The regulation of scientific-technological innovation becomes more and more hazardous for decision makers. New governance strategies are based on a principle of partnership between the state, experts, stake-holder interests and citizens. The CIPAST platform - which stands for Citizen Participation in Science and Technology - aims at structuring a network, disseminating good practices and circulating relevant information. The CIPAST work programme will foster the transfer of expertise through the implementation of training programmes for the three identified contexts of decision: "upstream", "regulation" and "social diffusion". A corpus of training tools, based on case-studies and tested in training sessions, are under development. With newsletter and discussion group.
