Restricted Council - Two-Hundred-and-Twenty-Fifth Session

from Thursday, 11 December 2025 (09:00) to Friday, 12 December 2025 (13:05)
CERN (503/1-001)

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11 Dec 2025
12 Dec 2025
AM
09:00
Restricted Council (until 16:15)
09:00 Report on the credentials  
09:01 Matters arising from the previous meeting  
09:04 Adoption of the agenda  
09:05 Approval of the draft minutes of the two-hundred-and-twenty-third Session - Restricted Council  
09:10 President’s report (Oral)  
09:15 Director-General’s report (Oral)  
09:50 Scientific Policy Committee  
10:00 Finance Committee  
10:10 Audit Committee (AC)  
10:20 Tripartite Employment Conditions Forum (TREF): Annual report by the Chair (Ms S. Verth)  
10:35 Revision of the Staff Rules and Regulations in the context of the reform of internal justice (Mr R. Bello)  
10:52 CERN Pension Fund - Report by the Chair of the Pension Fund Governing Board (Dr F. Buzatu - Oral)  
11:05 --- Coffee break ---
11:25 The Cost-Variation Index for 2026 (Mr R. Bello)  
11:37 Final budget of the Organization for the seventy-second financial year 2026 (Mr R. Bello)  
12:02 Developments in the Member and Associate Member States relevant for CERN  
12:22 Report on non-LHC experiments (Professor J. Mnich - Oral)  
12:45 --- Lunch ---
14:00 LHC and HL-LHC matters  
15:10 Council Working Group on the Rights and Obligations of the CERN Council Office-Holders  
16:00 --- Tea break ---
09:00
Restricted Council (until 13:05)
09:00 Report on ESPP status (Professor K. Jakobs - Oral)  
09:35 European Strategy outcome communications  
09:55 Preliminary objectives and deliverables for the FCC pre-TDR phase (Dr M. Benedikt - Oral)  
10:20 CERN and Host States tripartite collaboration on the FCC studies (Mr R. Bello)  
10:45 Update on FCC funding: more details on the EU Multiannual Financial Framework 2028-2034 (Mr R. Bello - Oral)  
11:05 Minor modification to the strategy and framework applicable to knowledge transfer by CERN for the benefit of medical applications (Mr R. Bello)  
11:10 --- Coffee break ---
11:30 CERN’s main objectives for 2021-2025: achievement report (Directorate)  
12:10 Proposal to host the Open Research Europe initiative at CERN as a five-year pilot project (Professor J. Mnich)  
12:30 International Cooperation Agreement with Indonesia (Ms C. Warakaulle)  
12:35 International Cooperation Agreement with the Sultanate of Oman (Ms C. Warakaulle)  
12:40 Fundraising annual report (Ms C. Warakaulle - Oral)  
12:55 Timetable for Council Sessions and committee meetings in 2027  
13:00 Confirmation of the access status of the documents on the agenda  
13:02 Other business  
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