8 th NRG Meeting in Luxembourg

1. 8th NRG Meeting in Luxembourg 20 June 2005: Abbaye Neumünster Conclusions

2. 8th NRG Meeting: preparation • Coordination meeting (NL, L, UK) • 17 December 2004 in Luxembourg • Enlarged meeting (16 countries) • 3 February 2005 in Bourglinster (L) • Coordination meeting (NL, L, UK) • 15 April 2005 in Luxembourg • NRG meeting in Luxembourg 20 June 2005

3. 8th NRG meeting: agenda • The Dynamic Action Plan and Action Areas • “the new action plan” • The Dynamic Action Plan: schedule for implementation and evolution of the NRG • NRG structure, process for nomination of the NRG, operational level of the action plan

4. 8th NRG meeting: 27 countries • 27 countries participated: • 13 EU Member States • 9 New Member States • Observers: Israël, Norway and Russia • New Observers: Romania and Turkey

5. 8th NRG meeting: Conclusions • Confirmation of the highly successful MINERVA-project • Lund principles are still valid • Dynamic Action Plan (DAP) = successor of Lund Action Plan (content, responsibilities, action areas, operational actions) • New NRG (nomination, role and responsibilities) • Support of the principle of the European Digital Library • Relations between DAP and eContentplus programme • Long-term sustainability

6. 8th NRG meeting: progress • Revision of the Lund Principles and the Lund Action Plan has been carried on • Cooperation with external experts and European projects as well as new countries has been reinforced • Dissemination was a heading • Diffusion of publications was continued • Cooperation with spin-off projects: MICHAEL, EURIDICE • Measuring impact: EGMUS • Heightening work realized by WGs

7. Thank you very much