targets of scientific end technological policy of the CMEA member States. In this respect It Is worth noting that In 1980 In technological sciences. the development of which Is associated with S&T progress, there was engaged about 501 of all scientific workers of the CMEA countries. A considerable share of scient!-ftc workers Is engaged In natural sciences as wei I as social and humanitarian sciences -by 15-201 of their total number on the average. The aforesaid allows to arrive at a conclusion that the rational use of the CMEA member States scientific and technological potential ltles requires a sclentlflcal ly justified optimum ratio between human and material-technical resourcesc appropriated for R&D activities. This optimum can be achieved either by the expansion and Improvement of the materlal•technlcal basis or by the Improvement of qualification structure of personnel, redistribution of human and material resources taking Into account the necessity of their four main directions of S&T progress. It Is obvious that the determination of required proportions of these two components of S&T progress fal Is under the preroga­ tive of the national organs elaborating and Implementing scienti­ fic and technological pol Icy taking Into account all demostlc and external factors·as well as the pecul larltles of modern stage of the country development. Nevertheless, It becomes more and more evident that even today and .In the Immediate future the socialist community countries have no other alternative for the accelera­ tion of S&T progress than a persistent course towards Integration and concentration of their scientific resources for the Intensi­ fication of R&D activities. In solving this task an Increasing Importance Is being attached to coordination utilization, and synchronized Interaction of their scientific and technological potential Jtles on the way of Implementing the coordinated policy of scientific and technological development. lately these 
**Analysis**
The text discusses the scientific and technological policy of the CMEA member states, highlighting the importance of optimizing the use of human and material resources for research and development (R&D) activities. It emphasizes the need for integration and concentration of scientific resources to accelerate S&T progress, with a focus on coordination, utilization, and synchronized interaction of their scientific and technological potential.

**Category**
Science and technology