One task is to chair some sectoral councils, for instance of agriculture ministers.
Local councils, for instance, having just been given control over business rates, are now trying to work out just how much they could be hit when their local small businesses pay lower or fewer business rates, as announced in last week's budget.
On Mr. O'Brien's council, for instance, 10 of the 21 members are either professors or deans.
Surrey council, for instance, has developed an "elections dashboard" app to provide residents with information about county council elections.
The council, for instance, left open whether or not to include donations raised by a third party.
The Digital Fife project, run by Fife council, for instance, helps voluntary and community groups to build their own websites.
The figures show a startling variation from council to council; for instance, a child in foster care costs £13,600 in Leicestershire and £46,800 in Sheffield.
Birmingham city council, for instance, runs 12-week programmes for kids, teenagers and adults, with all courses open to disabled people.
The Palestinian Central Council, for instance, asked Mr. Arafat and other leaders to work on a constitution, prepare for new elections and plan an application for admission to the United Nations.
The EU presidency (which rotates between member states) is already able to do this, so it in no way paves the way for an EU seat on the UN security council, for instance.
Nicolas Sarkozy, Chirac's ruthlessly energetic minister of the interior, has waged a "zero tolerance" war on hate crime while also taking steps to improve the position in French society of North African immigrants and their children -- creating an official Muslim council, for instance, and advocating affirmative action in government appointments.
