The Panel sincerely thanks the Board, Management, and staff of ISNAR for their excellent support during all stages of the Review. Particular thanks are due to the EPMR preparation team that consisted of Mirela Breedveld, Claudia Forero, Helen Hambly, Douglas Horton, Willem Janssen and Warren Peterson. The documentation provided was simply excellent and always timely, and the support as well as the logistical arrangements could not have been better. Kathleen Sheridan, ISNAR editor, assisted the Panel in the final polishing of the report, and staff of the Computer Unit were also very helpful at varying stages of the review. To all, the Panel was very grateful.
The Panel would like to express special appreciation to the Director General, Dr. Christian Bonte-Friedheim, for his personal support and full cooperation throughout the period of the review. He and his wife Judy were also marvelous hosts and made our stay in The Hague a much more pleasant one. We are also grateful to the many NARS leaders and representatives of research and development organizations who gave generously of their time to talk to us.
Thanks are also due to Jane Garrioch and Irmi Braun of the TAC Secretariat for their logistical support from Rome.
Finally, the Panel would like to say a very special word of thanks to Melina Tensen and Claudia Forero of ISNAR who assisted the Panel in preparing this report. Their support was invaluable and well beyond the call of duty. Their efficiency, hard work, and patience, particularly during periods of stress, as well as cheer and good humor, were greatly appreciated by the Panel.
