On November 14, a training and awareness seminar under the Program of the interstate non-profit organization "Eureka" is taking place in Volyn. Volyn economists and scientists are being consulted by the head of the Program in Ukraine, Petro Smertenko, – reported the own correspondent of the Western Information Corporation.
According to Petro Smertenko, the "Eureka" program, under which he has been working for six years already, will help bridge the gap between domestic science and the economy and is intended to reorient science in such a way that every scientific idea is innovative, that is, culminates in implementation in production. Today, 12 countries of the world work under this program; in 2006, Ukraine is promised to be admitted as an associate member.
During the seminar, Petro Smertenko familiarized Volyn economists, scientists, and civil servants with the history of the establishment and development of the "Eureka" program, the concepts and requirements of innovative projects, and gave a characterization of modern innovative technologies