Documents concerning an audit of Commission’s organisation and operation in preparation for the Treaty of Amsterdam, the introduction of the Euro and Agenda 2000, including: Report of Team no. 1, Covering the Group "External Relations" made up of DG I, DG IA, DG IB (External Relations), DG VIII (Development), ECHO (European Community Humanitarian Office), TFNA (Task Force for Accession Negotiations), SCR (Joint Service for Community aid to non-member countries), RELEX units in non-RELEX DGs, the External Service (CONFIDENTIAL - removed until further notice); report on the contribution of DG XXIV; summary of the findings of the seminar of Directors General; paper "Tomorrow’s Commission – More Effective Internal Communication"; summary of speeches given by Commissioners at seminar on "La Commission de demain"; notes re the selection of Delegations to be visited by members of the RELEX team; summary of a presentation given by Maria-Pia Filippone to the Directors General re the review; circulars from the Carlo Trojan, Secretary General to all staff explaining object and methodology of the audit of the services. Documents concerning the restructuring on DG VIII: presentation on the process of restructuring; report "propositions en matière de structure et modes de faire: Task Force ‘Reponser de la DG VIII’"; "Issues Paper" on the developments that the DG needs to adapt to, with an executive summary of and reflections on the paper, including commentary by the Senegalese delegation.

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