The third management panel on collaboration research activities between JRC-ISIS and J-BRI was held at BRI on March 12 and 13, 1998, for the purpose of confirming the past activities related to the collaboration research, exchanging the related research information and making the future plan of the collaboration works. During the first day,the activities and results in the year of 1997 were presented and discussed in a most friendly and cordial atmosphere. In the second day, the plan of the future was presented and the cooperative activities were discussed, and the summary, resolutions and recommendations were agreed as written in the annex.

J-BRI, Tsukuba, Japan, March 13, 1998

Paolo Negro, Ph. D.
Chairman, Management Panel EU Side
Structural Mechanics Unit
Institute for Systems, Informatics and Safety
Joint Research Centre (JRC-ISIS),
European Commission

Hisahiro HIRAISHI, Dr. of Eng.
Chairman, Management Panel Japanese Side
Director, Structural Engineering
Department
Building Research Institute (J-BRI),
Ministry of Construction of Japan