Polish specialists participate in all important international 
conferences and symposia on remote sensing; the number of papers 
and contributions presented by our staff on such occasions is 
steadily increasing. We attach special importance to our partici 
pation in the works of international organizations in the field 
of remote sensing, such as the United Nations Committee on 
Peaceful Uses of Outer Space /our representative participated,in 
the January 1978 meeting of the Technical Subcommittee/ and 
COSPAR. Poland is participating in a regional scientific program 
INTERKOSMOS, covering, among other problems, also remote sen 
sing. 
All Baltic countries are concerned with the quality of water in 
the Baltic Sea. Common endeavours in this respect are carried 
out on the basis of international convention. Members of our 
staff, together with representatives of Szczecin Geodetic Enter 
prise participated in last meeting of the Group of Experts for 
Monitoring Baltic Sea. It is to be expected that remote sensing 
will find an important place in the international program on 
Baltic research. Remote sensing should also find interesting 
applications in research on Polar Regions. Research on Polar 
Regions is carried out in accordance with an international pro 
gram; in Poland it is coordinated by the Polish Academy of Scien 
ces. The Institute of Geodesy and Cartography and our Remote 
Sensing Centre is participating in this program. 
Bilateral cooperation plays an important role in the overal 
system of international cooperation. Our Remote Sensing Centre 
cooperates with respective institutions in USSR and other neigh 
bouring countries. We are interested in developing this type 
of cooperation with institutions in other countries. The organi 
zation of bilateral seminars is an accepted form of this kind 
of international exchange. 
As mentioned earlier we have already organized Remote Sensing 
Symposium in Warsaw in 1976 and 1977« For our next Symposium, 
which will take place in the spring of 1979 we aire planning to 
invite speakers and participants from abroad. 
Remote sensing techniques are of particular importance for 
developing countries. As our Centre reaches higher organiza 
tional and technological level, we intend to increase the 3cope 
of our assistance for the developing countries. Sophisticated 
equipment, organizational and methological experience of our 
Centre will be put at the disposal of trainees during an inter 
national remote sensing training Seminar, which we are planning 
to organize in 1980, under the auspices of United Nations. The 
Institute of Geodesy and Cartography is also planning to organize 
an international training centre for geodesists, surveyors and 
cartographers on permanent basis. Training will be provided at 
two levels; first courses ane planned for the fall of 1979. 
Remote sensing will be one of the leading topics on the agenda. 
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