Collection, Assessment and Dissemination of 

 European S&T Information 



Issues: What should be done by the U.S. government 

 to increase the quantity and quality of 

 information and assessment (I&A) on 

 European science and technology? Axe NSF 

 and other U.S. government efforts sufficient 

 to provide timely and adequate information 

 about European S&T to policy makers and 

 public users? 



Operational Recommendations: 



1) The U.S. government should strongly consider 

 expanding its human and technical resources 

 devoted to, and raising the priority assigned to, 

 the collection, reporting, assessment and 

 dissemination of information on European 

 science and technology structures, activities and 

 capabilities, particularly in the context of 

 evolving European integration. 



2) NSF should give particular attention to 

 increasing its capability to provide information 

 and assessments of S&T in Europe, with greater 

 attention given to multilateral cooperation in 

 that region. NSF should be encouraged to utilize 

 effectively its existing I&A and policy-support 

 capabilities to expand the scope of cooperation 

 with Europe. 



should encourage the academic and industry 

 research communities to stimulate participation 

 by experts in U.S. delegations to European 

 standards-making bodies. 



2) The U.S. government should continue to provide 

 strong support to EC institutions in their efforts 

 to base Community-wide research and 

 S&T-related standards and regulations on 

 scientific and engineering criteria relating to 

 performance and safety. 



Civilian Research and Technology Assistance to 

 Central and Eastern Europe 



Issues: Should U.S. policy affecting non-militarily 

 critical technology or know-how promote the 

 transfer of needed scientific and technical 

 knowledge, training, and products to Central 

 and Eastern Europe? 



Policy Recommendations: 



1 ) The U.S. government, on behalf of the 

 university. Federal and corporate research 

 communities, should examine potential benefits 

 of a technology assistance policy designed to 

 encourage the acquisition of U.S. advanced 

 research and technology development 

 capabilities by Central and Eastern European 

 countries. 



Standards-Setting and Regulatory Processes 



Issues: How can the U.S. government most 



effectively work to ensure that EC standards 

 and regulations pertaining to research are 

 based upon sound scientific criteria and that 

 non-scientific economic or political factors 

 are not included as criteria? What approach 

 should be undertaken to obtain greater 

 openness, or transparency, in the European 

 standards-setting and regulatory processes, 

 especially as they apply to research activities? 



Policy Recommendations: 



1) The U.S. should strengthen efforts by the 

 Department of Commerce and the U.S. Trade 

 Representative to ensure equivalent 

 transparency and opportunities for mutual, 

 reciprocal participation in U.S. and EC 

 standards-setting and regulatory processes; it 



Operational Recommendations: 



2) The U.S. government should pursue a faster 

 pace of change, at operational levels of 

 cooperative research programs with Central and 

 Eastern European countries, to remove 

 anachronistic barriers to the exchange and 

 mobility of researchers between the U.S. and 

 those countries. 



3) The U.S. should work with the EC to develop a 

 joint program of scientific and technical 

 assistance to Central and Eastern European 

 countries in the field of R&D management. 

 Such a program should stress instruction in 

 modem management tools and techniques 

 employed to effectively implement R&D 

 assistance, as well as to utilize such aid to 

 promote innovation and technological 

 development. 



