It is the overall aim of ETHICSWEB to stimulate an enhanced democratic debate on ethical issues of science and to promote a more engaged and informed public. Therefore, existing information and documentation systems will be connected to allow and ensure an easy access to comprehensive information on science and ethics. At the same time sophisticated tools, both technical and semantic, will be applied or – if necessary developed – to make the huge amount of information available for all parties involved. ETHICSWEB will be a common, decentralized European access point for information that is made available in different European member states, by various regional providers and centres as well as by international organizations.
Coordinator: German Reference Centre for Ethics in the Life Sciences (DRZE), Germany, University of Bonn
Funded by: European Commission
Funding period: 2008-2011
Project website: http://www.ethicsweb.org
