International Institute for Software Technology Contract-Oriented Component Software Development

Abstract

Republic of China and Portugal through a contribution to the UNU Endownment Fund. As well as providing twothirds of the endownment fund, the Macau authorities also supply UNU/IIST with its office premises and furniture and subsidise fellow accommodation. The mission of UNU/IIST is to assist developing countries in the application and development of software technology. UNU/IIST contributes through its programmatic activities: 1. Advanced development projects, in which software techniques supported by tools are applied, 2. Research projects, in which new techniques for software development are investigated, 3. Curriculum development projects, in which courses of software technology for universities in developing countries are developed, 4. University development projects, which complement the curriculum development projects by aiming to strengthen all aspects of computer science teaching in universities in developing countries, 5. Schools and Courses, which typically teach advanced software development techniques, 6. Events, in which conferences and workshops are organised or supported by UNU/IIST, and 7. Dissemination, in which UNU/IIST regularly distributes to developing countries information on international progress of software technology.