On the March 10, the 1st meeting of the ASECAP Steering Committee took place in Venice (Italy). The following points of the agenda were examined: approval of the Minutes of the Steering Committee of Amsterdam (03.12.2007), Activities’ Report to the Steering Committee, administrative and budgetary issues, European issues, ASECAP Study Days for the year 2008 in Marrakech, Morocco and miscellaneous.