The file contains: draft minutes of the meeting (Chairman: Juan M. Rojo), including the list of participants, and the agenda; draft minutes of the Core Group meeting (08/05/2003) including the list of participants, and the agenda; correspondence.
Working documents enclosed for the meetings include: proposals, evaluations and rapporteur’s reports on mid-terms running programmes and completed ones; lists of programmes, networks, and exploratory workshops; networks proposals

Topics discussed include: European Research Council, PESC membership; scientific activities: current position and reviews of the mid-terms and finals; recommendations for programmes and networks; EUROCORES; EURESCO; strategic activities: European neutron source studies, future advances light sources, EUROHORCS, ERCIM/European Science Foundation workshop; forward looks (Urban science, Nano sciences and the long-term evolution of information technology); research infrastructures; relations with ESF expert committees (CRAF, LESC, NuPECC, ESSC); interactions with external bodies (CERC3, EUPRO, NSF); interactions with COST; 6th call for programme proposals.

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