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(j)
Southern Sudan Research Council Act
2007
lay down appropriate criteria for assisting the private
sector to employ scientific research as means of
improving the standard of performance and promoting
production efficiency;
(k) ensure that any form of aid or assistance related to
research offered by local, national, regional and
international organisations and institutions is geared
towards achievement of the objectives and
programmes of the Council;
(l)
within the framework of its competences, design
programmes and priorities for providing aid to
universities, research institutions, relevant institutes
and other scientific societies in Southern Sudan;
(m) give advice and provide consultation to the
Government or any of its units or public corporations
on any matter concerning scientific research and on
such other matters which may facilitate the regulation
of the rights of industrial ownership, patent rights and
copyrights concerning researchers;
(n) offers scholarships and award prizes to individuals,
government institutions, public corporations, private
sector and other societies in matters related to
scientific research;
(o) disseminate knowledge through the publication of its
research findings through all forms be it written,
audio, visual or otherwise; and
8.
(p) any other function relevant to research.
Powers of the Council.
In furtherance of the said objectives, the Council may—
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