Item 1: Draft agenda of the tenth meeting of the Administrative Board. Item 2: Draft minutes (AB/10/2(1)) of the ninth meeting of the Administrative Board, 3 July 1979. 18pp. Typed along the top of the draft minutes is 'Text not approved by the Board. Has to be redrafted incorporating amendments which will be submitted to next Board meeting.' 'Information paper from the Chairperson of the Committee of experts to the 10th Meeting of the Administrative Board', 5 November 1979 (AB/10/2(2)) which includes the headings 'Some comments on the 1980 programme' (p.2) and 'Summary of comments made at the Committee of Experts' meeting in September 1979 regarding the agenda for the Administrative Board's 10th meeting' which is to be discussed under point 2 of the minutes. Included also are the revised draft minutes of the ninth meeting of the Administrative Board, 3th July 1979 (AB/10/2(3)). Minutes were not approved by the Board at the tenth meeting and were re-presented to the Board at the eleventh meeting. 19pp. Item 3: Seventh progress report by the Director on the activities of the European Foundation covering the period July 1979-November 1979. Report, as presented by Wiebe de Jong, Director and dated 16 October 1979, details the Foundation's activities for this period under headings including 'Comparative consolidated studies at European level based on the 1977 national surveys on shift work, work organisation and safety and health' (p.1), 'State of implementation of the research promotion activities under the 1979 programme of work' (p.4) and Dissemination activities (p.7). 9pp. Item 4: Note, dated 24 October 1979, from the Chairperson of the Administrative Board on the creation of a reading committee in which the Chairperson presents proposals on the operation and role of the reading committee under the headings 'Creation of the reading committee' (p.1), 'Role of the reading committee' (p.3), 'Recipients of publications' (p.7) and 'Presentations of Publications' (p.7). 8pp. Item 5: Revised draft programme of work for 1980 as presented by Wiebe de Jong, Director (24 September 1979). A first draft of this programme of work was presented to the Board at its ninth meeting and is now represented 'revised in the light of the decisions taken by the Administrative Board'. Headings include 'Creation of an operational documentation' (p.1), 'Sectoral and Global Studies and Pilot Schemes' (p.3) and 'Impact of technological developments on working conditions and the Environment' (p.7). 7pp. Item 6: First proposals by the Director concerning the second four-year rolling programme (1981-1984). Proposals presented by Wiebe de Jong and dated 26 September 1979, are presented under headings including Continuation of work from the first four-year rolling programme (p.2), Themes from the first four-year rolling programme not yet adequately covered (p.3), and New themes (p.4). 5pp. Item 7: Exchange of views on the role of an Administrative Board. No document. Item 8: AB/10/8a-Signed ratification of the decisions taken by the Bureau since the Board meeting of 3 July 1979. AB/10/8c1-Signed decision transferring funds within Chapter 2 of the 1979 Budget to equip the Foundation with adequate storage equipment for its present and future publications. AB/10/8c2-Signed decision transferring funds within Chapter 2 of the 1979 budget and to request the European Commission to make alterations to the budget 'to equip the Foundation with adequate reproduction equipment for its present and future needs'. AB/10/8d-Signed decision transferring funds within Chapter 3 of the 1979 budget 'to provide adequate funds for the implementation of the 1979 working programme and for the translation of studies already approved and evaluated by the Board. AB/10/8e-Signed decision adjusting the fee payable to the Foundation's medical practitioner for an annual check-up and general appointment. AB/10/8b-Signed decision modifying the rules laying down the conditions of employment of the local staff serving within the Foundation. AB/10/8h Signed decision authorising the Director General for Budgets of the European Commission to transfer funds from Chapter 1 to Chapter 2 of the 1979 Budget 'to meet the losses in exchange occurring in the Foundation's budget'. Item 9 Nomination of Chairperson and three Vice-Chairpersons. No document.

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