Cooperative Activities in Indonesia on Science, Technology, and ...

PREFACE
From July 1979 to April 1984, the U.S. National Research Council (NRC),
through its Board on Science and Technology for International
Development (BOSTID), undertook a cooperative program with the M<strong>in</strong>istry
of State for Research and Technology to assist organizations of the
government of <strong>Indonesia</strong> <strong>in</strong> formulat<strong>in</strong>g effective policies and programs
for the use of science and technology to improve the social and
economic conditions of the <strong>Indonesia</strong>n people. This program was funded
by the U.S. Agency for International Development through a science and
technology loan to the <strong>Indonesia</strong>n M<strong>in</strong>istry of State for Research and
Technology. <strong>Activities</strong> undertaken were determ<strong>in</strong>ed jo<strong>in</strong>tly by that
m<strong>in</strong>istry, USAID officials, and NRC representatives dur<strong>in</strong>g discussions
<strong>in</strong> <strong>Indonesia</strong> and the United States.
These activities were a cont<strong>in</strong>uation of the National Research
Council's <strong>in</strong>volvement with various <strong>Indonesia</strong>n scientific
organizations. In 1968 a collaborative program was begun with the
<strong>Indonesia</strong>n Institute of Sciences (LIPI) <strong>in</strong>volv<strong>in</strong>g a series of jo<strong>in</strong>t
workshops.
• In 1968 a workshop on food policy resulted <strong>in</strong> several key
recommendations on a food and national nutrition policy, which
were <strong>in</strong>corporated <strong>in</strong> <strong>Indonesia</strong>'s first S-year economic
development plan (REPELITA I). A direct workshop outcome was a
study by a jo<strong>in</strong>t U.S.-<strong>Indonesia</strong>n team of agricultural
scientists to formulate a plan for a national agricultural
research system, <strong>in</strong>tegrat<strong>in</strong>g universities, field stations, and
research <strong>in</strong>stitutes.
• In 1971 a workshop on <strong>in</strong>dustrial and technological research
produced recommendations deal<strong>in</strong>g with research organizations
and management, technical <strong>in</strong>formation, standardization, fiscal
<strong>in</strong>centives, patents, small-<strong>in</strong>dustry extension services, and
major <strong>in</strong>dustrial sectors such as chemicals, pharmaceuticals,
food, textiles, and pulp and paper.
• In 1972 a workshop on natural resources was held to suggest
policies and procedures for strengthen<strong>in</strong>g the <strong>in</strong>tegrated
plann<strong>in</strong>g and utilization of natural resources and to suggest
relevant and useful scientific and technological <strong>in</strong>puts.
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