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improve its knowledge resources. Because, UNU research reports often are of a too“abstract”, academic level, or often go in the direction of pure political discussions,both of them being inapplicable to concrete problems. On the other hand, there areempirical reports at the other organizations being involved in aid or developmentprojects. But again, these remain on a reporting-monitoring level, and can not,following from their nature, level up to scholarly generalizations of the findings,whereby a treasure of valuable experiences remains unused. From now on, the UNUshould become an active bridge between the knowledge-base and problem-solving inmember countries in general, and especially recently in the field of crisis prevention.In this the word“active”means a really active role of the UNU in scholarlygeneralizing earlier experiences and in forwarding the essential findings, providingconceptual guidance to the respective organizations.３3. From sustainable development to balanced developmentIn recent UN-jargon the“sustainable development”is mostly used for generaleconomic development, but in fact the expression is nothing else than a desirablerequirement set to industry developers to preserve the integrity of naturalenvironment４, and thus it is more related to environment protection. The UNU’sthematic approach divides development into three separate fields: development（globalization, growth, urbanization）, science and technology, and environment（resource management, sustainable industry, water etc.）.５Here“sustainable”isbetter embedded in environment and related to industry, suggesting that industrialdevelopment should not cause harm to the environment. Both approaches are,however, too narrow to cover development issues, especially if we want to get closerto crisis prevention.166３This is fundamentally different from the passively formulated Key Roles of the UNU（“A bridge between the UNand the international academic community”, and“A think-tank for the UN systems”）. If the“bridge”from theacademics does not lead to some really beneficial use, or if a think-tank is confined to“UN systems”, knowledge willremain in the academy’s“ivory tower”.４About the origins see The Earth Conference, Brasil 1992.５UNU, Thematic Orientation.