The file contains: the draft minutes of the meeting (Chairman Robert Erikson), agenda and schedule, brief for Chairman, and CV.
Working documents enclosed for the meeting, includes: reports; final version of the Standing Committee for Social Sciences protocol; text of the Steering Committee declaration at the plenary of conference on Research Infrastructures; minutes of the meeting of the Steering Committee European social survey; Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: Making a reality of the European Research Area: Guidelines for EU research activities (2002-2006) [COM (2000) 612 final]; programme of conferences; list of applications received under 2000 competition; proposal; European Science Foundation network applications.

Topics discussed include: summary of discussions of SCSS Core Group meeting; new protocol procedures: announcement of launching of new scheme to support European collaborative research projects in the social science; Forward Look Science Workshop on "Cultural diversity, Collective Identity and Political Participation"; ESF/SCSS research cooperation with the European Commission (Conferences on "Research Infrastructure" and Report on implementation of European Social Survey); Sixth Framework Programme; scientific programmes (Changing media- Changing Europe, Social Variations in Health Expectancy in Europe); Report on the second European Summer Research Institute (ESRI) for the comparative study of Economic Organisation; SCSS exploratory research workshop scheme (Decisions on 2000 round applications and Consideration on final reports); proposal for follow-up activity to the GISDATA programme; scientific networks; EURESCO; report from EU DG Research.

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