ABSTRACT
The United States, as the initiator of the idea of a Joint Commission, hoped that such a high-level deliberative body could provide the appropriate focus and attention essential to the effective selection, implementation and assessment of activities and joint research to be developed and carried out under the cooperative program. The implementation of the Science and Technology (S&T) Agreement involved a relatively elaborate structure of centralized coordination and administration. This chapter examines the organizational arrangements utilized in implementing the S&T Agreement and the effect of political and other external considerations on the conduct of the exchange. Negotiations and negotiating strategy and tactics played a very important role in the implementation of the S&T Agreement. In the case of the S&T Agreement, the National Science Foundation (NSF) provided the bulk of the support. The Academy report also recommended that NSF funds for the Agreement appear as a line item in the NSF budget.
