The file contains: handwritten notes and draft minutes of the meeting (Chairman: Jens Erik Fenstad), list of participants, agenda, correspondence, list of memberships PESC.
Working documents sent and distributed for the meeting include: notes; baseline for the reviewing and assessment of a scientific-strategic case report; overview of scientific programmes; mid-term reviews of the European Science Foundation scientific programme "Control of complex Systems (COSY)", "Vapour-Phase Synthesis and Processing of Nano-Particle Materials (NANO)", final report on Kinetics of Minerals and Ceramics (MINC); report of the Assessment of the Austrian feasibility studies AUSTRON and EURO-CRYST; yerm of reference for the ESF survey on Synchrotron Radiation Needs and Capacities in Europe for the Biosciences.
Also presentation on Support for Europe’s Research in Infrastructures in 5th Framework Programme by P. Kind from CEC, DGXII.
Also draft minutes of the Core Group meeting in Strabourg on 26/02/1998.

Annexed all full proposals for new ESF scientific programmes (call 97-98).

Topics discussed include: PESC action on ESF scientific programmes, networks and EURESCO in PESC’s domains, call 97-98 for outline proposals; PESC action on ESF scientific strategic sctivities: ESF plan 1998-2001, Studies in Large Research Facilities (Working Group on Large Research Facilities, Large Scale Facilities Issues in FWP5, European Neutron Sources Studies, AUSTRON and EURO-CRYST, Synchrotron Radiation Needs and Capacities in Europe for the Biosciences, 100 Tesla Science European Laboratory), exploratory workshops, PESC’s mission, work and term; ESF associated committees and external bodies.

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