During the last years, important geopolitical changes took place in the broader area of Eastern Europe, having as a consequence, among others, the change of policy and strategy in many fields such as social, economical, commercial, scientific e.t.c. It was a contemporary demand to have a meeting of scientists from various countries and especially from countries of the Eastern Europe and the Balkan area, where the various problems concerning the scientific, technological and research fields could be studied and discussed. The goals of this meeting would be: mutual information, broadening of cooperation possibilities through common research programs, as well as possible development of a common policy in certain sections of science and technology of mutual interest. The realization of this meeting, which came true with the initiative, the moral of the NATO Scientific Affairs Division gave the and full economical support pursued results included in the present volume. It was my pleasure to act as the Director of the NATO ARW and I am most grateful to the NATO Scientific Affairs Division for the financial support and especially to its Programme Director, Dr. Alain Jubier, whose contribution to every step of the workshop was essential so that this meeting would be effective.

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The Academy of Athens and its Role on the Cultural and Technological Development in Greece.- Research Activities at the Universities in Relation to the Industrial Development of Greece.- The Impact of National Research Centers and Science Parks on the Science Policy of Greece.- The NATO Science Programme: Outreach Activity with Cooperation Partner Countries.- Science Policy in the Transition Period in Albania.- Some Controversial Questions about the Research and Development in Transition from Centralized to Free Market Economy (Albanian Case).- Science and Technology Management in Bulgaria.- Science in the Balkan Countries: Key Policy Issues.- The Main Reform Guidelines of the R&D Institutional System.- Specific Programmes of Research and Technological Development in Romania in the Transition Period.- Science and Technology Policy and Research Management in Turkey.- Achievements in Solid State Electronics in the Moldova Republic.- Achievements and Prospects of Photobiotechnology in Moldova.- Research Management in the Netherlands The Research Council Mechanism.- Principles Underlying the Development of the US Science Enterprise.- Guidelines for Science Policy and Research Management in Armenia.- Information Technology Transfer in Armenian Science.- What Does a Market Economy Mean to Technology Transfer?.- Science and Technology Policy in Hungary.- Outlook of the Slovak Science and Technology Policy.- Science and Technology Policy in the 1990s: The Case of the United Kingdom.