this strategy (gn 1013-2) holds that the region as a whole needs to strengthen national innovation systems and to seek to link them with the global knowledge society, as a means of ensuring economic and social progress. the critical objectives are: to get firms and other institutions to increasingly incorporate new technology into production and related processes; to increase the amounts, effectiveness, and productivity of investments in science and technology; to increase the numbers and quality of higher level human resources; to ensure closer linkages among the different components of the systems; to strengthen international cooperation in science and technology; and to complement all these actions with investments in education and in training. the strategy for support emphasizes a strong sector and system-wide approach; the importance of increased support for technological development in the productive sector; continued support of scientific research but with a more focused appr...