Promoting East-West Exchange on Scientific Freedom and Responsibility

在这个时候，由于政治和经济的变化，东欧的科学家和工程师面临着科学自由和责任的新问题。发起东西方交流来探讨这些问题，将给各方带来思想上和实际上的好处。这个项目被设计为一项规划工作；它将发起这种交流，并促使来自美国和东欧的科学家、工程师和其他专家在研讨会上进行进一步的交流。在这一规划工作中，一个由项目工作人员和三名咨询委员会成员组成的美国代表团将前往东欧与同行会晤，其中四人已被选为咨询委员会成员。在访问之前，将进行认真的准备工作，以制定讨论的框架和议程。这一过程将产生一份背景文件，其中载有四名学术专家的审查意见，在访问之前分发，征求咨询委员会成员的反馈意见。其目的是不仅要确保对进一步研究和制定政策有用的知识形成合作关系。美国科学促进协会的机构资源已经被用来确定和确保东欧适当的关键人员的承诺。这些都是有效实施这个项目的很好的制度资源。结果将是一个详细的计划，供讲习班遵循。通过这一规划工作和讲习班，将编写报告，以达到研究和政策界的适当受众。这项建议是一项温和的请求，要求提供支助，使一个经过精心挑选的小组能够准备进行一次旅行，以便就科学自由和责任问题与东欧同行展开东西方交流。主要研究人员和项目合作人员都是合格的。东欧代表是经过精心挑选的。制度上的支持非常好。项目计划很好，并且已经考虑到学术研究的必要条件。强烈建议提供支持。

At this time, as a result of political and economic changes, scientists and engineers in Eastern Europe confront new issues of scientific freedom and responsibility. The initiation of East- West exchanges to explore these issues promises intellectual and practical benefits to all parties. This project is designed as a planning effort; it will initiate such exchange and lead to further exchanges in workshops involving scientists, engineers, and other specialists from the U.S. and Eastern Europe. In this planning effort, a U.S. delegation composed of project staff and three Advisory Committee members will travel to Eastern Europe to meet with counterparts, four of whom have been chosen to be members of the Advisory Committee. The trip will be preceded by a careful process of preparation to develop a framework and agenda for discussion. This process will generate a background paper with review comments by four academic specialists to be circulated for feedback from the Advisory Committee members prior to the trip. The aim is to ensure not only that cooperative ties are formed by that knowledge useful for further research and for policy is generated. The institutional resources of the American Association for the Advancement of Science have already been used to identify and secure the commitment of appropriate key people in Eastern Europe. These are very good institutional resources for carrying out this project effectively. The outcome is to be a detailed plan for workshops to follow. From this planning effort and the workshops, reports will be produced to reach appropriate audiences in the research and policy communities. The proposal is a modest request for support to enable a well selected group to oprepare for an undertake travel to initiate East-West exchanges with counterparts in Eastern Europe on issues of scientific freedom and responsibility. The principal investigators and project associates are well qualified. The Eastern European representatives have been carefully chosen. The institutional support is very good. The project plans are good and have been developed with requisites for academic research in mind. Support is highly recommended.