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knowledge through subventions to the International Council of Scienti- 

 fic Unions which, in turn, supports the activities of individual unions 

 including an increasing number of special advanced training activities. 

 Support is also provided to cooperative activities involving signifi- 

 cant numbers of American scientists sponsored by other NGOs, centers of 

 advanced studies, and regional training in the sciences. 



U.S. contributions to UNESCO project and staff costs, exclusive of 

 overhead (approximately $300,000), could be channeled to NGOs and U.S. 

 professional societies and universities (the budget figures which 

 follow include overhead and managerial costs) : 



3.1 ICSU Subvention ; $300,000 



Increase U.S. share of subvention (currently $135,000 via 

 UNESCO) to include secondment of a science administrator to 

 ICSU. 



3.2 Other NGOs ; $ 100,000 



International Foundation for Science (IPS) , COSTED, IBRO, 

 ICRO, lOCD (see VI. 1.1, above) for meetings and advisory 

 services. 



3.3 Physics ; $100,000 



ICTP (see VI. 1.1, above). 



3.4 Regional Cooperation : $200,000 



Johns Hopkins University; lOCD, lUPAP (see VI. 1.1, above); 

 bilaterals via NSF/AID/NRC. 



3.5 Regional Centers ; $50,000 

 Bilaterals via NSF/AID/NRC. 



3.6 Regional Scientific Unions ; $50,000 

 Bilaterals via NSF/AID/NRC. 



Another option is to provide the current level of U.S. contributions to 

 VI. 1.3 program and Funds-in-Trust overhead charges totaling approxi- 

 mately $800,000/year to UNESCO (Funds-in-Trust, donations, etc.). 



TECHNICAL COOPERATION PROGRAMS 



1. Consulting services, study grants, etc.: $90,100 2 - b 

 Comment : No specific additional support is recommended. Require- 

 ments should be considered under arrangements proposed in VI. 1.3, 

 above. 



2. UNDP: ($4,497,500) 



(Some 18 projects: faculty training and programs and development 

 of research centers in Chad, Uganda, China, Laos, Pakistan, 

 Albania, Bulgaria; Brazil, India, Indonesia, Vietnam; African 

 Biosciences Network plus new projects) 



