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

Name: Restricted Council - Two-Hundred-and-Twenty-Fifth Session
Start: 2025-12-11T09:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-12-12T13:05:00+01:00
Location: CERN

11 Dec 2025, 09:00 → 12 Dec 2025, 13:05 Europe/Zurich

503/1-001 - Council Chamber (CERN)

503/1-001 - Council Chamber

CERN

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Thursday 11 December
- Thu 11 Dec
- Fri 12 Dec
- 09:00 → 16:15
  Restricted Council
  - 09:00
    
    Report on the credentials 1m
  - 09:01
    
    Matters arising from the previous meeting 3m
  - 09:04
    Adoption of the agenda 1m
    
    CERN/3948/Rev.
    
    English
    
    French
  - 09:05
    Approval of the draft minutes of the two-hundred-and-twenty-third Session - Restricted Council 5m
    
    CERN/3949/RA/Draft
    
    English
    
    French
  - 09:10
    
    President’s report (Oral) 5m
    
    Slides
  - 09:15
    
    Director-General’s report (Oral) 35m
    
    Slides
  - 09:50
    Scientific Policy Committee 10m
    
    Report by the Chair of the Scientific Policy Committee (Dr H. Montgomery - Oral) 9m
    
    Slides
    
    Questions to the Scientific Policy Committee 1m
  - 10:00
    Finance Committee 10m
    
    Report by the Chair of the Finance Committee (Dr L. Salzarulo - Oral) 9m
    
    Slides
    
    Questions to the Finance Committee 1m
  - 10:10
    Audit Committee (AC) 10m
    
    Key messages from the AC meeting held on 18 and 19 November 2025 (Professor J. Schieck) 9m
    
    CERN/3950/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
    
    Questions to the Audit Committee 1m
  - 10:20
    Tripartite Employment Conditions Forum (TREF): Annual report by the Chair (Ms S. Verth) 15m
    
    CERN/3951/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
  - 10:35
    Revision of the Staff Rules and Regulations in the context of the reform of internal justice (Mr R. Bello) 17m
    
    CERN/FC/6964 CERN/3952
    
    English
    
    Slides
  - 10:52
    
    CERN Pension Fund - Report by the Chair of the Pension Fund Governing Board (Dr F. Buzatu - Oral) 13m
    
    Slides
  - 11:05
    
    Coffee break 20m
  - 11:25
    The Cost-Variation Index for 2026 (Mr R. Bello) 12m
    
    CERN/FC/6962 CERN/3953
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
  - 11:37
    Final budget of the Organization for the seventy-second financial year 2026 (Mr R. Bello) 25m
    
    CERN/SPC/1275 CERN/FC/6963 CERN/3954
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
    
    SPC Chair Slides
  - 12:02
    
    Developments in the Member and Associate Member States relevant for CERN 20m
  - 12:22
    
    Report on non-LHC experiments (Professor J. Mnich - Oral) 23m
    
    Slides
    
    SPC Chair Slides
  - 12:45
    
    Lunch 1h 15m
  - 14:00
    LHC and HL-LHC matters 1h 10m
    
    Status of the accelerator complex and upgrade (Dr M. Lamont - Oral) 20m
    
    Slides
    
    SPC Chair Slides
    
    Status report on the LHC experiments and computing (Professor J. Mnich - Oral) 35m
    
    Slides
    
    SPC Chair Slides
  - 15:10
    Council Working Group on the Rights and Obligations of the CERN Council Office-Holders 20m
    
    Slides
    
    SPC Chair Slides
    
    Status report on the implementation of the recommendations made by the Council Working Group on the Rights and Obligations of the CERN Council Office-Holders 10m
    
    CERN/SPC/1276/RA CERN/FC/6984/RA CERN/3955/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    CERN Pension Fund: Amendment to Article I 2.05 of the Rules of the CERN Pension Fund 5m
    
    CERN/FC/6986 CERN/3972
    
    English
    
    French
  - 16:00
    
    Tea break 15m
Friday 12 December
- Thu 11 Dec
- Fri 12 Dec
- 09:00 → 13:05
  Restricted Council
  - 09:00
    
    Report on ESPP status (Professor K. Jakobs - Oral) 35m
    
    Slides
    
    SPC Chair Slides
  - 09:35
    European Strategy outcome communications 20m
    
    CERN/3956/RA
    
    English
    
    French
  - 09:55
    
    Preliminary objectives and deliverables for the FCC pre-TDR phase (Dr M. Benedikt - Oral) 25m
    
    Slides
    
    SPC Chair Slides
  - 10:20
    
    CERN and Host States tripartite collaboration on the FCC studies (Mr R. Bello) 25m
    
    Slides
  - 10:45
    
    Update on FCC funding: more details on the EU Multiannual Financial Framework 2028-2034 (Mr R. Bello - Oral) 20m
    
    Slides
  - 11:05
    Minor modification to the strategy and framework applicable to knowledge transfer by CERN for the benefit of medical applications (Mr R. Bello) 5m
    
    CERN/SPC/1091/Rev.2 CERN/FC/6125/Rev.2 CERN/3311/Rev.2
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
    
    SPC Chair Slides
  - 11:10
    
    Coffee break 20m
  - 11:30
    CERN’s main objectives for 2021-2025: achievement report (Directorate) 40m
    
    CERN/SPC/1272/RA CERN/FC/6965/RA CERN/3960/RA
    
    English
    
    Slides
    
    SPC Chair Slides
  - 12:10
    Proposal to host the Open Research Europe initiative at CERN as a five-year pilot project (Professor J. Mnich) 20m
    
    CERN/SPC/1266/RA/Rev. CERN/3931/RA/Rev.
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
    
    SPC Chair Slides
  - 12:30
    International Cooperation Agreement with Indonesia (Ms. C. Warakaulle) 5m
    
    CERN/3957/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
  - 12:35
    International Cooperation Agreement with the Sultanate of Oman (Ms. C. Warakaulle) 5m
    
    CERN/3958/RA
    
    English
    
    French
    
    Slides
  - 12:40
    
    Fundraising annual report (Ms C. Warakaulle - Oral) 15m
    
    Slides
  - 12:55
    Timetable for Council Sessions and committee meetings in 2027 5m
    
    CERN/3959/Draft
    
    c-e-f-3869-Rev-TT2026
    
    English
  - 13:00
    
    Confirmation of the access status of the documents on the agenda 2m
  - 13:02
    
    Other business 3m

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