Item 1: Agenda of the second meeting of the Committee of Experts. Item 2: Chairperson's report from the first meeting of the Committee of Experts, 22 October 1976. Report, dated 1 November 1976, details the first meeting of the Committee including the adoption of the rules of procedure of the Committee (p.1), the report by Michel Carpentier, Chairperson of the Administrative Board, on the first Board meeting (p.2), the nomination of Thorkild Herborg Nielsen as Chairperson and R. Weil as Vice-Chairperson (p.2) and a discussion of the 1976 and 1977 work programmes (p.3). 5pp. Available in English, Danish, German, Dutch, French and Italian. Item 3: Oral report by the Director on the up-to-date operational situation of the Foundation. No document. Item 4: Oral report by the Chairperson on the second meeting of the Administrative Board. No document. Item 5: Draft short term work programme of the Foundation. This Administrative Board document details the aims of the Foundation 'to contribute to the planning and establishment of better living and working conditions by means of action designed to increase and disseminate knowledge likely to assist this development' (p.1), its principles (p.1), priority subjects for the work programme (p.1), methods (p.2) and organising the Foundation's work (p.2). 2pp. Item 6: Preparation of recommendations to the Board following the discussion on the draft working programme. Document titled 'Chairperson's note for the Meeting of the Committee'. In his note Nielsen states that at the Administrative Board meeting of 9-10 November 1976 the Board 'suggested that the Expert Committee prior to its next meeting should take the opportunity to formulate its comments on the sketch for a work programme'. Note outlines the functions of the Committee 'to advise the Foundation with regard to the solution of the task of seeking out relevant problems and to consider formulations of project proposals based on a professional and methodological expertise.' Note details the tasks and functions of the Foundation (p.2) and discusses 'Which problems are the most important for the EEC society to get illustrated?' (p.4). Item 7: Long-term development of Foundation's activities and possible alternate starting points. No document. [Discussion deferred to next meeting] Item 8: Discussion on potential contribution to the Foundation from the experiences, contacts and resources of the Committee of Experts. No document [Discussion deferred to next meeting]. Item 9: Discussion on possible technical guidelines to be developed by the Committee of Experts concerning the evaluation of project proposals. No document [Discussion deferred to next meeting]. Item 10: Other: Copies of the invitation issued to Committee members. Notes: Tabled items 7, 8 & 9 were deferred to the next meeting.

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