1. WELCOME SEE.ERA.NET KICK-OFF Monday, 20 September 2004

2. Introduction Thanks to everybody for the punctual delivery of all the necessary signatures, documents etc! Agenda 1. Introduction Round 2. Approval of the Agenda 3. State of the Art of the Project (Peter B Mayr) 4. Finances (Klaus Schuch) 5. Discussion 6. State of the Art of the Consortium Agreement (Peter B. Mayr) 7. Discussion 12.00 h short Lunch break (next room: buffet) 8. Decisions as regards work to do in the next 12 months WP1, WP2, WP3, WP7 and WP8 9. Next meeting, next agenda 10. Conclusions of the Meeting

3. State of the Art of the Project Implementation I - 19 May: presentation of SEE.ERA.NET at the official meeting on the preparation of the Austrian EU Presidency 2006 hosted by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs - 22 June, first informal SEE.ERA.NET meeting with partners at the Center for Social Innovation CSI - 25 June, presentation of SEE.ERA.NET at the Workshop on Bilateral cooperation in education and research with CEE and SEE countries in the enlarged European Union in Berlin, Germany hosted by the BMF Germany - 10 August, European Commission signs the SEE.ERA.NET Contract

4. State of the Art of the Project Implementation - 01 September, official starting date of SEE.ERA.NET implementation of the SEE.ERA.NET secretariat in the Center for Social Innovation - 02 September, informal meeting with Marco Weydert (EC) in the Center for Social Innovation - 02 September, attendance of the information workshop on ERA net at the BIT (ERA Net NCP) Bureau for International Research and Technology Cooperation - 08 September, all signed ‘A forms’ sent to the European Commission: punctual delivery! - 13 September, informal meeting with the Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe with General Secretary Othmar Huber (president: Dr Erhard Busek) - 16 September, production of an Public Relations article for the European Commission and the European Service Network - 20 September, SEE.ERA.NET project kick-off meeting and 1st Steering Board meeting - 30 September, first European ERA net co-ordinators’ meeting at the European Commission in Brussels

5. What are the next steps? 1. Agree on a a transparent and efficient way to fulfill the Contract details and nominate official representatives and substitutes for SEE.ERA.NET Steering Board (SEE.ERA.NET - Consortium Agreement) 2. Sign SEE.ERA.NET Consortium Agreement by 06 October 2004 3. Work package leaders: nominate Work Package leaders, who come forward with a detailed and chronological master plan for each Work Package (a brief step-by-step work plan with dates and deadlines) and send it to the SEE.ERA.NET Co-ordinator by 20 October 4. Each of us: collect all original versions of receipts and any document related to finances (Audits!) State of the Art of the Project Implementation