The conference proceedings from a symposium held by the Council for Cultural Cooperation were concerned with identifying those European facilities and methods which give the greatest promise of overcoming the problems of sociocultural development and are worthy of further development and study as pilot experiments. Participant countries were asked to describe examples of ongoing projects in monograph form. This information consituted the basis for symposium discussion. Monographs received from Belgium, England and Wales, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Malta, Scotland, Sweden, and Switzerland are summarized. Commentary on symposium proceedings is organized into four sections: an introduction to sociocultural development in Europe and to the documentation used in this paper; a discussion of present sociocultural development trends and outlooks in relation to the management of socio-cultural facilities; a presentation of selected monographs; and a report of the aims, priorities, and activities of the symposium. A list of participants is appended. A related document is SO 006 641. (KSM)