Translation of "association de recherche coopérative internationale " (French → English) :

the European Fusion Development Agreement (EFDA), a multilateral agreement concluded between the Commission and organisations in, or acting for, Member States and associated third countries providing inter alia the framework for further research on fusion technology in associated organisations and in industry, use of the JET facilities and the European contribution to international cooperation;

The diversity and extent of the methods of participation envisaged, concerning the concession, research programme, contracts awarded by the European Space Agency, regulatory aspects, participation in the Joint Undertaking and association with the future Supervisory Authority, are certainly beneficial for international cooperation.

The organizations that they should contact are Amnesty International, l'Association québécoise, des organismes de coopération internationale, the Canadian Association of University Teachers, the Canadian Arab Federation, the Canadian Bar Association, the Canadian Autoworkers Union, the Canadian Centre for Philanthropy, the Canadian Council for International Cooperation, the Canadian Council for Refugees, the Canadian Ethnocultural Council, the Canadian Labour Congress, the Centre for Social Justice, and organizations such as Development and Peace, the Mus ...[+++]lim Lawyers Association, National Organization of Immigrant and Visible Minority Women of Canada, the Civil Liberties Union of Canada, Rights and Democracy.

IV. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION The Council agrees that: 1. cooperation in scientific and technological research between the European Community and third countries should in principle be undertaken on the basis of mutual advantage, and taking into account, on the basis of the subsidiarity principle, international cooperation activities of the Member States; 2. increased participation ...[+++] in the Framework Programme by EFTA countries, inter alia through the EEA Agreement, could bring significant added value to the European research effort; 3. particular attention should be paid to cooperation in science and technology with countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the NIS of the former Soviet Union, with a view to preserving their considerable scientific potential; 4. particular attention should also be paid to scientific and technological cooperation with developing countries so as to reflect their respective priorities, develop their capacities for research and maximise the resulting benefits for their social and economic development; 5. scientific and technological cooperation with non-European industrialised third countries should respect the principle of no exchange of funds, ensure a balance of benefits and contribute to achieving more cost-effectively the objectives of the Framework Programme; 6. EUREKA should remain the principal vehicle for supporting research activities which are nearer to the market and the Commission should bring forward proposals to improve the synergy between the Community's research activities and EUREKA; 7. synergy with activities of other international organisations should also be improved; 8. COST should continue to play an important, specific and complementary role by promoting scientific and technological cooperation in Europe through multilateral research projects.

COMMISSION COMMUNICATION ON PERSPECTIVES FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT - COUNCIL RESOLUTION Following the discussions which have taken place on the Commission's communication on perspectives for international cooperation in research and technological development, both in CREST and in the Permanent Representatives Co ...[+++]mmittee, the Council adopted the following resolution : "THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having examined the Commission communication of 20 October 1995 on Perspectives for International Cooperation in the field of RTD, and in the light of the opinion of the Scientific and Technical Research Committee (CREST), (1) ENDORSES the five overall objectives for future Community policy further to strengthen and increase cooperation in RTD with third countries, as follows: - strengthen European competitiveness and develop technologies for future markets; - develop partnership in science and technology, in particular with third countries of strategic interest to the Community; - share responsibility and conduct RTD on economic and social challenges; - promote RTD relevant to the needs and priorities of developing countries for fostering their sustainable growth; - share ST information and contribute to large scale and frontier science and technology (2) EMPHASIZES that cooperation with third countries in the field of RTD should continue to be based on the following principles: subsidiarity; mutual benefit; consistency with other Community policies, in particular the Union's external policies; efficiency and quality (3) UNDERLINES the need for a differentiation in approach between the different third country partners for economic, political and geographical reasons.

The Central and Eastern European countries, the new independent States of the former Soviet Union, and the Mediterranean third countries are particularly concerned; * to share the burden of research efforts in order to address the major challenges of the decades to come * to facilitate the access of developing countries to European RTD and the results thereof, and to contribute towards the establishment in those countries of research infrastructures and policies tailored to their own needs; * to develop contacts and exchanges with third-country scientists, and to promote access for groups and associations ...[+++] of researchers involved in new areas of researchand eight priority lines of action To meet these objectives, the communication defines eight priority lines of action: * increasing industrial involvement in international RTD cooperation; * strengthening the external dimension of European RTD policy by improving mutual access to research programmes and launching projects of common interest.