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Subject: Symposium "The Potentials of Independent Initiatives"
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Date: 6 Jul 89 13:06:00 GMT
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Evening  Session (Part 4)

From: Eng-leong Foo (Stockholm)

  The evening session was dedicated to the launching of the
"Biological Resource Development Corporation" (BRDC), its
presentation and a panel discussion along with a video
presentation of the international Hunger Program and a slide
show of a planned tourist city by the Red Sea in Egypt.
        BRDC will be owned by the Biological Resources
Development Foundation and will serve as a commercial
company to provide financial, technical and commercial
advisory services on the development of local enterprises
that can apply and exploit biotechnology. BRDC will focus on
identification and development of biotechnology business
opportunities in less-developed countries, particularly
those that can contribute significant to local economic
development. An important start-up activity for BRDC is the
setting up of a database of resources and expertise.
Electronic networking and messaging will be the primary
means of its communication. Its operating principles,
principal activities and funding will be worked out by the
end of the year.
        More information available from: Prof Carl-Goran
Heden, 11 Solna Kyrkavagen, 17164 Solna, Sweden.

        The panel discussion underlined the obvious need for
such a Foundation/Corporation but it also stressed the need
for the Corporation to set-up task forces of experts for
carefully identified commercial technologies.