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for Estonia and Finland to pool their resources for the purpose of Antarctica research? Of special importance is to ensure extensive publicity for the present-day research and development areas, particularly among young people. Science days have been organized in Estonia and Finland for the public at large and institutes of education. Last year, the Estonian Society for Physics (Eesti Füüsikute Selts) and the Finnish Physical Society organized a joint physics day in Tallinn. The countries also work together in coaching high-school students for the International Physics Olympics. Similarly, the Ahhaa Science Centre in Tartu and the Heureka Science Centre in Vantaa are engaged in cooperation. This is the type of cooperation that we would like to see more of. Fierce global competition in the research and development field means that repeated successes call for extensive resources. Moreover, success does not always correlate with the time and effort expended. Estonia and Finland should seek to make as efficient use as possible of their limited human, technical and material resources – and do so together. In particular, efforts should be made to explore the new avenues opening up in the course of research and development activities, provided that the potential for success through joint efforts is great. Recommendations: • A joint Estonian-Finnish Science, Technology and Development Council (STDC) should be established. The Council should convene at least once a year, and every second year the council meeting should also be attended by the prime ministers of the two countries. • A permanent Estonian and Finnish secretariat should be established to prepare the STDC meetings and coordinate the research policies of the two countries between the meetings. • An independent Estonian-Finnish think-tank should be established to prepare and evaluate the issues to be presented to the STDC meeting. Additionally, it could be tasked to prepare reports and evaluations and conduct surveys concerning the development, consolidation and use of the resources of the two countries. • A high-level Estonian-Finnish economic summit should be held every two years in connection with the joint meeting of the Science, Technology and Development Council. 26
• Concrete forms of cooperation should be developed between the Enterprise Estonia (Eesti Ettevõtluse Arendamise Sihtasutuse EAS) and the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation Tekes on the one hand, and the Estonian Development Fund (Arengufond) and the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra on the other. • A partner relationship should be established between the Aalto University to be established in Helsinki and the Tallinn University of Technology and the Estonian Academy of Arts in order to make efficient use of the resources allocated to research and development, and launch joint projects. • A permanent cooperation network should be created between Finnish and Estonian design institutes in order to enhance cooperation in the field of creative work, commercialization and marketing, and to make efficient use of the resources of the various institutes of education. • Cooperation between Estonian and Finnish technology centres and enterprise incubators should be promoted. • Estonian Science Weeks should be held regularly in Finland and Finnish Science Days in Estonia. 27
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