957 



MAJOR PROGRAM VI: 

 THE SCIENCES AND THEIR APPLICATION TO DEVELOPMENT 



VI. l! Research Training and International Cooperation 

 in the Natural Sciences 



Biennial ($000) Annual ($000) 



Regular program 



of which staff costs 



of which project costs 

 Regular program plus overhead (64.3%) 

 Other sources (see below) 



Overall comment on VI. 1 ; This program area provides continuity in the 

 basic cooperative objectives of the original UNESCO science program as 

 extended to support the needs of the developing countries. This area 

 is of primary concern to the health of world science. U.S. oversight 

 of program planning and management could be indirectly maintained, at 

 least in part, through U.S. participation in NGOs as well as through 

 monitoring the expenditure of U.S. funds by an appropriate body sensi- 

 tive to U.S. interests such as NSF and/or NRC. The total annual pro- 

 gram budget (projects, staff and overhead) for these activities is 

 approximately $6.8 million; the U.S. share is $1.7 million. Current 

 annual U.S. contributions in support of VI. 1 regular program activities 

 (projects, staff costs, but not overhead) are about $1 million. If 

 further funds are available, selected activities should receive addi- 

 tional support. It is recom- mended that support of activities in this 

 area be about $1.8 million per year including oversight/overhead costs. 



Alternative Option 1 ; Most UNESCO-sponsored VI. 1 projects might be 

 supported by providing funds to the organizations managing them through 

 ICSU. This option may provide better monitoring of scientific activ- 

 ities than is currently the case. If the United States provides support 

 for program activities through ICSU to the NGOs, there will be a need 

 to explore possibilities for the secondment of a science administrator 

 to ICSU to implement this approach. In addition, funds could be pro- 

 vided to a U.S. agency (e.g., NSF or AID) to support U.S. participation 

 in bilateral programs. There will be significant administrative costs 

 for ICSU and the other NGOs, as well as for the U.S. agency. These 

 costs are included in the figures that follow: 



Alternative Option 1 : 



Support to NGOs for UNESCO-related science activities $1,350,000 



Secondment of science administrator and supporting 



services to ICSU 150,000 



Bilaterals through U.S. institutions 300,000 



TOTAL $1,800,000 



