of ecological forecasting and assessment. The AI 1-Unlon Academy of agriculture named after V.I. Lenin and the USSR Hydro­ meteorological centre and the Institutes of the USSR State Committee on hydro-meteorology and environment control are engaged In ecological forecasting. A considerable amount of work In the field of scientific­ technological and socio-economic forecasting Is done by the higher education establishments of the USSR Ministry of education and the ministries of education of the Union republ lcs. ·Among them one can name the Moscow state university. Moscow Institute of management, Moscow aviation Institute etc. The country's scientific community takes an active part In the elaboration of methodological Instructions and forecasting activities In various fields of science and technology and socio­ economic development. This work Is coordinated by the Committee on problems of S and T forecasting and elaboration of the Complex programme of SandT progress created in 1976 within the frame­ work of the AII•Unlon council of scientific and technological societies. The Committee consists of several commissions: fore­ casting methods, branch forecasting. regional forecasting. social forecasting etc. The Committee unifies a wide group of scienti­ fic workers In many towns of the country performing great and useful work In the field of forecasting and socio-economic asse­ ssment during the preparation of the Complex programme of S ang T progress In the USSR. This work Is done on social free-of-charge basts. 344 0 It) CO-ORDINATION OF BASIC TARGETS IN SUBSECTIONS OF PLAN FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND WITH OTHER SECTIONS OF STATE PLANS INTRODUCTION Intensification of social production currently Is a baste direction In the ~evelopment of the national economy, which raises scientific-technical progress to a qualitatively new level In the system of the national economy. Amplification of the role of Intensive factors and their effect on the rates and 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the role of science and technology in the development of the national economy, specifically in the context of ecological forecasting and assessment. It mentions various institutions and organizations involved in forecasting and assessment, and the coordination of efforts through a committee. This suggests that the text is focused on the intersection of science, technology, and economic development.

**Category**
Science and technology, Economic development