foreign experience and fluency in foreign languages. Denver Center
laboratories are well equipped with the instrumentation necessary to
conduct research in each of the disciplines involved. Although the
field staff is quite small, the Section of International Programs may
call upon the services and expertise of more than one hundred pro-
fessional and support personnel from other units of the Denver Center.

The Section of International Programs provides support and direction
to field personnel, assists in establishing relevant research objec-
tives for laboratory personnel, and coordinates the team efforts of
DWRC and cooperating scientists. Administrative support is provided
in the areas of fiscal management, personnel matters, commodity pro-
curement, records management, and coordination of correspondence,
reports, and manuscripts. Related activities include representing
the program to other organizations, coordinating DWRC-based training
for AID participants, briefing visitors, developing cooperative pro-
grams with international organizations, providing technical informa-
tion to USAID Missions or other cooperators, and assisting AID
personnel in program development and negotiations with foreign
governments.