Traduction de «veille évaluation et transfert technologiques » (Français → Anglais) :

18. Believes that ongoing research into sustainable agriculture production systems is essential; stresses the role of publicly-funded research programmes, of the EU technology platform for ecological agricultural research and of the Seventh Framework Programme for research and technological development; calls for programmes for technology transfer to developing countries to be implemented where appropriate; calls on the FAO member governments to follow the recommendations made in the International Assessment of Agricultural Knowled ...[+++]ge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD) to reverse top-down transfer-of-technology concepts and replace them with bottom-up, participatory, farmer-oriented innovation concepts;

enhancing regional RTD and innovation capacities directly linked to regional economic development objectives by supporting industry or technology-specific competence centres, promoting industrial RTD, SMEs and technology transfer, developing technology forecasting and international benchmarking of policies to promote innovation and supporting inter-firm collaboration and joint RTD and innovation policies.

[42] The professions in question are varied and relate to different fields: understanding patents in the context of intellectual property, using new technologies, financial risk analysis for innovation, technological and regulatory alertness, technology brokerage in the context of technology transfers.

The initial evaluation of the COMETT II programme which has just been carried out by independent experts confirms the essential role that COMETT plays in the transfer of technology between European universities and enterprises thanks to its extensive network of training consortia.

Annex 1: Breakdown of funding Annex 2: Structure and research areas proposed ANNEX 1 BREAKDOWN OF FUNDING FOR THE FOURTH EC RTD FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME (1994-98) MECU (Current prices) First Area of Activity (Research, Technological 10925 Development and Demonstration Programmes) Second Area of Activity (Cooperation with Third 790 Countries and International Organizations) Third Area of Activity (Dissemination and 600 Utilization of Results) Fourth Area of Activity (Stimulation of the 785 Training and Mobility of Researchers) MAXIMUM OVERALL AMOUNT 13100 MECU (Current prices) Indicative breakdown between topics in the first area of activity - ...[+++] Information and Communications Technologies 36% - Industrial Technologies 16,5% - Environment 9% - Life Sciences and Technologies 12% - Energy 23% - Research for a European Transport Policy 2,5% - Targeted Socio-economic Research 1% ANNEX 2 STRUCTURE AND RESEARCH AREAS IN THE FOURTH EC RTD FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME (1994-98) First area of activity Information and communications technologies; developing the information and communications infrastructure - data-communications technologies in support of applications of general interest - technologies for integrated information and communications systems - technologies for advanced communications services - information technologies Industrial technologies - design, engineering and systems technologies and technologies for the human-centred organization of production - materials and materials processing and recycling technologies - advanced propulsion systems - standardization-related research, measurement and testing Environment - natural environment, environmental quality and global change - innovative environmental protection technologies Life sciences and technologies - general biotechnology - biomedicine, health and drugs - application of life sciences and technology in agriculture, forestry, rural development, agro-industry and fisheries Energy - technologies for cleaner and more efficie ...

To attain this goal, a European instrument for technology assessment will have to be developed by networking regional, national and European activities in the fields of forecasting, strategic technology watch, programme evaluation and RTD policies.