972 



MAJOR PROGRAM VI ; 

 THE SCIENCES AND THEIR APPLICATION TO DEVELOPMENT 



VI. 4; Research, Training and International Cooperation 

 in the Social and Human Sciences 



Biennial ($000) Annual ($000) 



Regular program 



of which staff costs 



of which project costs 

 Regular program and overhead (64.3%) 

 Other sources 



Overall comment on VI. 4 ; The purpose of this program is to develop the 

 social sciences, the human sciences, and philosophy by strengthening 

 national research potential, developing education and higher education 

 programs, and improving access to specialized information and documen- 

 tation. There are potentially useful activities to develop educational 

 materials, reinforce advanced training in the social sciences, and pro- 

 mote international cooperative research on important topics of interest 

 to U.S. social scientists. The current U.S. contribution to the regular 

 UNESCO program (projects and staff) , plus overhead, is approximately 

 $1.6 million/year. The U.S. contribution to program costs is about 

 $1 million/year. Particular concern needs to be devoted to ensuring 

 that subventions are maintained to the NGOs in this area — U.S. contri- 

 butions through UNESCO are on the order of $150 ,000/year. It is pro- 

 posed that an overall program budget of $1 million/year be managed by 

 an appropriate U.S. organization sensitive to U.S. interests with the 

 objective of supporting multilateral collaborative research and training 

 activities in the area of social and human sciences related to current 

 UNESCO-sponsored projects. Consideration should also be given within 

 this proposed budget to possible suitable activities falling under pro- 

 gram VI. 5. There is no particular funding proposed in the commentary 

 covering VI. 5 activities. 



VI. 4.1 Strengthening of National Potential for University and 

 Postgraduate Training and Research 



$165,850 2 - b 



Inventory of national potential in research, training at the 

 higher education level, information and documentation in the 

 social and human sciences and philosophy. Promotion of basic 

 and problem-oriented research. Advisory services provided to 

 Member States and NGOs at their request. Development of 

 training and teaching at the national level in the social and 

 human sciences. 



