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Comment t The postgraduate courses and training seminars supported 

 under this program have little, if any, U.S. involvement. Unfortun- 

 ately, no courses are held in the United States. The approximately 

 $130,000 that may be lost in terms of U.S. program support should be 

 provided through one of the alternative arrangements. Additional 

 resources, if available, could be channeled to the geo-unions of ICSU, 

 earmarked for training activities. The United States should be more 

 actively involved in training seminars, for example. Two areas of U.S. 

 expertise in which there is great international interest are publica- 

 tions, especially the editing, processing and publication of maps, and 

 resource assessment. 



TECHNICAL COOPERATION PROGRAMS 



1. Participation program — help to member states 



in the organization of meetings and training: $43,400 2 - b/c 



2. Extra-budgetary programs: ($1,050,000) 



a) UNDP 



b) Ghana: terminal support for Tarwa School of Mines 

 Morocco: development of mining school, Rabat 



b) Regional development banks: ($225,000) 



c) Funds-in-Trust: ($460,000) 



Regional (Africa) --2nd regional training course 



in mining geology by Norway 

 Expected new projects 



d) Associate Expert Scheme: ($90,000) 



X.2; Natural Hazards 



Regular Program 



of which staff and indirect costs 



of which project costs 

 Regular program and overhead (64.3%) 

 Other sources 



Overall comment on X.2 : This is an important program of direct benefit 

 to the United States in terms of access to territories and information 

 about natural hazards that could be useful if and when similar events 

 occur within the United States. UNESCO, as an intergovernmental agency, 

 provides a useful channel for data exchange and access to first-hand 

 monitoring, assessment, and mitigation efforts within other countries. 



