Item 1: Draft agenda of the twentieth meeting of the Administrative Board. Item 2: Draft minutes of the nineteenth meeting of the Administrative Board, 26 November 1982. Minutes are signed by Wiebe de Jong, Director and Jean Degimbe, Chairperson and detail the final approval of the 1983 Work Programme in which the Chairperson of the Committee of Experts Chairperson stresses the need to examine both living and working conditions, (p.5). A list of members present and decisions reached at the meeting are annexed. 13pp. Item 3: Seventeenth progress report by the Director on the activities of the European Foundation covering the period November 1982-March 1983. Report, dated 28 February 1983, details the activities of the Foundation including the Evaluation of Studies (two seminars held since the 19th Board meeting) (p.1), Completion of the 1981 research promotion activities (p.1) and implementation of the 1983 research promotion programme (p.2). 2pp. Item 4: Draft annual seventh report on the activities of the European Foundation. Annual programme details the activities, financial situation and future guidelines of the Foundation including Staff developments (p.3), Work programmes for 1982 and 1983 (p.4), Implementation of the 1982 work programme (p.8) and New social security system for staff(p.16). 18pp. A number of annexes are attached including a list of members of the Administrative Board per 31 December 1981 (annex 1) and a list of studies published during 1982 (annex 6). 53pp. Item 5: Draft accounts for 1982. 23pp. Item 6: Draft budget for the financial year of 1984. Budget is preceded by a general introduction detailing an outline of the policy justifying the request for the appropriations (p.2), and an explanation of the changes in appropriations between 1983 and 1984 (p.10). Four annexes are attached including an authorised staff table for 1983 (annex1) and a proposed staff table for 1984 (annex 4). 44pp. Item 7: AB/20/7a1-Signed decision increasing the travel, subsistence and miscellaneous expenses of members of the Board. AB/20/7a2-Signed decision increasing the travel, subsistence and miscellaneous expenses of experts from outside the Foundation who are invited to meetings.
AB/20/7b-Signed decision revising the daily rental allowance of the Foundation's conference centre. AB/20/7c-Signed ratification of the decisions made by the Bureau since the Board meeting of 26 November 1982. AB/20/7d-Signed decision amending the rules relating to the conditions of employment of local staff serving with the Foundation. AB/20/7e-Signed approval of the 1983 holiday list is annexed. AB/20/7f-Signed decision authorising the Director to conclude a contract with Messrs. Kilcoole Construction Ltd for the construction of new offices and repairs to the stable buildings. A plan detailing the proposed office layout is annexed. Item 8: Signed request to the Commission of the European Communities to act on behalf of the Foundation in the negotiations and proceedings with the national administrations when the issue of Staff pensions is dealt with. Item 9: Item 10: Other: English and French copy of the invitation issued to the Board members.

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