Scientific, Technological and Cultural Co-operation Agreement with Georgia

On 31 May 1999 the Council officially concluded the Partnership and Co-operation Agreement (PCA) between the European Communitites and Georgia. This PCA entered into force on 1 July 1999. This agreement together with agreements with Armenia, Azerbaijan, 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, social, 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 Georgia, both in public and private sectors.

Footnotes

1. Council and Commision Decision of 31 May 1999 on the conclusion of the Partnership and Co-operation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Georgia, of the other part
Official Journal no L 205/42 of 4 August 1999

Created: 9 December 1999
Updated: 22 December 1999