(i) collaborate in putting in place education and training programmes for people with special needs and other disadvantaged groups; (j) encourage and support the participation of the private sector in the development of human resources through education and training; and (k) identify and develop centres of excellence in the region including universities. 3. For the purposes of paragraph 1 of this Article, the Partner States shall undertake such additional activities in respect of the development of human resources as the Council may determine. ARTICLE 103 Science and Technology 1. Recognising the fundamental importance of science and technology in economic development, the Partner States undertake to promote co-operation in the development of science and technology within the Community through: (a) the joint establishment and support of scientific and technological research and of institutions in the various disciplines of science and technology; (b) the creation of a conducive environment for the promotion of science and technology within the Community; (c) the encouragement of the use and development of indigenous science and technologies; (d) the mobilisation of technical and financial support from local and foreign sources and from international organisations or agencies for the development of science and technology in the Community; (e) the exchange of scientific information, personnel and the promotion and publication of research and scientific findings; (f) the collaboration in the training of personnel in the various scientific and technological disciplines at all levels using existing institutions and newly established ones; (g) the promotion, development and application of information technology and other new ones throughout the Community; 77