Commission publishes general information about INCO-DC projects
Anyone interested in participating in the European Commission's programme 'Confirming the International role of Community Research' (INCO II), particularly with developing countries, might find it useful to see which projects won funding in this area under the Commission's Fourth RTD Framework Programme (1994 to 1998). The Commission is therefore publishing a series of reports on the projects funded under the INCO-DC (developing countries) programme, the first of which, focuses on projects in the area of agriculture and natural resources, funded under the third call for proposals of the Fourth Framework Programme. INCO-DC ran in the context of the Community's wider international RTD cooperation with third countries and international organisations in the field of scientific and technological development. The INCO programmes aim to help developing countries achieve more sustainable development through their association with European research projects. To achieve this, INCO-DC targeted three principle sectors under the Fourth Framework Programme. These included sustainable management of renewable natural resources, sustainable improvement of agriculture and agro-industrial production, and human health. Other sectors of mutual interest, particularly in the information and communications areas as well as in the materials area (cultural heritage), were also included. The 1999 edition of general information about projects funded through INCO-DC in the area of agriculture and natural resources covers 81 joint research projects and concerted actions selected from the third call for proposals in the following areas: - Sustainable management of renewable natural resources (policy, basic natural resources and ecosystems); - Sustainable improvement of agricultural and agro-industrial production (production systems, social and economic sciences applied to agricultural and agro-industrial development, processing and use, crop production, animal production and forestry). It includes a list of contracts and project summaries, as well as statistics on the response to the third call for proposals for work in this area under the Fourth Framework Programme. The corresponding area under the Commission's Fifth RTD Framework Programme is INCO-DEV, part of the horizontal programme Confirming the International role of Community Research (INCO II). Further information about this programme is available from the CORDIS FP5 webservice at: URL: http://cordis.europa.eu/inco2/home.html(odnośnik otworzy się w nowym oknie) The Commission will also shortly publish more general information on projects funded through INCO-DC in the health and materials sectors.