This volume constitutes an updating of a survey carried out five years ago concerning educational research policies in member states of the Council of Cultural Cooperation. Countries whose educational research policies are assessed include Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, and Spain. For each country, the volume includes information on the role of research, general framework of the educational research system, and future development. Regarding the role of research, information appears concerning such areas as the relationship between researchers and policy-makers, the relationship between researchers and the schools, and cooperation among researchers and among institutions. Regarding the general framework of educational research, material is included about such aspects as promotion, planning, and financing of research; expenditures on educational research and development; priority fields of research; and research dissemination and impact. Information on future developments concerns trends that may change research policies and projected cooperation among European nations. (Author/JM)