1. Chairman, Prof. Stanisław Oszczak, introduced the preliminary programme of the meeting, that had earlier been proposed, as follows:

• basic organisational issue

• common platform for organisational and scientific activity and cooperation of the Group

• identification of navigation and positioning requirements and standards for land, air and marine users in CEI countries,

• putting together suggested guidlines, procedures, algorithms that can/should be implemented to real-time navigation and geodetic positioning,

• investigation of a structure of reference stations throghout the CEI countries for the needs of satellite positioning,

• state of the art of differential satellite positioning in individual CEI countries,

• state of the art of EGNOS,

• EGNOS and individual CEI countries,

• definition of areas of further research and development to integrate national and Local Area Augmentation Systems (LAAS)with the European Satellite Navigation System being developed by CEI countries,

• suggestions concerning the next meeting of the Group,

• summary, conclusions, recommendations.

2. Organizational affairs:

• Prof. S. Oszczak proposed to consider changing the name of the Group into: “Satellite Positioning and Navigation Systems”. Prof. S. Śledziński, the Chairman of Section C “Geodesy”, emphasized that it had to be approved by Section C of CEI and that it would then overlap with other Groups, as eg. Geodynamics etc. The name of the Group caused quite a long discussion. Some further proposals were given, as eg. “Real Time Satellite Positioning and Navigation” (by Prof. G. Manzoni), “Satellite Positioning for Navigation (by Dr. Stangl), “Satellite Positioning for Navigation and Cartography” (by Prof. G. Manzoni). At last it was concluded that the name of the Group would be left open to further discussion by national representatives.

• Election of deputy chairman and scientific secretary of the Group. Candidate Prof. G. Manzoni (Trieste, Italy) was accepted for deputy chairman and Dr. Z. Rzepecka (Olsztyn, Poland) as the scientific secretary of the Group.

• It was remarked that there were only representatives from Austria, Czech, Italy and Poland participated in the Meeting. Prof. J. Śledziński promised to write an announcement so that plan of the Group activity would be included into the next Circular Letter to National Coordinators of CEI. Prof. G. Manzoni emphasized that a letter of invitation to other countries should be sent, especially that the Group activity is very important in the context of creation of the East-West Transportation Corridors.

3. Common platform for activity

• It was proposed and accepted that there should be created Internet page of the Group, the title it should be the same as the name of the Group.

• Also, it was concluded by Dr. Stangl that state of the art in satellite navigation should be a common knowledge, thus access to information concerning this subject is very important.

4. Further topics of the Meeting programme

• Prof. S. Oszczak: the further topics should be concerned during next meetings of the Group.

• Dr. Stangl: every member of the Group should prepare own proposals concerning the points of the activity programme and than they should be presented at the next meeting, that can be organized in Wetzell.

• Prof. J. Śledziński: the term is too quick, it could not be accepted; everybody should be responsible for a given part of the activity, the Chairman must coordinate everything.

• Dr. Z. Rzepecka: the tasks must be strictly formulated before they can be distributed among the members.

• Prof. S. Oszczak: in one month we will be waiting for suggestions concerning activity of the Group from every members. The programme points should be included as a subject of a Conference or Seminar that could be organized in Olsztyn, in autumn'98 or winter’99. The term of it remained open, it will be fixed via e-mail.

5. Points of the meeting programme concerning EGNOS

• Prof. S. Oszczak: in EGNOS the situation is different than some years ago, ESA is ready to include the CEI countries to West-European programmes, therefore we have big chance to be included into EGNOS within PHARE programme, the efforts to accomplish it should be taken by individual CEI countries as well as together.

• Prof. J. Śledziński: the programme INCO-COPERNICUS, as scientific one, is preferable for the Group purposes. The programme must be prepared very carefully, there must be a coordiantor chosen from the United Europe Countries, at least 6 countries must take part in such a project. Suggestions concerning these proposals should be given during the next meeting of the Group. Professor Manzoni could be our coordinator.

• Discussion on the project in the frame of INCO COPERNICUS: participants dealt with some questions as how to substantiate such a project, what should be the subject of it, how to obtain more detailed information on INCO COPERNICUS, how often such projects are admitted for financial support, etc.

• Prof. G. Manzoni proposed title for the project under discussion as “Differential Navigation Satellite Systems Without Borders”.

• Conclusion: every member should consider this proposal and prepare some suggestions to the next meeting.

6. Summary

• time of the meeting in Olsztyn is open but everybody agreed that it should be organized, preferably in autumn 1998,

• agenda of the meeting should be prepared,

• INTERNET page of the Group will be prepared,

• communication between the members will be provided via e-mail.