Ministerial steering board

The Ministerial Steering Board of the European Defence Agency (EDA) met in Brussels on 23 May 2011. Ministers addressed current and future EDA activities on Pooling & Sharing. They tasked EDA to produce, in close cooperation with the EU Military Committee and other EU actors, proposals on how European Pooling & Sharing could be taken forward for presentation in the autumn of 2011. Ministers also addressed two specific Pooling & Sharing projects: European Air Transport Fleet and Counter-Improvised Explosive Devices. Ministers also discussed the implications of EU policies on defence: the EU Radio Spectrum Policy Programme, the European Defence Equipment Market, the European Space Policy, the Commission Consultation on an Industrial Policy for Security Industry, the Single European Sky, Air traffic management, Research and the Commission Consultation on a Common Strategic Framework for Future EU Research and Innovation Funding.