| La lettre du GERPISA | no 110 (févier 1997) |
Programme News
| 7 work days in France | 30,000 |
| English Translation of 10 GERPISA La Lettre | 40,000 |
| 5th International Colloquium | 100,000 |
| 8th&9th International Steering Committee Meeting | 70,000 |
| Documentation | 35,000 |
| Reading Material (fiches de lecture) | 20,000 |
| Photocopying | 20,000 |
| Telephone | 15,000 |
| Supplies | 4,500 |
| Miscellaneous | 5,000 |
| Equipment | 16,000 |
| Missions and research expenses of the permanent GERPISA team | 20,000 |
| Translations which still need to be done on books from the first programme | 201,000 |
| Money available for French translations | 70,000 |
| Total | 647,000 |
As was the case last year, all expenses will not be taken care of by GERPISA. Those taking part in the fifth colloquium will finance their trip themselves. Invitations were sent at the beginning of January so that network members can ask their institutions for the necessary financial aid. GERPISA will take care of midday meals, simultaneous translation and the general expenses of the colloquium. The registration fee will be lower than it was last year, and will correspond to the cost of Les Actes de la Rencontre. The budget does not enable us to foresee any international work groups in Spring 1997. However, during the year we hope to get supplementary funds which would allow us to programme such meetings in the Autumn. One or two new manufacturers could join Renault and PSA to support GERPISA activities. We have applied to the European union for aid on the basis of the "Euroconferences", for three years (1997-1999) amounting to 980,000 fr. We will have an answer in July 1997.
The International Steering Committee Meeting in November 1996 accepted the principle that non-European researchers would finance their programme activities and particularly their attendance at colloquiums and international meetings. Professor Koichi Shimokawa took the initiative of forming a group of researchers for South-East Asia. Jean-Jacques Chanaron is creating a network of researchers in Eastern Europe, and is studying the possibility of getting European financing for scientific exchange with these countries. Mario Salerno, Yannick Lung, Juan-Jose Castillo and Jorge Carrillo are preparing an Alfa project to finance exchange with Latin American researchers. We still need to find a solution for American and Canadian researchers.