On 1-5 July 2015, by order of CP JINR, a meeting of the Work Group under the CP Chairman on financial issues was held in Kazimierz Dolny (the Republic of Poland).  It was attended by representatives of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Bulgaria, Georgia, the Republic of Kazakhstan, Mongolia, the Republic of Poland, the Russian Federation, the Czech Republic and members of the JINR Directorate.The Work Group discussed the following questions: accomplishment of recommendations and resolutions of the Financial Committee and CP by the JINR Directorate; elaboration of the final version of the method to calculate the contributions of Member States; preparation of alterations in basic norm documents that regulate the financial activity of JINR.

The Work Group took note of the information presented by JINR Director V.Matveev on preparation of alterations in basic norm documents that regulate the financial activity of JINR, improvement of the administration system of the Institute and preparation of future plans of JINR development for the new seven-year period 2017-2023.  The Work Group gave a more precise definition of the principles of the new calculation method of contributions of Member States and recommended that they should be approved at the regular session of the Committee of Plenipotentiaries in November 2015. After the discussion of introducing alterations into the JINR Charter, the Financial Protocol of JINR and JINR Financial Norms the Work Group took a decision to continue work in this issue, with an account of remarks and suggestions expressed by representatives of Member States.

The JINR Directorate expresses sincere gratitude to the representatives of the Republic of Poland for the organization of the meeting at the highest level.