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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 OECD PARIS 04766
E.O. 11652: N/A
TAGS: TPHY, OECD
SUBJECT: JAPANESE PROPOSAL ON RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
COOPERATION FOR CSTP AGENDA - FEBRUARY 25-26
1. PROFESSOR OKAMURA WILL BE TABLING THE FOLLOWING
PROPOSAL AT FORTHCOMING CSTP MEETING:
"AT THE LAST MINISTERIAL LEVEL MEETING OF THE
CSTP, HELD IN JUNE 1975, THE MINISTERS STATED THAT
THEY WERE "CONSCIOUS OF THE SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF
THEIR COUNTRIES TOWARD THE DEVELOPING NATIONS" AND
WERE AGREED ON "THE IMPORTANCE OF DEVELOPING A BROADER
PERSPECTIVE IN THE CONDUCT OF THEIR NATIONAL RESEARCH
AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS". (COMMUNIQUE OF THE CSTP AT
MINISTERIAL LEVEL, PRESS/A(75)26).
2. AT THAT MEETING, THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT POINTED
OUT THE URGENT NEED TO IMPROVE INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
WITH THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN THE FIELD OF SCIENCE
AND TECHNOLOGY, AS EXPERIENCE SHOWED THAT WHEN
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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE WAS TRANSPLANTED
UNSELECTIVELY AND WITHOUT ADAPTATION, IT COULD OFTEN
NOT BE EFFECTIVELY UTILIZED IN THE RECIPIENT DEVELOPING
COUNTRIES BECAUSE OF THE VERY DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES
THERE.
3. IT IS VERY NECESSARY TO DEVELOP TECHNOLOGY WHICH
IS APPROPRIATE TO THE CONDITIONS EXISTING IN THE
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, I.E. "DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGY"
IN CONTRAST TO "DEVELOPED TECHNOLOGY", AND ALSO TO
DEVELOP A SYSTEM OF COOPERATION WHICH WILL ENABLE THE
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES THEMSELVES TO EXPAND AND CONSOLI-
DATE THEIR OWN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CAPABILITY.
4. IN THIS CONTEXT, THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT ATTACHES
SPECIAL IMPORTANCE TO THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH
COOPERATION WITH THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES WHICH
STRENGTHENS THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES' RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT CAPABILITIES AND IS NOW DISCUSSING AND
IMPLEMENTING NEW APPROACHES BRINGING THE RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT CAPABILITIES OF JAPAN'S GOVERNMENTAL
RESEARCH INSTITUTES TO BEAR ON THE AREA OF COOPERATION
WITH THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES WHICH IS AIMED AT
DEVELOPING NEW TECHNOLOGY APPROPRIATE TO THOSE
COUNTRIES' NEEDS.
5. IN THIS CONNECTION, THE PROJECT WHICH THE INTER-
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTER (IDRC) OF CANADA
IS NOW CARRYING OUT IS QUITE UNIQUE AND ONE FROM WHICH
WE CAN LEARN A GREAT DEAL. OF THE OTHER OECD MEMBER
COUNTRIES, THE UNITED STATES, THE UNITED KINGDOM AND
THE NETHERLANDS ARE BELIEVED TO BE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN
THIS MORE EFFECTIVE TYPE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
COOPERATION WITH THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. FOR
EXAMPLE, THERE IS THE WORK OF THE CENTER FOR DEVELOP-
MENT STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX AND THE
INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL PRODUCTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
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AND TNO IN THE NETHERLANDS.
6. SINCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION WITH
THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IS SOMETHING ENTIRELY NEW
AS PART OF THE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL POLICIES OF
MEMBER GOVERNMENTS, AND AS IT WILL REQUIRE THE PARTICI-
PATION OF A LARGE NUMBER OF SCIENTISTS AND TECHNICIANS
IN THE FUTURE, JAPAN WISHES TO EXCHANGE INFORMATION
WITH OTHER MEMBER GOVERNMENTS AND TO DISCUSS WITH
THEM MATTERS RELATED TO THIS AREA, SUCH AS JOINT
RESEARCH COOPERATION WITH THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES,
WAYS IN WHICH GOVERNMENTAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
BODIES COULD PARTICIPATE, IDENTIFICATION OF RESEARCH
AND DEVELOPMENT NEEDS, IDENTIFICATION OF THOSE AREAS
IN WHICH MEMBERS COULD MOST USEFULLY ENGAGE IN
JOINT RESEARCH, AND SO FORTH.
7. THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT PROPOSES THAT THE
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SECRETARIAT ORGANISES A SEMINAR TO BE ATTENDED BY THE
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE VARIOUS INSTITUTES IN MEMBER
COUNTRIES WHICH ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION WITH THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES,
SUCH AS IDRC IN CANADA, AND SO INITIATE DISCUSSION
AIMED AT REACHING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THESE
IMPORTANT ACTIVITIES.
8. IN THIS CONNECTION, THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT
SUGGESTS THAT THE OECD HEADQUARTERS OR CANADA, WHERE THE
IDRC IS LOCATED, WOULD BE THE BEST PLACES FOR THIS
SEMINAR UNDER THE SPONSORSHIP OF THE OECD.
9. JAPAN WOULD, OF COURSE, PARTICIPATE IN SUCH A
SEMINAR.
TURNER
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