| Since 1982, European
scientific cooperation with developing countries has represented a
vital element of the EU's RTD Framework Programmes. Initially, these
North/South research partnerships were mainly limited to the domains
of agriculture and health. From 1995 onwards, the INCO-DC (Developing
Countries) programme has broadened the priorities of cooperation,
particularly in the perspective of long-term development. Certain
fields of mutual interest, such as the gradual spreading of information
technology, have also been included. INCO-DC's new orientations have
also focused on the regional dimension, whilst seeking to adapt the
cooperation tools to the growing diversification of the partner countries.
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Social
and economic development is closely linked to the capacity of a
society to employ appropriate and efficient scientific and technical
resources. In this way the profound economic crisis at present afflicting
the majority of developing countries is both the expression and
the result of the delay they have accumulated with regard to scientific
and technological progress. This delay is accentuated in a world
in which the societies of knowledge and innovation occupy an ever
more prominent place. It holds back the developing countries from
integrating into the world economy and hinders their capacities
to manage in the long term the natural resources that are indispensable
for their development.
| This
Chapter: |
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Specific
partnership for science |
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Political
dialogue at the core of effective cooperation |
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Organisation
and results of INCO-DC |
|
Euro-Mediterranean
partnership |
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The
emerging economies |
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Chapter
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