) THE ORGANIZATION OF SHORT TRAINING COURSES FOR NATURAL PERSONS OF THE COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES AND FURTHER TRAINING COURSES FOR CIVIL SERVANTS OF THOSE COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES ;
( F ) SECTORAL STUDIES ;
( G ) STUDIES OF THE PROSPECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND DIVERSIFICATION IN THE COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES , AND OF PROBLEMS OF INTEREST TO GROUPS OF COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES OR TO THE COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES AS A WHOLE ;
( H ) GENERAL INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION TO PROMOTE THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES , THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRADE BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND THOSE COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES , AND THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE AIMS OF FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION .
CHAPTER 3
REGIONAL COOPERATION
ARTICLE 6
WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE DECISION , REGIONAL COOPERATION SHALL APPLY TO RELATIONS EITHER BETWEEN COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES OR BETWEEN ONE OR MORE COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES ON THE ONE HAND AND ONE OR MORE NEIGHBOURING DEVELOPING THIRD COUNTRIES ON THE OTHER . INTERREGIONAL COOPERATION SHALL APPLY TO RELATIONS BETWEEN ONE OR MORE COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES AND A REGIONAL ORGANIZATION .
ARTICLE 7
A COUNTRY OR TERRITORY OR GROUP OF COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES PARTICIPATING WITH NEIGHBOURING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN A REGIONAL PROJECT MAY REQUEST THE COMMUNITY TO FINANCE THAT PART OF THE PROJECT FOR WHICH IT IS RESPONSIBLE .
CHAPTER 4
SPECIAL MEASURES IN FAVOUR OF THE LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES
ARTICLE 8
COMMUNITY AID ACCORDED TO THE LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES SHALL BE COMBINED WITH PARTICULARLY FAVOURABLE TERMS OF FINANCING , HAVING REGARD TO THE ECONOMIC SITUATION SPECIFIC TO EACH OF THEM .
GENERALLY , SUCH FINANCING SHALL BE IN THE FORM OF GRANTS AND , IN APPROPRIATE CASES , IN THE FORM OF SPECIAL LOANS OR RISK CAPITAL . HOWEVER , LOANS FROM THE BANK'S OWN RESOURCES MAY BE ACCORDED IN THE COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES CONCERNED , HAVING REGARD TO THE CRITERIA DEFINED IN ARTICLE 31 OF THE DECISION .
ARTICLE 9
1 . AT THE REQUEST OF THE RELEVANT AUTHORITIES OF THE LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES , THE COMMUNITY SHALL GIVE SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE APPLICATION OF THE FOLLOWING AID MEASURES :
( A ) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE NECESSARY FOR IDENTIFYING , PREPARING AND CARRYING OUT THEIR PROJECTS ;
( B ) TRAINING SCHEMES FOR MANAGEMENT AND OTHER STAFF REQUIRED FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND TECHNICAL DEPARTMENTS OF THOSE COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES . SUCH TRAINING MUST BE CLOSELY LINKED TO THE PRACTICAL OBJECTIVES SET BY THE COUNTRY OR TERRITORY CONCERNED AND CARRIED OUT , AS FAR AS POSSIBLE , IN THAT COUNTRY OR TERRITORY .
2 . THE FOLLOWING SPECIAL AID MEASURES MAY ALSO BE APPLIED TO THOSE COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES :
( A ) SUPPORT FOR RESEARCH AIMED AT FINDING SOLUTIONS TO SOME OF THEIR SPECIFIC ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT PROBLEMS ;
( B ) SUPPORT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED FIRMS AND FOR CARRYING OUT SMALL RURAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEMES .
3 . BY WAY OF