§ Mr. Stratton Millsasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonweath Affairs if he will set out in detail the technical assistance provided in Chile.
§ Mr. WoodOur technical assistance programme to Chile began in 1963 and has since expanded to a total of £231,000 last year. The programme includes the provision of experts, consultancies and feasibility studies, equipment and training for Chileans at British universities and institutions.
The number of study fellows accepted for training has steadily increased. In 233W 1971 31 Chileans were placed, mainly at postgraduate level or the equivalent, on courses including administration, agriculture, finance and economics, broadcasting, physics, co-operatives, technical education, industry, transport, health, nuclear power, social welfare, statistics and veterinary science.
Current projects include:
A. AGRICULTURE
National Institute of Agricultural Engineering. Provision of six experts in various aspects of agricultural engineering and supporting equipment.
Timber School—State Technical University, Conception. One expert in timber technology and supporting equipment.
Maipo-Batuco River Basin. Consultancy on irrigation.
Austral University, Valdivia. Lecturer in parasitology in the Faculty of Veterinary Science.
Sociadad de Constuciones y Operaciones Agropecuarios. One expert in slaughterhouse management.
Poultry Co-operatives and Marketing. Two experts in broiler and egg production and three complete controlled environment units.
I.I.C.A. Course in Poultry Production, University of Chile. One lecturer in avian nutrition.
B. TECHNICAL EDUCATION
Anglo-Chilean Higher Industrial School of Electro-Technology. Five experts to lecture on various aspects of electro-technology, supporting equipment and training for staff and students in Britain.
Chilean Institute of Vocational Training, Skilled Workers Centre at Santiago. Three experts in foundry and metal work, supporting equipment and training in Britain.
University of Chile, Department of Chemistry. One lecturer in chemical engineering.
University of Chile, Metallurgical Institute. Support given to the "link" with Imperial College, London, by financing visiting lecturers, equipment and training.
University of Temuco. One lecturer in physics, and supporting equipment.
C. GENERAL EDUCATION
School of Education—Catholic University, Santiago. Two experts to establish postgraduate courses to improve teacher training methods, supporting equipment and training of staff in Britain.
Educational Television. Team of three experts to advise on the improvement of the ETV Service in Chile.
D. TECHNOLOGY
Centre for Experimentation and Investigation of Industrial Processes for Minerals. Three experts in minerals and metallurgy.
Chilean Nuclear Energy Commission. Equipment to set up a sub-critical training 234W facility, an isotope production line and to establish supporting machine-shops and laboratories; training of staff in Britain on various aspects of nuclear science.
Institute of Geological Investigation. Two experts to advise on laboratory and field work mainly concerned with the detection of mineral resources.
National Mineral Corporation. One hydro-geologist to assist in the development of copper processing.
Institute of Technological Investigation. One adviser on food technology.
E. MISCELLANEOUS
Port Dredging. Feasibility study to report on the dredging requirements of eight Chilean ports and the establishment of ferry services in three of them.