1024 



17.5. PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL 5&T COOPERATION 



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TABLE 2 Ph.D.s With Firm Commitment for Foreign Postdoctoral Study 

 at Time of Degree Award, 1967 to 1979 



SOURCE: Office ot Scientific and Engineering Personnel, National Research Cour 



ceived formal approval at the 1983 economic summit at Williams- 

 burg, Virginia. Since that time, multi-national working groups in each 

 of the 17 areas have been functioning with varying degrees of success. 

 Despite the lack of major accomplishments to announce at the most 

 recent summit in London, England, all seven governments (plus the 

 Commission of the European Economic Community) formally en- 

 dorsed continuation of the exercise. There was even discussion of as- 

 signing the projects' steering committee, which consists of top level 

 science advisors, a more prominent role in international affairs. This 

 could involve a range of activities from giving collective advice to 

 heads of government to becoming a channel for negotiating interna- 

 tional agreements on major scientific facilities. If such a role were to 

 materialize, the steering committee could well supplant the OECD as 

 the principal international channel for science policy discussions.^ 



CURRENT FORMS OF U.S. 

 INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION 



To the extent that the Reagan administration has articulated an in- 

 ternational S&T policy, it has attempted, where possible, to deempha- 

 size the role of the federal government while placing increased reliance 

 on private contacts through university and^or industrial firms. As the 



