Fundamental among his qualities was his ability to act on the basis of an organic, far-sighted vision and rigorous study of the problems, to grasp the course of history. The endowment of programmes and institutional instruments, the possibility of employing unutilized capacities, the start made at forging international links prepared, in the 1950s, the great burst of economic growth.
The Committee intends to begin by asking supervisors around the world to endorse the Core Principles and this will be followed by a questionnaire to determine whether actual supervisory practices are consistent with them.