ECCB: European Committee of Chemical Bonding

Following the inspiring efforts taken in Rouen with the organization of the European Symposium on Chemical Bonding and the discussion among the scientific committee that followed, it has become evident that the Chemical Bonding community needs to get organized for collaboration and funding issues. Following the example of other communities at the national and international level, the following guidelines seem necessary:

• Establishing a main 2-year span conference on Chemical Bonding
• Constituting a Chemical Bond Committee
• Calling for a Chemical Bond award among young scientists

All these procedure guidelines should foster the cohesion and visibility of the community. Both characteristics are necessary for being able to respond to today's financial needs.

Spirit

• the committee members should not be permanent
• they should represent all approaches
• they should represent the different countries at the European level in which these approaches are developed