Item 1: Draft agenda of the eighteenth meeting of the Administrative Board. Item 2: Revised draft minutes of the seventeenth meeting of the Administrative Board, 30 March 1982. Minutes, signed by the Director and the Chairperson, detail final approval of the 1982 work programme (p.2), Presentation of the annual report (p.3) and the Oral statement by the Chairperson on Foundation's staff regulations which mainly dealt with the issue of retroactivity and the effect this would have on staff pension entitlements. (p.6). Decisions taken by the Board and a list of persons present are both annexed. 11pp. Item 3: Fifteenth progress report by the Director on the activities of the European Foundation covering the period April-July 1982. Report, dated 14 June 1982, includes an Evaluation of Studies (p.1), Implementation of the 1982 research promotion programme (p.4) and Dissemination activities (p.8). 8pp. Item 4: First discussion on the 1983 Work Programme. The Chairperson remarked that the suggestions for the 1983 programme mainly concerned research on the effects of new technology. He underlined the necessity to give greater consideration to living conditions. 4pp. Item 5: Election of Chairperson and Vice-Chairpersons for 1982-1983. No document. Item 6: Signed ratification of the decisions made by the Bureau since the Board meeting of 30 March 1982. An annex is included showing the revision of Board members', Committee of Experts' and outside experts' expenses. 4pp. Item 7: Signed decision transferring funds within Chapter 3 of the Foundation's 1982 budget. Item 8: Item 9: Item 10: Other: English and French copy of the invitation issued to the Board members.

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