A lesson here is that policy initiatives can provide access to high technology to the poor . Funds for STI Policy implementation : The case of the European Commission The European Commission stated that collaboration by African scientists in their 7th R & D Framework Programme is possible through a number of activities such as the European Research Area Nets ( ERA-Nets ) , but due to the lack of technical skills in building the necessary research capacities and the inability to deal with Intellectual Property Rights and contract management , African scientists experience difficulties accessing these funds .