rates In developing new national economy brenc·hes and types of production In the CMEA member States end first of el 1 In develop­ Ing research end working up major Tnterbranch problems ensuring· from the long-term target co-operation programmes. The Committee organizes the preparation of draft multi­ lateral agreements between the CMEA countries In the field of scientific and technological co-operation, and In particular, promotes the creation In the established order of International scientific research Institutes, designing organizations, jot~+ laboratories (departments), temporal scientific research groups. scientific-production associations end other organizations of muttlleterel scientific and technological co-operation (Including councils of authorized representatives and co-ordinating centres>. Together with these activities the Committee promotes the co-ordination of problems of multilateral scientific and techno• logical co-operation of the CMEA countries with bilateral co­ opratlon of these countries In the field of science and techno• logy In order to ensure the exchange of Information on the most Important measures of scientific and technological co-operation elaborated and carried out under bilateral agreements. The Committee activities envisage the elaboration of proposals for the CMEA countries co-operation In the field of utilization of scientific and technological Innovations and progressive production experience} organization of the Informa­tion exchange on the appl lcatlon of modern methods of forecast• lng, planning and management of S&T, as well as organizational work of the Interested CMEA countries for complex planning of cooperation Is solving particular scientific and technological problems through ~o-operatlon programmes covering ell stages of scientific research, development and Introduction of the results of Joint work In production. The Committee organizes co-operation In the analysis of the world achievements of S&T and joint forecasting of the develop­ ment of selected areas In the field of S&T; In training end qual tflcatlon Improvement of scientific and technical personnel; In exchange of scientific end technological Information end deve­