Item 1: Draft agenda of the seventeenth meeting of the Committee of Experts (CE/17/1(1)) and a letter, 7 February 1985, from John McColgan, Acting Director, to members of the Committee of Experts in which he states that the draft programme of work for 1985 is approved in principle by the Bureau subject to revisions, and that the revised version will not be available until the end of February. (CE/17/1(2)). Item 2: Draft minutes of the sixteenth meeting of the Committee of Experts, 22-23 November 1985. Minutes detail the Chairperson's report on the 24th meeting of the Administrative Board (p.1), the investigation of state of progress of 1984 projects (p.2), the discussion of the 1985-1988 rolling programme (p.2) and the consideration of the 1985 draft work programme (p.10). 11pp. Annexes to the report include the 'Views of the Committee of Experts on the draft four-year programme proposed by the European Foundation' (annex 1) and 'Comments of the Committee of Experts at its meeting held on 22- 23 November on the draft rolling programme 1985-1988' (annex 3). Item 3: Report by Gilbert Cornu, Chairperson of the Committee of Experts, on the last meeting of the Administrative Board. No document. Item 4: Report on the seminars and colloquia held since November 1984. No document. Item 5: Draft programme of work for 1985. Draft programme was the discussion document for the meeting of the Bureau on 28 January 1985. Programme presents the proposed activities of the Foundation for 1985 including 'Implementation' (p.1), 'Evaluation' (p.11) and Documentation, Dissemination and publication of information' (p.12). 13pp. Item 6: Timetable of seminars and colloquia for 1985 showing the subject number and title of the meeting, its date, the number of researchers committed to the project and the countries affected by the project. 1p. Item 7: Item 8: Item 9: Item 10: Other: Invitation issued to the members of the Committee of Experts ( blank reply form is included). Notes:

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