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5. Do other countries face similar needs, and 

 perhaps have relevant experience? 



6. Does it have some particular international 

 aspect or consequence? 



7. Is it one in which exchange of information and 

 personnel takes place naturally, or does such 

 interaction require stimulation? 



8. Are there common as v/ell as national benefits 



to be expected from pooling efforts in the field? 



Recognising the important differences among 

 countries in terras of process and funding policies, a review 

 of R&D programmes with these criteria in mind, even v/ithout 

 great precision about what constitutes "large" or "long", 

 would undoubtedly result in appreciably more candidates for 

 international cooperation than are now on the international 

 agenda. 



Process 



The discussion above applies in general to scientific 

 and technological cooperation among OECD countries, without 

 reference to the process by which such cooperation should 

 be considered, how it should come into being, what countries 

 would be involved, or indeed, what the role of the OECD should 

 be. Several guiding principles and process proposals can be 

 spelled out for discussion among the ministers of science, 

 based on prior experience, analysis of that experlsnce, 

 and discussions with several OECD governments. These are: 



