intergovernmental organization
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and a specialized agency of the
Economic Cooperation Organization
The Economic Cooperation Organization or ECO is a Eurasian political and economic intergovernmental organization that was founded in 1985 in Tehran by the leaders of Iran, Pakistan, and Turkey. It provides a platform to discuss ways to improve ...
(ECO). It was established in
Islamabad
Islamabad (; , ; ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's tenth-most populous city with a population of over 1.1 million and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital Territory. Bu ...
,
Pakistan
Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...
in December 2011, with holding of the first meeting of
Board of Trustees
A board of directors is a governing body that supervises the activities of a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government agency.
The powers, duties, and responsibilities of a board of directors are determined by government regulatio ...
(BoT), the highest decision making body. ECOSF aims to promote scientific and technology research with an end goal to raise socio-economic standing of ten member states (
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde ...
,
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by ...
,
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...
,
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ...
,
Kyrgyz Republic
Kyrgyzstan, officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia lying in the Tian Shan and Pamir mountain ranges. Bishkek is the capital and largest city. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to t ...
, Pakistan,
Tajikistan
Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Dushanbe is the capital city, capital and most populous city. Tajikistan borders Afghanistan to the Afghanistan–Tajikistan border, south, Uzbekistan to ...
,
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
,
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan is a landlocked country in Central Asia bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the south and southwest and the Caspian Sea to the west. Ash ...
and
Uzbekistan
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).
Objectives and Activities
The ECOSF undertakes a variety of initiatives aimed at fostering scientific excellence and technical expertise within its member countries. The main activities and objectives of ECOSF include:
* Training and Skill Development: ECOSF assesses existing training facilities and develops programs to cultivate a workforce of highly skilled professionals in scientific and technical fields within the region.
* Institutional Strengthening: The foundation designs initiatives to bolster scientific, engineering, research, and development institutions across member states.
* Technology Survey and Assessment: It conducts surveys to identify technology-related challenges faced by member countries, assesses technology needs for individual states, and facilitates technology transfer and expertise sharing.
* Research Promotion: ECOSF encourages goal-oriented research, including collaborative research programs, thematic initiatives, and actions targeting priority areas relevant to the member states. It also supports scientific projects that hold economic or commercial potential and align with the development goals of the member countries or individual researchers.
* Information Exchange: The organization facilitates the exchange of science and technology information through a network of designated centers and institutions.
* Scientific Cooperation: ECOSF strengthens scientific collaboration by fostering institutional linkages, enabling scientist exchanges, and organizing joint seminars and conferences on key science and technology topics within the member states.
* Education Enhancement: The foundation promotes advanced methods for teaching science to elevate educational outcomes.
* Publication: ECOSF publishes a quarterly scientific bulletin featuring research papers and articles from scholars in the member countries across various fields, including natural and fundamental sciences,
social sciences
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,
human sciences
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,
medical sciences
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