Item 1: Draft agenda of the 26th meeting of the Administrative Board. Item 2: Draft (AB/26/2(1)) and revised draft minutes (AB/26/2(2)) of the 25th meeting of the Administrative Board, 4 December 1984. Revised minutes, signed by John McColgan, Acting Director and Jean Degimbe, Chairperson detail the final approval of the four-year rolling programme 1985-88 (p.2), the approval of the proposed strategy on Information, Dissemination/Publications (AB/24/8) that 'was deferred to a future meeting of the Administrative Board' (p.14) and approval of the 1985 Work Programme (p.14). Also included in the minutes is the election of Chairperson and Vice-Chairpersons 'the Board wished to defer consideration of the item relating to the election of Chairperson and Vice-Chairpersons.' (p.15). The issue of a new Director is also raised (p.15) where the Chairperson informs the Board that following interviews, Mr Richard 'had proposed to the Commission the appointment of Clive Purkiss as Director of the Foundation.' (p.15). As Bent Pedersen was leaving the Foundation the Board would have to nominate a manager of the Foundation until the arrival of the new Director. The Bureau had discussed this at length and the Board proposed to charge Mr Mc Colgan with this task and ask him to act as Director until the arrival of the new Director. (p.16). Annexed are a list of participants present and a list of decisions made by the Board at the 25th meeting. 19pp. Item 3: Twenty-third progress report by the Director on the activities of the European Foundation covering the period December 1984-March 1985. Report, as presented by Mr Mc Colgan, Acting Director, details the activities of the Foundation including Adoption of the four-year rolling programme (p.1), Publications/Dissemination (p.2) and Personnel Matters including 'Bent Pedersen, Deputy Director, left the Foundation on 17 December 1984 and John McColgan took over from that date as Acting Director ... The European Commission appointed Clive Purkiss to be the new Director of the Foundation. It is understood that Mr Purkiss will be available to take up his duties in the middle of May.' (pp.2/3). 3pp. Item 4: 1984 annual report detailing the work of the Foundation. Included is Future Developments (p.7), Research Activities (p.13) and Information and Dissemination (p.44). Included also is a section on administration in which the internal make-up of the Foundation staff is discussed. The Director of the Foundation, Mr Wiebe de Jong, retired on invalidity pension with effect from 15 May 1984' (p.50). A number of documents are annexed to the Annual report including list of reports to be published in 1985 (p.63), 'List of meetings organised by the Foundation in 1984' (p.65) and 'List of Research Bodies and Experts involved in implementing the 1984 Work Programme' (p.69). 72pp. Item 5: Accounts for the year 1984. Accounts for 1984 include Recapitulation of Main Accounting Principals (p.1), Analysis of Financial Management (p.2) and a Balance Sheet at 31 December 1984 (p.24). 25pp. Item 6: Draft budget of the European Foundation for 1986. Item 7: Draft programme of Work for 1985. Programme, 'the ninth annual programme of the European Foundation ... and the first one in the 1985-1988 Rolling Programme' covers the three basic activities of the Foundation; Research Promotion (pp.1-24), Evaluation of Research Work (p.25) and Dissemination of Information (p.26). 29pp. Item 8: Recommendation from the Committee of Experts to the Administrative Board regarding the Promotional Work of the European Foundation. Committee of Experts states that 'One of the most important tasks of the European Foundation is the dissemination of the results of its research work.' Commenting on the annexed 'Information Dissemination/Publications-Proposed Strategy' (AB/24/8) the Committee find that' this is not sufficient to increase interest in the Foundation.' Item 9: Election of Chairperson and Vice-Chairpersons. No Document. Item 10: Information consultation following the Commission decision of 14 November 1984 concerning the Foundation and Cedefop. No document. AB/26/11/a1 - Signed decision increasing the travel, subsistence and miscellaneous expenses of members of the administrative board and of the Committee of Experts.. AB/26/11a2 - Signed decision increasing the travel, subsistence and miscellaneous expeneses of experts from outside the Foundation who are invited to meetings. AB/26/11c - Signed decision increasing the daily rental of the Foundation's Conference Centre. AB/26/11d - Signed approval of the 1985 Holiday list. The 1985 Holiday List is annexed to teh approval. AB/26/11e - Signed decision fixing the amounts payable to the Foudnation's medical practitioner for the annual medical check-up and the examination of a staff member prior to his appoitnment. AB/26/12a Signed decision authorising the Acting Director to sign a contract with Medcial Research Council, London. AB/26/12b - Signed decision amending the scale of the basic monthly salary of Local Staff serving with the Foundation. Scales are annexed. Other: English and French copy of hte invitation issued to the Board members.

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