The fifth Management Committee (MC) meeting and third annual Cross-Group meeting of the Action took place online on October 30th 2023, and lasted for 1/2 day. The total number of participants was 66, from 31 countries. In total, 24 MC members (from 23 of our 31 COST countries) attended the meeting. 2 MC observers (from South Africa and Tunisia) and 40 additional SEA-UNICORN members (from 17 countries including the US) also followed some of the presentations. At this occasion, the Core Group presented the advances made in each Working Group during Grant Period 3 (Nov. 2022 - Oct. 2023), and through the STSMs and varied grants funded so far.
A brief update on the current and upcoming activities for Grant Period 4 (Nov 2023 - Oct 2024), and on the deliverables expected in 2024 was made. Then, future MC votes (to be hold online using the e-COST voting tool) were discussed.
Lastly, the Action Chair proposed a draft for the Work & Budget plan for GP4. This later will be amended following the exchanges during the MC meeting and submitted to COST for approval in early November. An important part of the budget will be dedicated to the organization of the final event of the Action MFC (I-MarCo 2024 conference on MFC - in May 2024, in Montpellier, France), which be the occasion for >50 SEA-UNICORN members from different countries to meet in person in 2024. The next MC meeting will be hold in September 2024.
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