1. Opening and announcements

2. Apologies for absence

3. Approval of Agenda

4. Approval Draft Minutes Executive Committee meeting Rome, Italy, 3-4 March 2006

• Action List

5. EBLIDA internal matters: Announcements

• Emanuella Giavarra terminated her contract as EBLIDA Legal Adviser

• New Members to Committees

• Working Group on Trade Agreements and Libraries - Hella Klauser succeeds Barbara Schleihagen (Germany)

• Copyright Expert Group - Farewell to Isolde Mueller; welcome to Christian Recht, Legal Services, Austrian National Library (Austria)

• Finances, Special issues, FV & MK

• EBLIDA structure and regulations; (Working Group on Regulations meets after EC meeting)

• IFLA issues: postal ballot on changing statutes; council meeting Seoul

6. EBLIDA membership issues and working group:

• Membership Status Report

o        Decision on Acceptance/Deletion of Membership

• Membership Working Group: follow up FV

7. EC-Preparation of the Council Meeting

§      Going through the Council agenda with new director

§       Incl.. issues for Review of Strategic Plan 2004-2007

8. Updates on EBLIDA lobby activities and monitoring issues

Reports by Committee Chairs

§       Copyright - TB

§       Professional Education - SB

§       Trade & Libraries

§       Upcoming issues:

• Data retention

• European Communication Policy (White Paper)

• Study on the economic and technical evolution of the scientific publication markets in Europe, European Commission, DG Research. They are calling for reactions, and will also be launching a consultation through SINAPSE. Hope that the scientific community and libraries will participate massively to this consultation!

• Expected in autumn: EU Communication on Adult Learning (the European Association on Adult Learning will hold reception with the European Parliament on 25 April)

9. Preparation of Executive Committee, Krakow, Poland  6 and 7 October 2006

§       Items for Meeting

§       Local Contacts: Main Library of the Krakow University of Technology

§       Organisation of local Workshop /EBLIDA Meeting

10. EBLIDA Calendar 2006, contacts

11. Any other business

• EBLIDA Workshop on Copyright Lobby Experiences, September (M de Groot, M Battisti, H Patrício)

12. Closure