TRAINING AND INNOVATIONS IN THE AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL FIELD .
ARTICLE 77
IN ORDER TO ENABLE THE COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES TO DERIVE GREATER ADVANTAGE FROM THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACTION IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT , THE COMMUNITY IS READY TO CONTRIBUTE FROM REGIONAL COOPERATION APPROPRIATIONS TO INITIATIVES DEVISED AND PUT INTO EFFECT BY TWO OR MORE COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES OR BY A COUNTRY OR TERRITORY AND AN ACP STATE , INVOLVING PRODUCTION , RESEARCH OR TRAINING PROJECTS .
ARTICLE 78
IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS TITLE SPECIAL PRIORITY SHALL BE ACCORDED TO THE SPECIFIC PROBLEMS AND DIFFICULTIES OF THE LEAST-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES , PARTICULARLY IN THE AREAS OF PRODUCTION , PROCESSING , TRAINING , RESEARCH , TRANSPORT , MARKETING , PACKAGING AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF STORAGE INFRASTRUCTURE .
TITLE VI
FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION
CHAPTER 1
GENERAL PROVISIONS
ARTICLE 79
1 . THE OBJECTIVE OF FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION SHALL BE TO PROMOTE THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES .
2 . THIS COOPERATION SHALL COMPLEMENT THE EFFORTS OF THE RELEVANT AUTHORITIES OF THE COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES AND SHALL BE IN KEEPING WITH THEM . IT SHALL RELATE TO THE PREPARATION , FINANCING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PROJECTS AND PROGRAMMES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES AND WHOSE NATURE IS ADAPTED TO THE NEEDS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF EACH OF THEM .
3 . IT SHOULD HELP THE LEAST-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES TO OVERCOME THE SPECIFIC OBSTACLES WHICH HAMPER THEIR DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS .
4 . IT SHOULD ENCOURAGE THE REGIONAL COOPERATION OF THE COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES .
ARTICLE 80
1 . FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION SHALL TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE NEED TO COMPLY WITH THE CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO EACH COUNTRY OR TERRITORY , ESPECIALLY AS REGARDS ITS DEVELOPMENT POLICY , THE STRATEGIES TO BE FOLLOWED , THE PRIORITIES IT HAS SET ITSELF , ITS POTENTIAL AND ITS OWN RESOURCES .
2 . IN THIS CONTEXT , PROJECTS AND PROGRAMMES SHALL HELP ACHIEVE SOME OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING EFFECTS :
( A ) TO GIVE THE COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES THE MEANS OF IMPROVING AND GAINING MORE CONTROL OVER THE CONDITIONS OF THEIR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT ;
( B ) TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUSTAINED AND HARMONIOUS GROWTH OF THE ECONOMIES OF THE COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES BY RAISING THE QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF THEIR PRODUCTION AND , HENCE , THEIR NATIONAL INCOME , AND BY CORRECTING STRUCTURAL IMBALANCES , THROUGH THE DIVERSIFICATION AND INTEGRATION OF THEIR ECONOMIES ;
( C ) TO RAISE THE STANDARD OF LIVING OF THE POPULATIONS OF THE COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES ;
( D ) TO ENABLE COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES FACED WITH SERIOUS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DIFFICULTIES OF AN EXCEPTIONAL NATURE RESULTING FROM NATURAL DISASTERS OR EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES HAVING COMPARABLE EFFECTS TO BENEFIT FROM EMERGENCY AID .
ARTICLE 81
1 . PROJECTS AND PROGRAMMES MAY INVOLVE :
- CAPITAL PROJECTS , INCLUDING THE SUPPORT COSTS AND RUNNING COSTS DEFINED IN ARTICLES 130 AND 131 ,