Please find below the summary of conclusions, action items and topics for the next meeting:

Apologies: Ms T. Heimerback, Permanent Mission of Norway
Welcome Ms Liv Furuberg from RCN as a new member of the WG
The summary of conclusions of the 26 September 2017 WG meeting and the draft agenda of this meeting https://indico.cern.ch/event/696970/ are approved.

Norway personnel returns: current situation (A. Cook)

Status Report 1 March 2018, situation for NO split by professional categories: continued improvement for staff members from 11 in 2016 to now 16, 19 Fellows, 13Technical Students, 3 Doctoral Students and 1 Admin Student.
NO evolution of staff applications / invitations and selections presented; a tracking system will be in place soon; technical students ok, but no doctoral students at recent selection committees
Outreach activities: Trondheim event 31/01 to 02/02/2018; main event career fair at NTNU; successful visits at technical colleges and stands at job fairs; next event planned in September
finn.no (the “find” portal in Norway) as the most important platform; where to put emphasis => combined skills; cryogenics;
HR will provide a list of CERN needs to NO so the relevant technical colleges, job markets for technicians with additional education, can be served
Discussion about summer students and how they are selected; give a description of the calculation of quotas and their application
Governmental employment office initiative to receive CERN vacancy notices; started in 2016.
Discussion on difficulties with the fellows, their retention, etc.

NTNU collaboration (O. P. Nordahl and J. Vigen)

Progress not very quick, interest still here, one associate wants to return to ATLAS, one persons interested in automatics, one in cryogenics.
Real interest to get the right level; more “administrative / legal” issues than “funding / financing” problems.
Still positive attitude at the top level; problems one or two levels lower
BIC issues in Norway, common understanding not easy to be achieved

Progress about the NO industries cooperation with CERN (O. P. Nordahl and A. Unnervik)

Presentation provided by Anders and done by Thierry; discussion on the development of the return for supplies which also in 2017 is at the level of 2015 and 2016
NO was successful on small orders; more difficult for large orders; goal would be medium-size orders
Results “limited tendering in 2017”, overall a successful, refurbishment of the control room => another limited tendering possibility?
Why do so many companies decline? Too risky in many cases.
Service contracts? Very difficult as NO is an expensive country.
Feedback from the NO ILO who is very content on the many fruitful technical interactions with the CERN Departments.

Summary of conclusions; priorities and directions for further actions and topics for the WG (M. Steinacher)

Personnel statistics 2017; detailed presentation of the official document
NTNU interactions and progress report
Information on the low quota for summer students from NO
Electricity contract due for renovation when? NO could deliver but RTF in France has a monopoly for transport
NO could provide “cheap” electricity for a computer center
VAT issues, if any

Next Meeting (M. Steinacher)

AOB

From Martin Steinacher