The file contains the minutes of the meeting (chairman: Gretty Mirdal). Also included are the agenda and working documents, including abstracts, evaluations, financial plans, correspondences, minutes, guidelines, PowerPoint presentations, tutorial, reports, proposals, programs, forms, members' list, budget, proposal for a Parliamentary and Council decision.

Topics discussed include: membership; new ESF multi annual plan; 7th Framework Programme; European Research Council; HERA; reports on Standing Committee for Humanites working groups; Report on collaboration ESF/SCH with research agencies in USA and Canada; Reports on current and completed exploratory workshops, networks, programmes; Management of programmes; joint collaboration between ESF, NATO and INTAS (Program SAFE); Potential implication in the LESC’s project "Life in extreme environments"; EUROCORES.

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