The file contains: Report of the meeting of the Member organisations to discuss initiatives to stimulate research coordination in the Social Sciences between western and central/eastern European Countries, agenda, list of participants, letter of invitation, handwritten notes of the meeting, correspondence

Background material for the ESF meeting attached: summary papers/overviews from the Member organisations on the research coordination, such as "The main features of existing bilateral agreements and research collaborations between Hungary and the Countries of ESF Member organisations with special respect to Social Sciences" (Hungarian Academy of Sciences), also note on the Research institutes and Associated Research groups belonging to network of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences "Research on transformations in the Economic, Social, Legal and Political fields in the Post communist Countries – Polish Case" (Polish Academy of Sciences), East-West Social Science research cooperation: the Danish experience" (Institute of Political Science), "Royal Irish Academy/Polish Academy exchange theme", Bilateral cooperation between the Spanish Council for Scientifc Researhc and central and eastern European countries in Social Sciences, Memorandum on Swedish Research Collaboration with Countries on Central/Eastern Europe, Summary paper on the Research Cooperation between the Swiss National Science Foundation and the Central and Eastern European Countries, Evaluation report from the CEC DG XII/DG XIII "Cooperation in Science and technology with central and eastern European Countries"; also article "Improving Social Science in the former Soviet Union: The US role" by Paul C. Stern and Lee Walker.

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