Grundlagenforschung
Dr. Milojka GINDL FWF Grundlagenforschung
DI Marc MÖSZMER ARGE BIOFISCH Gentechnik
Univ.Prof. Dr. Josef GLÖSSL BOKU IAGZ Human resources
Dr. Christian BRANDES AGES CO-Existence
Dr. Anita SILMBROD LEBENSMINISTERIUM Förderungen, Politik
Dr. Nicole FIRNBERG BMBWK ERA-NET
Dr. Irene GABRIEL BMBWK Politik
Mag. Petra LEHNER Arbeiterkammer KonsumentenInnenseite - Gentechnik
DI Werner MÜLLER Global 2000 Risikoabschätzung, Koexistenz
Dr. Helge TORGERSEN ÖEAW - Institut für Technikfolgenabschätzung Governance, Gentechnikpolitik, public involvement
Dr. Wolfgang WAGNER Uni Linz Public perception
Dr. Armin SPOEK IFZ, Graz Risikoabschätzung, Gentechnologie
Dr. Wolfgang HAIDINGER Industriellenvereinigung Seite der Industrie - Wettbewerb
Dr. Heribert HIRT BOKU Human resources
Dr. Andrea BARTA Dialog Gentechnik Gentechnik - Public Perception
DI Karl BAUER Landwirtschaftskammer Österreich Landwirtschaftskammer
Dr Heinz-Peter ZACH LEBENSMINISTERIUM Ministerium
Dr. Michael KURZWEIL LEBENSMINISTERIUM Ministerium
MMag. Rudolf LICHTMANNEGGER WKÖ - FV für Lebensmittel Firmenseite - Wettbewerb
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• Stellungnahmen
• Dr. Torgersen Akademie der Wissenschaften/Dr.
  Wagner Uni Linz
• zu Goal 3 Public and consumer involvement
• Ergänzungen zu den einzelnen Absätzen der
  Einleitung
• -taking into account the additional tasks of
  agriculture
• -overstating competitiveness and economic
  growth is counterproductive
• -stakeholder involvement is problematic where
  negative attitudes are deeply entrenched
• -Members of the plant science community must
  get more insight into patterns of public
  attitudes. It is necessary to educate scientists
  about the intricacies of public holistic
  thinking
• Deliverable two Mutual trust
• -As a prerequisite, it is necessary to bring to
  the notion of both lay people and scientists
  different forms of knowledge, frames and
  rationales. Industry PR often underestimates the
  publics feeling for the real usefulness of
  innovations and for exaggerated claims.
• Deliverable three Plants are fun
• -The non-utilitarian view on scientific
  investigation as a cultural endeavour, especially
  in basic science, must be stressed.

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• Stellungnahmen
• Dr. Torgersen Akademie der Wissenschaften/Dr.
  Wagner Uni Linz
• Practical steps awareness of holistic thinking
• -It is necessary to involve social scientists as
  well, since research results on public attitudes
  and everyday thinking help to sharpen the
  actors awareness.
• Democratisation of plant science
• -The proposed approach is a strategy of high
  risk. To submit several applications and review
  them is time consuming and compliance will be
  limited. Incorporating stakeholders is necessary
  but prone to render impossible any consensus. It
  could be denounced as window dressing while the
  real decisions get sheltered from criticism. It
  is detrimental to the idea of democratisation,
  because one possible outcome no biotech will
  not be acceptable.
• Re-humanisation of plant scientists
• -Efforts to culturally flesh out plant
  science, with an emphasis on the non-utilitarian
  aspects, are preferable.
• A point not addressed
• -In the present outcast, reference to
  socio-economic accompanying research is missing.
  Such exercises are necessary to provide a basis
  for discussion and opinions to be formed.

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• Stellungnahmen
• Dr. Brandes - AGES
• Zu Goal 3 Public and consumer involvement und
  Goal 4 Ethics, Safety, legal and financial
  environment
• Ergänzungen zur Einleitung
• -discussion should not only be pro-plant but
  also pro-consumer
• -consumer interests should be considered in
  decisions about gene technology and co-existence
• Weitere Comments
• -concentration on the selection of more
  advantageous genes
• -More emphasis on risk-assessement regarding
  human health/environment
• Legal rules
• -better legal rules regarding coexistence, the
  knowledge has to be improved
• -need for stringend threshold values in organic
  food products
• -need of definition of specific rules for
  coexistence to protect organic farming GMO free
  zones
• Consumer choice
• -better GMO detection methods are needed

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Stellungnahmen Dr. Spoek IFZ Graz Zu Goal 4
Ethics, legal and financial aspects -Key
words non-food crops, biopharmaceuticals, risk
assessement, risk management, co-existence,
legislation, molecular farming,
biosafety -What is, however, missing from the
SRA is to tackle the risk, socio-economic and
regulatory issues that might be associated with
these novel production systems scientific
research in possible health or environmental
risks of open field production of industrial or
pharmaceutical substances, socio-economic
constraints of an increased diversification of EU
agriculture, suitability of the present EU
legislative framework and of the EU risk
assessment concepts and approaches for handling
this type of plants. A breeding companies
input Zu Goal 4 Ethics, legal and financial
aspects -The coexistence element and free
choice add diversity and value to the plant
industry. However rules and regulations must be
fair and practical. Ideas like zero gmo
tolerances are not helpful and must be avoided.
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Stellungnahmen Diskussionsprozess FFG Zu Goal 4
Public funding -internal strategic
discussion -Letter of comittment?
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Danke für Ihre Aufmerksamkeit! Das
KoordinatorInnen-Team Therese Lindahl, Martin
Krachler, Birgit Steininger und die gesamte AG4