partners in transition

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The O.E.C.D. already considers Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia to be "partners in transition" since, as democracies with market economies, they have met the basic conditions of membership.

Diplomats at the OECD said over the weekend the accord would be much along the lines of agreements concluded with the OECD's "partners in transition (PIT)" - Hungary, Poland and the Czech and Slovak republics - under the PIT programme signed two years ago.

In 1990, the Centre for Co-operation with European Economies in Transition (now succeeded by the Centre for Cooperation with Non-Members) was established, and in 1991, the Programme "Partners in Transition" was launched for the cooperation with Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland.