scientific research Institutes and planning agencies as wei I as territorial planning agencies and "their scientific research Institutes and organizations are participating In the elaboration of the Complex S and T progress programme. Basts of Evaluation The comparison of results obtained In the Initial variant with the normative evaluated level by directions and Indicators makes It possible to Identify the lack of their concordance. This serves the basts for determining necessary shifts In the structure, dynamics, directions of S and T development as wet 1 as the ensuing requirements for resources, and for evaluation of possible dates of their Implementation. As It can be seen, forecasting constitute the major part of methodology of elaboration of the Complex-programme of S and T progress whereas Its reliability and accuracy determine, to a considerable degree, the quality and substantiation of decisions Incorporated In the programme. Concretization and further detail lng of general S and T development Is done In long-term target programmes (LTP>. The aggregated document of the Complex programme specific their number and basic principles (projects). 336 A long-term target programme Is the directive and addressed document which respresents assignments, work and measures tied up by required resources, executors and dates, and directed towards solving major problems of economic, social and scientific­ technological develoment. The list of problems to be Included Into these programmes Is formulated on the basts of their national economic significance which Is done by preliminary formulation of a full I ist of such problems for a perspective period and.further selection of the most necessary problems ta~lng acocunt of resource possibilities In the coming period. This Implies wide uti I lzatlon of forecasting methods of evaluating the long-term significance of these problems, their priority, and forecasts of Input requirements and possibilities.· After selecting the I lstof problems to be Included Into LTP 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the development of a complex program for science and technology progress, involving the elaboration of long-term target programs and forecasting methods. The language used is technical and focused on planning and evaluation, suggesting that the topic is related to the development of a strategic plan or program. The context seems to be a national or regional level, as it mentions "national economic significance" and "resource possibilities in the coming period". This leads me to hypothesize that the category is likely related to science and technology, but may also have implications for economic development.

**Category**
Science and technology, Economic development