Brussels, 17 Sep 2004
1. Opening of the meeting
2. Adoption of the agenda
3. Approval of Summary of Conclusions of the previous meeting (COST 300/04)
4. Follow-up of action items fixed in the previous meeting
5. Report of the CSO President
6. Issues related to COST Actions: new Actions, extensions, participation of Institutes from non- COST countries etc.
7. Position of COST in the ERA
8. Status of FP7
9. COST DAY (30 November 2004)
10. COST synergy with: European Commission, ESF, EUREKA
11. Revised versions of Action-related documents (e.g. Guide for proposers, Shortening the lead- time of COST Actions, Vademecum, Frequently Asked Questions, etc.)
12. Review of the procedure for appointing JAF members
13. Information from the COST Office: progress report, proposal for an extended Commission/ESF contract until December 2005, mid-term review
14. Proposals from the COST Office: Proposal for coordinated promotional/publicity activities, COST Ethical Guidelines, Special support for Balkans and "near neighbours", Support for Action Web Sites, Extension of STSMs
15. Proposal on Biomaterials
16. Quality control in COST
17. COST Websites
18. Domain restructuring and domain review
19. Renewal of mandates of Technical Committees on Agriculture, Food Sciences and Biotechnology; Chemistry; Forests and Forestry Products; TIST; and Urban Civil Engineering
20. Meeting with TC Chairs on 12/13 July 2004
21. Future meetings
22. Any other business
NB. The JAF Group will meet in its new composition as agreed at the 159th meeting of the COST Committee of Senior Officials on /28 May 2004 (doc. COST 261/1/04 REV 1).
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