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Viewing cable 08MOSCOW2093, ISTC Governing Board Meeting in Moscow

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08MOSCOW2093 2008-07-21 14:15 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Moscow
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 MOSCOW 002093 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR ISN/CTR 
 
VILNIUS PLEASE PASS TO EMBASSY MINSK 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KNNP PARM TSPL RS
SUBJECT: ISTC Governing Board Meeting in Moscow 
 
1. SUMMARY: At the International Science and Technology Center 
(ISTC) Coordinating Committee (CC) and Governing Board (GB) meetings 
held in Moscow July 16-17, 2008, the GB approved funding for the 
first pilot institute self-sustainability plan.  This marked an 
important milestone in ensuring that priority Weapons of Mass 
Destruction (WMD) institutes become financially self-sustainable. 
All parties agreed to press for the Russian Federation to confirm 
the tax-free status of the ISTC.  Many long-standing issues were 
also resolved as the parties worked together to reach agreement on 
documents relating to export control, value-added tax (VAT) 
repayment, tax exemption, daily rates paid to scientists on regular 
projects, and procurement.  During the Executive Session 
discussions, the parties agreed to begin negotiations on a plan to 
gain Russian financial contributions to the Center at the next 
Governing Board meeting in December. END SUMMARY. 
 
2. Tax Issue:  The parties discussed the issue of Russian repayment 
of VAT to the ISTC and the recent Russian decree listing 
organizations exempt from tax payments on grants.  The GB agreed to 
send a letter to the Russian Federation on the issue. The ISTC will 
continue to attempt to reclaim VAT paid in recent years and will 
explore taking legal action against the Russian Federation if VAT is 
not repaid in a reasonable amount of time. 
 
3. Russian Contributions:  The U.S. Party, with the strong support 
of the Japanese and Canadians, stressed the importance of host-state 
(Russian) co-funding to ensure continuing support for the ISTC from 
funding parties. The U.S. explained that its Congressional hearings 
on the Department of Energy's scientist redirection program had been 
very clear on the need for increased cost sharing.  The Japanese, 
Canadian, and the European Union (EU) delegation also expressed 
support for increased Russian contributions.  The EU noted that the 
Russian Academy of Sciences has recently expressed interest in joint 
funding in the EU Framework Program.  The Russian Party repeated its 
previous position that it makes in-kind contributions by providing 
the ISTC building and general support for the Russian institutes at 
which the vast majority of ISTC projects are conducted.  (COMMENT: 
While the funding parties agree that these in-kind contributions 
should be counted towards any cost-sharing agreement, the USG view 
is that a significantly larger financial contribution is required to 
make Russia a true partner and to ensure the Center's long-term 
success.  The ISTC's annual budget is approximately $100 million 
and, at most, these Russian in-kind contributions amount to less 
than $4 million. END COMMENT)  The parties agreed that the issue 
would be formally discussed at the next GB and that the ISTC 
Secretariat would prepare a paper on the issue. 
 
4. Institute Self-Sustainability:  The funding parties agreed to 
provide $500,000 to fund the first pilot institute 
self-sustainability plan at the V. G. Khlopin Radium Institute.  The 
parties discussed the correct maximum size of sustainability plans, 
but there was no consensus on U.S. and Japanese proposals to cap 
self-sustainability plans at $500,000. 
 
5. Daily Rates:  The parties agreed to raise the daily rates paid to 
scientists on projects both in Russia and the Commonwealth of 
Independent States (CIS) countries, with the maximum daily rate of 
$70 for project managers.  The new daily rates will be applied to 
projects funded at future Governing Board funding sessions. 
 
6. Export Control: After a discussion that included a senior Russian 
representative from the Federal Service for Technical and Export 
Controls, it was agreed that the Secretariat and the Russian 
Federation would continue bilateral discussions before proposing 
another document for GB approval on export control, including the 
issue of assurances from end users of technology developed during 
the course of ISTC-funded projects.  The parties also agreed that 
all ISTC activities should strictly conform to Russian and 
international export control laws. 
 
7. Procurement:  In response to Deloitte & Touche's recommendations 
for improving procurement practices at the Center, the Secretariat 
had submitted a set of procurement rules to the CC meeting.  The 
 
MOSCOW 00002093  002 OF 002 
 
 
funding parties finally reached agreement on procurement rules after 
a year of discussions and asked that these new rules be applied to 
the procurement of equipment, materials, and services beginning 
August 1, 2008. 
 
8. Project Funding:  The U.S. committed $168,000 in regular project 
co-funding for ISTC Regular Project No. 3849 "Low-Waste 
Decontamination." 
 
9. Other Items:  The GB approved the nomination of Ms. Anneli Pauli 
as the new EU Governing Board Member.  The GB welcomed the new 
Japanese Deputy Executive Director Mr. Yasuhiro Yukimatsu.  Also, 
this GB is the first for Adriaan van der Meer as ISTC Executive 
Director. 
 
10. Next GB Meeting:  The next GB meeting will be held in Moscow on 
11 December 2008. 
 
BEYRLE