The file contains: draft minutes of the meeting (Chairman: Juan M. Rojo), list of participants, draft agenda, correspondence, draft minutes of the Core Group meeting (26-27/04/2000) including list of participants, and agenda.
Working documents enclosed for the meeting include: notes, European Science Foundation Policy briefings (11/999 and 02/2000), Rules of procedure for the Standing Committees and the ESF Statute, Newsletter of the ESF expert Committee on Radio Astronomy, reports, position papers, overviews of programmes and networks, ESF network proposals, final evaluations of the full successful proposals.

Annexed all successful outline full Proposals for new ESF Scientific Programmes.

Topics discussed include: revised ESF statute and rules of procedure, PESC membership, PESC’s role and work; reports from ESF committees and external bodies related to PESC (LESC, CRAF, ESSC, NuPECC, CERC3, ENSA, EUPRO, EC 5th FWP, COST); ESF scientific activities (programmes, networks and exploratory workshops, 4th Call: decision for full proposals, EUROCORES, EURESCO) ESF scientific strategic activities mainly baseline for large research facilities, conference on infrastructures, ESS case; European Latsis Prize 2000; ethics in science and research "Good research practice – ESF Guidelines".

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