Irena Šiaulienė

Irena Šiaulienė RESOLUTION On Co-operation among Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in Developing Science and Technology The Baltic Assembly, being mindful of the necessity to create a knowledge-based society and economy in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania; to establish a harmonised system for the interaction of science and manufacturing in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, functioning in accordance with a modern model of innovation and a system for managing innovation activities; to prepare and implement horizontal, regional and sectoral programmes for innovation development; to seek effective co-operation of universities, scientific research institutes and business undertakings of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania; to participate in research when carrying out international programmes or concrete projects and thus to become integrated into the European research system, to make use of its vast financial and technological resources, and to take over advanced institutional experience, calls on the governments of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to appropriate necessary funds for the development of science and technology in order to ensure comprehensive development of the Baltic Assembly member states; proposes to set up a science and technology co-ordination council under the Baltic Council of Ministers in order to develop co-operation of the Baltic Assembly member states in science and technology and to harmonise R&D policy with international priorities, European Union assistance programmes and sources of funding. Riga, 14 December 2002