[Only audio, around 6hours30mn] Meeting in Strasbourg, Council of Europe. Topics discussed include: Appoval of previous minutes; Seven years of ESF; F. Schneider memoriam; Review on research in Europe: ESF as a forum for more research cohesion, recruitment strategy to promote European projects, to hire best scientists; Synchrotron Machine, Rayons X machine: European collaboration progressing; New Steering Committee. Site for the European Synchronization laboratory (proposal Italy, Trieste). Neutron research.
Humanities: for european cooperation proposal for studies in medieval tropes, orgins of european nationalism; analysis of manuscripts archeological sub committee report (archeological legislation); byzantine studies; chinese studies. Social sciences: additional Activities in Comparative Law, Migrations. EMRC: mental illness, toxicology (approved launch of program), Liaison committee. ITPDBA (Brain ...); ESRC report, taxonomy, Geotraverse program. Polymer sciences. Nuclear physic group. IHES (Institut des hautes études scientifiques) activity reconducted. Forest ecosystem: 1st activity on ecology of the ESF.
Inequality of interest for peripheric members to certain ESF's activities; Research policy matters: use of personal data for research purposes; matter of confidentiality of data in medecine. ESF statement of data protection. Employement and mobility of researchers: Working document elaborated with the EC. Feedback from the Council of Europe. Statistics. Multidisciplinary ESF symposium.
Observers comments. Publications policies: diversity of publications.ESF and Engineering sciences. Financial matters for additional activities. Budget proposal.

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