No L 361/90 Official Journal of the European Communities 31. 12. %4 COUNCIL DECISION: of 15 December 1994 adopting a specific programme of research and technological development, including demonstration, in the field of training and mobility of researchers (1994 to 1998) (94/916/EC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 130i (4) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3), Whereas by Decision No 1110/94/EC (4), the European Parliament and the Council adopted a fourth framework programme for Community activities in the field of research, technological development and demonstration {RTD) for the period 1994 to 1998 specifying inter alia the activities to be carried out in the field of training and mobility of researchers; whereas this Decision takes account of the grounds set out in the preamble to that Decision; Whereas Article 103i (3) of the Treaty stipulates that the framework programme shall be implemented through specific programmes developed within each activity under the framework programme and that each specific programme shall define the detailed rules for its implementation, fix its duration and provide for the means deemed necessary; Whereas the amount deemed necessary for carrying out this programme is ECU 744 million; whereas the appropriations for each financial year shall be laid down by the budgetary authority, subject to the availability of - resources within the financial perspectives and the conditions set out in Article 1 (3) of Decision No 1110/94/EC; (1) OJ No C 228, 17. 8. 1994, p. 209, and O] No C 262, 20. 9. 1994, p. 27. (2) OJ No C 205, 25. 7. 1994, p. 322. (3) Opinion delivered on 14 September 1994 (not yet published in the Official Journal). () O] No L 126, 18. 5. 1994, p. 1. Whereas the development and better utilization of human resources in the Community through the training and mobility of researchers is one of the priorities of the fourth framework programme; Whereas Community activities in the field of training and mobility of researchers should contribute to increasing Community prosperity, on the basis of industrial competitiveness, the quality of life and sustainable development and to supporting growth and high levels of employment; Whereas the promotion of human resources must also contribute to the Community’s scientific cohesion by offering scientific institutions and researchers in the less favoured regions training and research opportunities enabling them to achieve excellence; Whereas intensification of Community collaboration by the networking (including twinning) of laboratories and research teams in different countries is an important means of strengthening the European research base; whereas it is also important to facilitate the access of Community reserarchers to large-scale facilities essential to high quality research; Whereas the participation in networks of laboratories and research teams from less-favoured regions, together with measures seeking to encourage leading scientists to work for extended periods in these regions, will help to strengthen and harmonize the scientific and technical capacities and potential in the Community as a whole; Whereas training activities, networking and facilitating the access to large-scale facilities call for approriate accompanying measures, such as conferences and courses, prizes for young scientists, dissemination and utilization of research results and the consultation of distinguished European scientists and representatives of industry; Whereas the content of the fourth framework programme for Community RTD activities was established in accordance with the subsidiarity principle; whereas this specific programme specifies the content of the activities