The basic concept of ESTABLISH is focused around the creation of authentic environmental research learning for natural sciences, involving all of the interested stakeholders.

UNESCO: South Eastern Mediterranean Sea Project (SEMEP)

And so us doing more basic research in finding better ways to do the same concept I think is the right way to go.

WHITEHOUSE: Twitter Town Hall

Governments may be good at certain things that advance technology, such as the peer-reviewed funding of basic research and pre-commercial development (including demonstrations of proof-of-concept), but they are rarely leaders in technological innovation.

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