The Thirtieth (30th) Meeting of the Governing Board of the Science and Technology Center in Ukraine (STCU) convened on 27 May 2010 at the Georgian Technical University in Tbilisi, Georgia. The Governing Board representatives from the governments of Canada, the European Union, Ukraine, and the United States of America, were joined by the STCU executive management team, by local diplomatic representatives from Azerbaijan, Ukraine, and Georgian officials.

The Governing Board approved 11 projects under the joint STCU-GNSF Targeted R&D Initiatives program, with $381,509 USD in project financing from the Georgian National Science Foundation, matched by $255,872 USD plus 100,512 euros from STCU.

STCU’s Executive Secretary Mr. Andrew A. Hood was rewarded the Honorary Doctor Title of the Georgian Technical University.

On 18 March 1998, the Government of Georgia officially acceded to the STCU Agreement and became a Recipient Party member of STCU. The STCU Information Office was officially opened in Tbilisi on 23 May 2001. Prior to this 30th Governing Board Meeting, the total amount of STCU activity in Georgia is as follows:

• Number of Approved STCU Projects: 97 Projects
• Total Project Funds Approved: $5,379,592 USD and €2,308,346. Total funding in USD and USD equivalent is equal to $8,285,569.
• Total Number of Georgian Scientists that have benefited from STCU projects: 829 scientists

On 31 October 2006, the Georgian National Science Foundation and the STCU signed a Statement of Cooperation that initiated a Targeted R&D Initiative program between the two organizations.

• The main goal of the program is to raise research potential of Georgia
• Priority areas include: Biotechnologies and Life Sciences, Energy Efficiency, Information and Communications Technologies

The existing “Targeted Initiative Program” between STCU and the Georgia National Science Foundation has already conducted three successful competitions (2006-2009), with both organizations co-funding 26 research projects with participation of Georgian scientists for a total of nearly $1.5 million

About STCU: The STCU is an intergovernmental, non-profit organization created with the goal of aiding unemployed or underemployed scientists who previously worked on the development of weapons of mass destruction. STCU was created (and is governed) by the 'Agreement to Establish a Science and Technology Center in Ukraine', originally signed on 25 October 1993 by the governments of Canada, Sweden, Ukraine and the United States of America. This Agreement went into effect in 1994. Subsequently, Sweden was replaced by the European Union as a Governing Party; Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, and Uzbekistan have also acceded to the STCU Agreement.