EUR-Lex - 31978D0668 - EN

ARTICLE 1

THE RESEARCH PROGRAMME OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ON FORECASTING AND ASSESSMENT IN THE FIELD OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AS DEFINED IN THE ANNEX IS HEREBY ADOPTED . THE PROGRAMME SHALL BE FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS .

ARTICLE 2

THE CEILING FOR EXPENDITURE COMMITMENTS AND THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STAFF NECESSARY FOR THE EXECUTION OF THE PROGRAMME ARE SET RESPECTIVELY AT 4 4 MILLION EUROPEAN UNITS OF ACCOUNT , AND 10 TEMPORARY STAFF WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 2 ( A ) OF THE CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT OF OTHER SERVANTS OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , SET BY REGULATION ( EEC , EURATOM , ECSC ) N 259/68 ( 5 ) , AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EURATOM , ECSC , EEC ) N 914/78 ( 6 ) . THE EUROPEAN UNIT OF ACCOUNT IS DEFINED BY THE CURRENT FINANCIAL REGULATION APPLICABLE TO THE GENERAL BUDGET OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

ARTICLE 3

THE COMMISSION SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAMME . IT SHALL BE ASSISTED IN THIS TASK BY AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT TO BE SET UP BY THE COMMISSION , CONFORMING TO THE COUNCIL RESOLUTION OF 18 JULY 1977 ( 7 ) .

ARTICLE 4

THE COMMISSION SHALL ASSESS THE RESULT OF THE PROGRAMME AND REPORT TO THE COUNCIL AND TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AT THE END OF THE FOURTH YEAR .

ARTICLE 5

THE INFORMATION RESULTING FROM THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAMME SHALL BE DISSEMINATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION ( EEC ) N 2380/74 ( 8 ) .

ARTICLE 6

THIS DECISION SHALL TAKE EFFECT ON THE DAY FOLLOWING ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 25 JULY 1978 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

K . VON DOHNANYI

ANNEX

RESEARCH PROGRAMME OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ON FORECASTING AND ASSESSMENT IN THE FIELD OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

( 1978 TO 1982 )

( INDIRECT ACTION )

1 . THE MAIN AIM OF THE RESEARCH PROGRAMME IS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEFINITION OF LONG-TERM COMMUNITY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES AND PRIORITIES AND THUS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COHERENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY IN THE LONG TERM .

2 . WORK SHOULD CONCENTRATE ON THE FOLLOWING THREE PRIORITY AREAS : LONG-TERM SUPPLY OF RESOURCES , LONG-TERM TECHNICAL AND STRUCTURAL CHANGE , AND LONG-TERM SOCIAL CHANGE .

3 . TO ACHIEVE THE AIM REFERRED TO IN POINT 1 , THE PROGRAMME HAS THREE MAIN TASKS WITHIN THE THREE ABOVE PRIORITY AREAS REFERRED TO IN POINT 2 :

( A ) ANALYZING EXISTING FORECASTING AND ASSESSMENT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND ELSEWHERE WITH REGARD TO THEIR RELEVANCE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMUNITY'S SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL POLICY .

( B ) HIGHLIGHTING PROSPECTS , PROBLEMS AND POTENTIAL CONFLICTS LIKELY TO AFFECT THE LONG TERM DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMUNITY AND DEFINING ALTERNATIVE COURSES OF COMMUNITY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTION TO HELP SOLVE OR ACHIEVE THEM OR TO RENDER CONCRETE THESE POSSIBILITIES . THE RESEARCH IS TO BE SPECIFICALLY PROBLEM ORIENTATED AND GEARED TO THE PRACTICAL NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS AND MEMBER GOVERNMENTS AND CHOSEN ON THE BASIS OF APPROPRIATE CRITERIA . THIS RESEARCH IS NOT TO BE ONLY CARRIED OUT ON CURRENT OR LONG TERM PROBLEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST , NOT BEING STUDIED IN DEPTH ELSEWHERE , OR OF A MULTI-SECTORAL OR MULTI-DISCIPLINARY NATURE , THE SOLUTION OF WHICH CONTRIBUTES TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMUNITY'S SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL POLICY AS A WHOLE . PARTICULAR ATTENTION IS ALSO TO BE PAID TO ADAPTING AND IMPROVING FORECASTING METHODOLOGY .

( C ) ESTABLISHING , IN COOPERATION WITH MEMBER STATES , AN AD HOC SYSTEM OF COLLABORATION BETWEEN SPECIALIZED RESEARCH GROUPS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND SO CREATING A SERIES OF COMMUNITY FORECASTING NETWORKS . THE NETWORKS MUST BE AS FLEXIBLE AND INFORMAL AS POSSIBLE , CREATED AND ADAPTED TO THE PARTICULAR PROBLEM UNDER STUDY . THE NETWORKS MUST HAVE THE DUAL FUNCTION OF PROVIDING AN ACTIVE INPUT INTO THE PROGRAMME AND ENCOURAGING COORDINATION THROUGH THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION AND RESEARCHERS BETWEEN PARTICIPATING CENTRES .