The file contains: draft minutes of the meeting (Chairman: Juan M. Rojo), including the list of participants, agenda, draft minutes of the Core Group meeting (2-3/05/2001) including list of participants and agenda; correspondence; unformal minutes of the meetings; Chairman’s brief.
Working documents enclosed for the meetings include: welcome speech by Philippe Busquin, European commissioner for Research; PESC membership list as of April 2001; lists of programmes, networks, and exploratory workshops; final report on Control of Complex System; Call 5 Full programmes proposals, their evaluations, and rapporteur’s reports; network proposals and the research assessments ; proposals for EUROCORES; reports; ESF policy briefing, CRAF newsletter, ESSC-European Science Foundation position paper.

Topics discussed include: PESC membership issues (EURESCO, LESC); scientific activities: reviews: mid-terms and final, recommendations on programmes and networks; EUROCORES; peer review refereeing; strategic activities: reports on ongoing reviews and studies, European research area and 6th FWP; interaction with other ESF and external bodies.

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