Scientific, Technological and Cultural Co-operation Agreement with Azerbaijan

On 31 May 1999 the Council officially concluded the Partnership and Co-operation Agreement (PCA) that the EU had negotiated with Azerbaijan. This agreement together with agreements with Armenia, Georgia, and Uzbekistan was signed in 1996. The PCAs⁽¹⁾, which replace the co-operation agreement concluded in 1989 between the EU and the USSR for all these countries, provides for strengthened co-operation in a large number of sectors: legislative, economic, scientific, technology and culture.

Science and technology co-operation shall cover:

• the exchange of scientific and technical information;
• joint RTD activities;
• training activities and mobility programmes for scientists, researchers and technicians engaged in RTD on both sides.

Where such co-operation involves education and/or training, the Parties shall co-operate with the aim of raising the level of general education and professional qualifications in the Republic of Azerbaijan, both in public and private sectors.

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