Istanbul – 12.05.1970:

The file contains preparatory correspondence, the minutes of the 20th meeting of the Permanent Committee as well as working documents.

It also includes a brochure of the International Conference of Universities in Kuala Lumpur, a brochure for the Fifth General Conference of the International Association of Universities in Montreal. It contains also several invitations: from the United Nations to a seminar on the role of youth in the promotion and protection of human rights in Belgrade (including memorandum); from the League of Yugoslav Universities to the International Seminar ‘L’Université d’aujourd’hui’ in Dubrovnik; and from the Council of Europe to the Governmental course on ‘The audio-visual center in the modern university’ in Utrecht, (including a report of the preparatory meeting held in Strasbourg); Minutes of the administrative meeting of the IVth General Assembly in Geneva. Particular topics discussed include: Franco-German proposal to establish a permanent commission to participate to the discussions of the European Economic Community concerning article 57 of the Treaty of Rome; Problems of widening the CRE.

Working documents include among others: Draft agenda and list of participants to the 21st meeting of the Committee for Higher Education and Research of the Council of Europe in Istanbul; Report ‘Les Autorités universitaires et l’État en Turquie’ by Dr. Bozkurt Guvenc.

Vienna 19-20.11.1970:

The file contains preparatory correspondence, the minutes of the 21th meeting of the Permanent Committee (French only), as well as working documents, press cuttings and press releases (also in Italian, Spanish, Dutch, and German). Particular topics discussed include: Establishment of a ‘commission de la politique de la science’; Franco-German proposal to establish a permanent commission to participate to the discussions of the European Economic Community concerning article 57 of the Treaty of Rome; Discrimination of foreign students in terms of ‘numerus clausus’.

Working documents include: An information sheet; Several reports by the Informationsdienst für Bildungspolitik und Forschung’; Report ‘Mobility of Students Between Institutions of Higher Education: Collaboration between Institutions of Higher Education’ by Prof. Dr. Heinz Draheim; Report ‘L’accès à l’université’ by Prof A.F. Casadevail; Report ‘The distinctive role of the university in the structure of higher education’ by Lord Annan, Provost.

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