RESEARCH COLLABORATION IN PARASITOLOGY BETWEEN INDONESIA AND AUSTRALIA

Indonesia and Australia are close neighbours sharing agroecological zo nes and common parasitological interests. Australia is an industrialis ed country and Indonesia is both industrialising and a developing coun try. The types of collaboration, contractual, collegiate, research col laboration and partnerships are briefly described. All forms of collab oration have and continue to exist between Australia and Indonesia. A survey of mammalian parasitology publications over the last 23 years i ndicates that the bulk of papers have been by Indonesian and non-Austr alian authors. Australian and Indonesian authors provided 4% of the to tal number of publications. The rational for collaboration Is suggeste d to be the high degree of common multiple interests and the synergy o f effort that can be derived from research partnerships, The most diff icult issues in research collaboration are establishing the research p riorities and, to a lesser extent, funding. The globalisation of the i nternational research centre, International Livestock Research Institu te, to include Asia will expand the opportunities for research collabo ration. Details of the Australian Centre for International Agricultura l Research mandate in supporting parasitology research collaboration i s briefly described. The past and current research collaborative activ ities are reviewed and opportunities for future collaboration are List ed. (C) 1997 Australian Society for Parasitology. Published by Elsevie r Science Ltd.