COPENHAGEN: EUREKA PARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE ENDS

COPENHAGEN, June 24a (Hina) - The 14th parliamentary conference of EUREKA ended in Copenhagen on Tuesday with the adoption of a resolution expressing concern about Europe increasingly lagging behind with innovations in relation to its main rivals - the USA and Japan. #L# Parliamentary representatives from 34 countries that are members of EUREKA - the European programme of co-operation in the field of industry- and market-oriented research and innovation - stressed the importance of an initiative launched by European leaders to increase, by 2010, funds for research and development so they would account for three per cent of the Gross Domestic Product. (hina) sp rml sb