These are the minutes for the third CoST Board Meeting, in London in March 2012.

The Interim Board discussed the programme updates, operational policies and procedures, the financial reports, the global programme design, outreach and communications and establishing the CoST legal entity, including a draft implementation plan. A new and important criteria will be an agreement to collect and disclose information that will form part of a transparency index. The focus on outreach and communications solidified commitments to develop a range of messages for various audiences, focusing on outputs rather than process.