What is the nature of the relationship between ESF and ESF-COST?
ESF are the Managing Agents of COST, which has its own Governance and committee structure, separate from ESF. COST expects to receive a budget of at least €210 m in Framework Programme 7. According to the Addendum to the Memorandum of Understanding between COST and ESF, 6 October 2006: “The ESF…acts as the legal entity to provide and manage the administrative, technical and scientific secretariat for COST, its Technical Committees and its Actions, dependent of the appropriate funding for the COST activities and the COST Office being made available from the EU RTD framework programme.” To go to the COST website, click here.
