Item 1: Revised draft agenda of the 41st meeting of the Administrative Board. Item 2: Draft minutes of the 40th meeting of the Administrative Board, 27 March 1990. Minutes, signed by Clive Purkiss, Director and Niels Ole Andersen, Chairperson, detail the progress report of the Director on the December 1989-March 1990 activities of the Foundation (p.2), the adoption of the annual report for 1989 (p.3), the adoption of the accounts for 1989 (p.4), the address by Commissioner Vasso Papandreou, Commissioner for Employment, Industrial Relations, Social Affairs, Education and Training (pp.4-15) and the discussion on the assistance the Foundation can give to developments in Eastern Europe via different Community programmes (p.23). The proposal to acquire a local office for the Foundation in Brussels is also discussed and approved (p.26). A list of persons present at the 40th Board meeting is annexed. 30pp. Item 3: AB/41/3a-Thirty-ninth progress report by the Director on the activities of the Foundation, covering the period March 1990-June 1990. Report provides an overview of the Foundation's activities 'The work programme for 1990 is well under way within the limited set of activities determined by the appropriations approved ... The rate of enquiries to the Foundation shows an increase of some 50% on last year.' Detailed also is the programme of work for 1990 (p.1), External Relations stating that 'the Irish Presidency has continued to be a period which has resulted in increased exposure for the Foundation' (p.2) and Finance and Organisation (p.2). 3pp. A number of annexes are attached. AB/41/3b-Fortieth progress report by the Director on the activities of the Foundation, covering the period July 1990-November 1990. Report contains an overview of the activities of the Foundation 'planning permission was granted by Dun Laoghaire Corporation for the new building and a first contract was approved following a tender procedure' (p.1). Detailed is the Programme of Work (p.1), External Relations (p.2) and Finance and Organisation (p.2), 2pp. A number of annexes are attached. Item 4: Draft programme of work for 1991. Draft programme is divided into six areas of work; 1. Developing social dialogue and industrial relations, 2. Restructuring working life, 3. Promoting health and safety, 4. Protecting the environment, the worker and the public, 5. Raising the standard and quality of life for all and 6. Assessing technologies of the Future. Details on a number of information projects are also included within the draft report while the estimated cost of the programme is presented in an annex. 100pp. AB/41/4a-Comments of the Commission on the Programme of Work for 1991. Commission states that 'it is necessary to avoid duplication of studies and activities undertaken by the Commission' (p.1). Commission then deals with each area of the programme separately, commenting and making suggestions on each area. 4pp. Item 5: File of material relating to the Discharge granted to the Foundation by the European Parliament in its discharge of 4 April 1990, on the Foundation's accounts for 1988. Included is a copy of the discharge granted, a copy of the reply letter from Clive Purkiss, Director to Enrico Vinci, Secretary General of the European Parliament, 31 October 1990, and a report on the 1988 accounts of the Foundation which is accompanied by the comments of the Foundation and the accounts for 1988. Item 6: Paper discussing the 'Possible extended environmental programme for the Foundation'. Paper was first discussed at the Group meetings in July 1990 and 'is now being discussed with the relevant officials in the Commission's Directorate-General XI in the context of closer cooperation between the Commission and the Foundation in a number of areas, and these discussions are not yet completed' (p.1). The extended programme includes two main areas 1. Economic activity and the environment and 2. Environment and the socio-economic dimension. Paper details these two areas. 3pp. Item 7: Signed decision authorising the Bureau to make a number of adjustments to the 1991 draft budget. Annex details the adjustments while a copy of the draft 1991 budget is included. Item 8: Copy of the rules of procedure of the Administrative Board, adopted by the Board at its second meeting on 10 November 1976, to facilitate a discussion on the relations between the Board and the Bureau. Covering letter to Board members informs them that 'due to pressure on the interpretation services of the Commission ... we have been informed that interpretation into English and French only will be available for Group and Board meetings'. 12pp. Item 9: AB/41/9a-Signed ratification of the decisions taken by the Bureau since the Board meeting of 27 March 1990. AB/41/9b-List of study contracts to be approved by the Board. AB/41/9c-Signed decision authorising budgetary transfers within Chapters 3 and 4 of the 1990 budget. AB/41/9d-Signed decision authorising the Director to conclude contracts with the Office for Official Publications. AB/41/9d-Signed decision authorising the Director to conclude contracts with the Office for Official Publications. AB/41/9f-Signed decision authorising the Director to conclude a contract with Systems and Telecoms for the supply and installation of an automatic facsimile system. Item 10: Election of Chairperson and Vice-Chairpersons. No document. Other: English and French copy of the invitation issued to the Board members. Notes:

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