Transformation of Eurasian Scientific and Technical Cooperation Within the SCO Framework

Abstract

The purpose of our research was to study the transformation of international Eurasian scientific and technical interaction within the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (hereinafter—SCO). The methodological basis of the study is formed by comparative legal and formal-legal methods. The method of comparative legal analysis is aimed at comparing the legal regulation of scientific and technical cooperation in the SCO member states. The method of formal and legal analysis was used to interpret legal acts of the SCO member-states aimed at developing legal and institutional basis for mutually beneficial cooperation in science and technology. The relevance of the study is predetermined by the growing influence of the development of science and technology within the framework of interstate organizations. The novelty of the work is due to the small degree of study of the problem of international Eurasian scientific and technical cooperation. The study analyzed ways to intensify international scientific and technical cooperation within the SCO, including the establishment of commissions or councils on scientific and technical cooperation, development of model legal acts aimed at creating a legal framework for the development of international relations in the field of science, the formation of special funds to finance research, as well as the adoption of a new agreement on scientific and technical cooperation between the SCO member-states. As a result of the research, the authors conclude that in order to develop international Eurasian scientific and technical cooperation, a number of legal, institutional and organizational and financial measures are required.