ISTC’s Vision Statement
To be the partner of choice in creating, facilitating, and expediting impactful world-class, peaceful multilateral S&T collaboration aimed at making the world safer, more secure, and more sustainable.
ISTC Mission:
Creating peaceful multilateral S&T collaboration for a safer, more secure, and sustainable world.
Objectives
Contribute to solving national and global technological problems;
Support basic and applied research;
Support the transition to market-based economies;
Encourage the integration of CIS and Georgian former weapons scientists into the international scientific community.
Engaging Scientific Communities Globally
The principle activity through which the ISTC meets these objectives is the management of science R&D projects. Institutes throughout Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan coordinate project proposals with the ISTC Secretariat for review and funding. Project participants and institutes receiving ISTC funding benefit from the Center's supporting programs such as travel grants, workshops, seminars, international conferences, and commercialization support.
ISTC's Future
On July 17th 2015, the ISTC office in Astana, Kazakhstan officially became the new Head Office after the withdrawal of the Russian Federation to the ISTC Agreement in July 2015.
Develop new programs and activities in response to member countries’ needs and priorities.
Plans to expand ISTC non-proliferation efforts and sustainable R&D support to new member countries.
Investigate and engage new sources of funding for R&D projects and programs.
Targeted Initiative (TI) Program Pipeline
GB APPROVED
Biosafety & biosecurity
Seismic monitoring & hazard mitigation
Nuclear non-proliferation, security & safety capacity
Radiological source risk mitigation
Clean / renewable energy & energy efficiency /EXPO
Dual-use & export control TI
Southern Africa Nuclear Industry
IN DEVELOPMENT
Water & food security TI
Technology, device & reporting integration
Global Outreach & Visibility Strategy
New Agreement Expands ISTC Mandate, in terms of Activities and Geographic Reach
ISTC Mission Now Integrates its WMD Non-proliferation Focus with the Need to Address Contemporary Global Security Challenges, through the Peaceful and Responsible Use of Science Cooperation.
ISTC Membership is Now Open to Any Country and Can Engage Wherever in the World the Governing Parties Direct.
The EU CBRN CoE Network and ISTC: Areas of Cooperation and Complementarity
Project implementation in line with the CBRN CoEs’ methodology and guidelines;
Access of beneficiaries to international networks of CBRN expertise.
Ensure genuine local ownership of CBRN action plans, policies and project proposals.
Foster inter- and intra-regional cooperation
