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Box 300, 1400 Vienna, Austria Tel: (+43-1) 26026-0 · www.unido.org · [email protected] INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR SCIENCE AND HIGH TECHNOLOGY Proceedings International conferences Science and Technology for Sustainable Technological Development in Central European Countries Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 9 - 10 May 2001 Trieste, Italy, 28 - 29 September 2001 In preparation for the CEr Summit Economic Forum Trieste, Italy, 21- 24 Nov 2001 UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZAITON Belgrade, 2001 Opinions expressed in the present publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) or the International Centre for Science and High Technology (ICS). Mention of the names of firms and commercial products does not imply endorsement by UNIDO or ICS. No use of this publication may be made for resale or for any other commercial purpose whatsoever without prior permission in writing from ICS. ICS-UNIDO is supported by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs @ United Nations Industrial Development Organization and the International Centre for Science and High Technology, 2001 Publicity and Promotion International Centre for Science and High Technology ICS-UNIDO, AREA Science Park Padriciano 99, 34012 Trieste, Italy Tel.: +39-040-9228130 Fax: +39-040-9228068 www.ics.trieste.it TABLE OF CONTENTS I NT ROD UCTI 0 N VII BE lG RAD E CONFE RE NeE 3 FI NAL STATEMENT 3 MAIN RESULTS AND FOLLOW-UP OFTHE BELGRADE CONFERENCE 5 PRESENTATIONS 10 ICS-U NIDO - Overview and Strategy 2001 ,' 10 I CS Framewo rk Prog ramme 12 IT-Supported Services within the Context of Sustainable Development 14 AREA AN0 CE lEB RD PRESENTATIONS ; 19 AREA Science Park - Overview and Strategy 19 CEI - EB RD Co-operation 21 REG10NAL PROGRAMMES AN0 IN ITIA TIV ES 28 Sustai nable Development Related Co-operati on 28 Environment and Sustainable Development Related Activities 30 COUNTRV STATUS SURVEVS 34 Status of Competitiveness of Selected Food Sectors in Hungary 34 Moldovan Ag ri cu Itu re - General Status 40 Sustainable Safe Food Agro-Industry Development In Macedonia 42 Information System on Agricultural Production Space in Poland .47 Rural Tourism inS erbia 52 Assessment of Linkage of Environment Contamination in Yugoslavia 55 I NTER-UNIV ERSITV CO-OPERATION 60 International Co-operati on of the University of Bologna 60 Inter-un iversity Co-operati on with in the Adriatic- I on ic Initiative 62 Integrated Rural Development Perspectives in the Central South European Region 68 The Centre for Central and East Europe and the Balkans 70 BIOSPH ERA General Presentation - CeSERISD-Net 72 High Performance Computi ng and Networki ng Group 74 TRI ESTE CONFE RE NeE 79 OPENINGADDRESSES 79 Address by Ministry of Foreign Affairs : 79 Address by Central European Initiative - Executive Secretariat 81 Address by the I CS M anaging-D irector 82 SCOPEOFTHE CONFERENCEAND EXPECTEDRESULTS 85 SVNTHESIS OFTHE PRESENTATIONS 87 REPORTS FROM THE PARALL EL SESS10NS : 89 Parallel Session 1 89 Parallel session 2 92 Parallel Session 3 94 Parallel Session 4: : 97 CONFERENCECa NCLUSIONS AN0 FaLLOW-UP 98 FI NAL STATEMENT 10 1 ANNEX 1- PROJECT PROPOSALS 105 1. Feasibility Study of a Scientific and Technological Park in FRY 105 2. Feasibility Study of a Service Centre 107 3. ICTT General Presentation _ Launching the Net Economy 109 4. Virtual Institute for Eco-technological Optimization of Industry 111 5. Regi onal I CT Telecentre 113 6. Regional Centre Based on Computerized Assistance 118 7. Energy for Efficient Clean Technologies - EFECT 120 8. Energy Bus - Powerful Instrument. 121 9. Biomass Demonstration Projects for Sustainable Energy Production 122 10. Envi ronmental and Emergency Monitoring System 123 11. ER POM 0 SN et Project 124 12. Integrated Monitoring of the Mining Environment.. 125 13. Remediati on of Polluted Sites 12 6 14. Remediation of Soil and Water in Serbia 129 15. Eco- Regions Transition from Conventi onal. 130 16. Forestry Exploitation and Timber Industry Wood Waste 133 17. Low-External Input Farming System-Strategy for Environmental Protection 135 18. Geodynamical Model of Central Europe 13 7 19. National Information and Technology Transfer Network 139 20. Rural Areas Sustainability in the Adriatic Ionian Basin 140 21. CEI Sustainable Safe Food Agroindustry Development 141 22. Project Abstracts for Bilateral Co-operation 144 ANNEX 2 - PARTICIPANTS INTRODUCTION 'Sustainable Technological Development of CEI Countries' Concerted Action for the Benefit of South East Europe The International Centre for Science and High Technology OCS) is an institution within the legal framework of U NIDO <United Nations Industrial Development Organization). U NIDO is a specialized agency of the United Nations dedicated to promoting sustainable industrial development in developing countries and countries with economies in transition. It harnesses the joint forces of the public and private sectors to foster competitive industrial production, develop international industrial partnerships and promote socially equitable and environmentally friendly industrial development. The mandate of I CS relates to transfer of know-how and technology in favour of beneficiary developing countries and is justified by the perception that a competitive industrial technological capability cannot be built up without adequate scientific knowledge and commitment to a sustainable development approach that utilizes new and environmentally friendly technologies. Thus, the activities of ICS follow an integrated pragmatic approach and include action oriented research, short-term exchange between research and technologists in industry, dissemination of scientific and technological informatio'n through the creation and management of centres of excellences as focal points, consultancy and advisory services, training courses, scientific conferences, fellowships, preparation and promotion of projects. This publication has been prepared by ICS in response to a request from the Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs to increase activities which benefit Central European countries. In this respect, two key events were organized (regional conferences in Belgrade and in Trieste), with the strategiC objective of improving industrial competitiveness of the target region by promoting endogenous capacities of local enterprises and institutions. Both conferences were attended by more that 400 participants, representatives of 17 countries from Central Europe as well international organizations. All of them are dedicated to the promotion of sustainable development policies. In addition to government representatives and academics, representatives from industry (one third of the participants) took an active part in discussions and problem identification thus recognizing the importance of establishing connections with R&D institutions. The final goal of the conferences was the identification of technological demand through a bottom up approach and orientation to cross-border projects, networking requirements for technology' innovation and dissemination, survey of problems and identification of solutions. The Belgrade conference is to be regarded as the initial act of awareness building and preparation for the more focused follow up that took place in Trieste, six months later. For these reasons, this book of proceedings is structured along the same lines. The first part is devoted to the Belgrade conference papers focused on the presentation of a set of services and assistance already available and developed within the of R&D centres of excellence located in the northeast of Italy. The subsequent parts of the publication are dedicated to identification of problems through country survey presentations and local requests for scientific support from representatives of , Central European countries. The second section is dedicated to the Trieste conference with a more focused discussion on already identified priority lines. Annex 1 is a summary of project proposals presented