[only audio, around 6hours30mn] Meeting in Strasbourg.
Address from the President; Approval of the Agenda; Approval of previous meeting minutes.
Networks: Success of Networks activities (initial resolution in 1984); in 1985 Network coordinator nominated; 22 networks approved; Humanities in Networks; Budget issue. Geotraverse.
Standing committees: EMRC newly Standing Committee of the ESF: medical sciences and life sciences will be linked; set up of Network in clinical research; Neurosciences; Human genome research; organizational matters: collaboration medical and life sciences. SCSS: new initiatives; environmental issues; challenges of interaction on technology; fundings matters. SCH: Research language typologies; new political changes: challenge; Mitteleuropa studies. ESRC Standing Committee.
Yugoslave delegation ask for a mention of its contribution in ESF activities for the past last 5 years. Polar Sciences.
European Research Conferences: idea to have more European conferences with European fundings; adressed to young researchers; pilot phase: 5 conferences already; program for 1991, missing of Humanities field and cognitive science; concerns on continuity of the program; being part of the European framework; Physical Sciences (Astromy), field of Astronomy is small.
Private business: financial outlook; approval of the budget.
Change in ESF statuts. Applications to ESF memberships: proposal of Institut francais pour l'exploitation de la mer; Bulgarian Academy of Science; Agriculture Research Council of Norway.
Electoral Commission.
Guest from East: Hungarian Academy of science welcome.
6 new programmes. Toxycology, Space Committee.
EEC fundings for fellowships program.
Hommage to Sielbold former President of the ESF by Umberto Colombo new president.

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