87/590/EEC: Council Decision of 14 December 1987 relating to a research and development programme in the field of science and technology for development (1987-91)

COUNCIL  DECISION
of 14 December 1987
relating to a research and development programme in the field of science and technology for development (1987-91)
(87/590/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 130 Q (2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
In cooperation with the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),
Whereas, under Article 2 of the Treaty, the Community has in particular the task of promoting throughout the Community a harmonious development of economic activities and a continuous balanced expansion; whereas Article 3 of the Treaty provides, inter alia, that, for the purposes set out in Article 2, the activities of the Community shall include increased trade and the joint promotion of economic and social development in the developing countries;
Whereas the resolution adopted by the Council on 18 November 1980 underlines the importance of the development of research capacities oriented particularly towards food agriculture in the developing countries and of complementarity between the activities of the research centres established in the Community and the efforts undertaken in this field by the developing countries;
Whereas the Intergovernmental Committee for Science and Technology for Development adopted, during its eighth session from 2 to 6 June 1986, a resolution which invited industrialized countries to increase their research and development efforts in the sector of agriculture and related fields, including joint projects with developing countries;
Whereas developing countries have become aware of the place of science and technology in the process of economic and social development; whereas it is consequently important to facilitate the introduction of a scientific and technical dimension into the development activities of the Community;
Whereas the research and development measures covered by this Decision relate to two particularly grave and urgent problems, namely food and health, which are bound up with the fundamental needs of the developing countries;
Whereas it is necessary to establish greater cooperation among scientists in the various Member States and the developing countries with a view to facilitating the complementarity of research and methodologies and ensuring easier access to the different networks of scientific relationships established by the Member States with their Third World partners;
Whereas the Council adopted on 14 January 1974 a resolution on an initial outline programme of the European Communities in the field of science and technology (4);
Whereas Council Decision 87/516/Euratom, EEC of 28 September 1987 concerning the framework programme of Community activities in the field of research and technological development (1987 to 1991) (1) includes science and technology for development amongst the activities it provides for;
Whereas, in view of the object and the specificity of this programme, which is carried out in the interest of the developing countries and should be implemented in close cooperation with them, it is advisable to lay down special rules for the dissemination of the results of the programme;
Whereas the Council, by Decision 82/837/EEC (2), adopted a first multiannual programme of research and development in the field of science and technology for development, which programme has achieved positive results opening up promising opportunities regarding the objectives to be pursued;
Whereas, at its meeting on 10 December 1985, the Council asked the Commission to consider the inclusion, as part of this programme, of a subsection relating to the development of indigenous scientific and technical research capacities in developing countries;
Whereas the Scientific and Technical Research Committee (CREST) has delivered an opinion,