Quelles modifications majeures ?

Become a member of the Staff Association, become a delegate in order to have your own representatives, express your ideas, expectations and objectives!

Monday 6 May at 2pm

The CERN Cricket Club 2024 season begins very soon.

Join CERN choir and the Ensemble Baroque de Léman on the 4th or 5th May 2024 as they perform “Musique Baroque Napolitaine”!

Whether you're a seasoned player or a rookie, we want you!

We are proud to host this event twice a year

Association needs you, stand as a candidate!

A never-ending story

Staff Council by-elections to appoint representatives for the Associated Members of Personnel (MPA).

Le CERN Yoga Club proposes courses in Yoga, Tai Chi, Sophrology and Meditation all year round.

CERN Team won the Masters "A" on Friday 09 February 2024

Decipher the youth of today, Dr Revol will highlight recent changes in society and their impacts on young people across the generations.

CSAIO conference is held for representatives of the staff associations of international organisations, mainly ones based in Europe, and also European agencies.

Contribute for projects that can make a difference for communities in need

List of clubs

The code COMPANY15 entitles members of the Staff Association of CERN to a 15% discount on our courses and camps. 

The aim of the Mutual Aid Fund for members of the personnel of CERN is to provide financial assistance to people facing unforeseeable financial difficulties.

From 16/02/ to 1/03/24

If you were unable to attend this public meeting, it was recorded by the Audiovisual Service

Contact the educational team

7 staff representatives have resigned from the Staff Association. The composition of the Staff Council (CP) has therefore changed.

Discount for Staff Association members

Offers personalised banking solutions on preferential conditions.

Little children are naturally curious.

Monday 12 February at 3.30pm

Your Staff Association will thus have an experienced team full of new energy, united in promoting the programme of work

Our best wishes.

2024 GAC-EPA Information Sessions

The Staff Association is pleased to invite you to the screening

Jungle Twist, is now open and accessible!

Monday 15/01/2024 - 12.30pm

This year the celebration welcomed no fewer than 170 children

This was the CERN football teams first major trophy in 17 years!  

Discounted rate for AP members

A new history of scintillator crystal growth under the surface has begun

Tuesday 30 January 2024 at 5.30pm

20% discount on all camps

These elections have broken records both in terms of the number of candidates and the participation rate.

Friday 24 November at 6.30pm

Monday, 11 December 2023 to Thursday, 21 December 2023

(-15% discount)

Make your voice heard, choose and support your delegates!

We offer a variety of activities

From 27/11 to 7/12

Monday 23 October, at noon
Starting date for voting

Yoga workshop / Early-learning art activities / Music initiation

Classes are held every Tuesday evening

Don’t hesitate to join us

Tuesday 21/11/23 - 6.00 pm

Twice a year, the Staff Association organizes a cocktail

This is the final straight to join and stand for election!

If you were unable to attend it was recorded

Protection against the associated financial consequences

Responding to Gender-based Discrimination at Work

We would like to inform you that the prices with our partner Aquaparc have changed.

Permanences

28/09/23 - 1.30pm

Rights and benefits

The rights that govern our employment and working conditions are different

Classes resume on September 4, 2023

2pm - Council chamber

Become a member, get involved and vote!

from 1st September

A new educational year begins at Le Jardin des Particules.

The Staff Association is pleased to invite you to the conference:

SUPPORTING EMERGENCY RESPONDERS IN TODAY’S HUMANITARIAN CRISES

MSF will be present at CERN to inform you about their response in Southeast Türkiye and Northwestern Syria earlier this year when the earthquakes struck.

Thursday 28/09/23 – 12.30pm

503/1-001 - Council Chamber

Conference held in English

For more information and registration:

Médecins sans Frontières (28 September 2023): Registration · Indico (cern.ch)

Interview by geneveMonde.ch with four former presidents or vice-presidents of the Association: Marcel Aymon, Michel Benot, Joël Lahaye, Jean-Pol Matheys and Michel Vitasse.

The courses are aimed at boys and girls aged 3 to 12

Interview by geneveMonde.ch with four former presidents or vice-presidents of the Association: Marcel Aymon, Michel Benot, Joël Lahaye, Jean-Pol Matheys and Michel Vitasse.

Take part in our workshop!

The CERN Staff Association’s crèche summer camp ran from 3 to 21 July. It was a rich, warm and fun experience for all of us: children, families and members of the personnel.

In this summer period, there's nothing like a family outing to Aquaparc.

Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm

Join us!

Médecins sans frontières

What is FICSA? 

Benefit from a reduction of 20 %

Saturday, 8 July

The fourth meeting of 2023 of the Standing Concertation Committee (SCC)

Thursday 29 June at 9a.m.
4/3-006

Every Thursday 12.30 to 13.30

You can make a donation

Sign up now! Camps take place from late June to late August.

- 50% off, massive clearance sale

thank you and additional information

Focus on the General Assembly of Friday 2 June 2023

Places encore disponibles pour la rentrée 2023/24

Friday 9/06/23 - 17.30

Partner offer at CHF 34

More than 74 projects have been supported over the last 45 years.

Assembly, on Friday 2 June at 13:30 on the staircase of building 500

5 to 16 June

Yoga, Tai Chi, Sophrology and Meditation

Saturday 10 June on the Restaurant 1

Come in large numbers, the General Assembly is open to all members of the Association

This particular case concerns a firefighter who suffered an occupational accident

For ratification by the General Assembly to be held on 2 June

Tuesday 30 May at 2 p.m.

from 15 to 26 may

Wednesday 31st May

Wednesday 24/05/23 – 12.30pm

The next GAC meeting scheduled for 30 May, has been postponed to 31 May

This year’s second SCC meeting was held on 9 March

Monday 8/05 - 12.30pm

26/04/23 - 6.30pm

This year the OGA will be held on Friday, 2 June 2023 at 10.30am in the Council Chamber.

Ukraine solidarity

This SCC meeting was held on 9 March in a rather tense atmosphere.

Special 15% Discount

From 7 to 23 April, take your place in the world of Mangas!

Travelling the World

These cocktails are an opportunity to discuss with delegates certain topics selected by the Staff Association according to current events

I strongly believe in the present and the future of the JDP.

21/03/23

5/04/23 - 18h

Des échanges et partages d’idées au service des associations du personnel des organisations internationales et agences européennes

Pension and health insurance

06 to 17 march - Main building

AG

Thursday 30 March at 2 p.m.

For the Management to listen again, will it be necessary for the members of personnel to act once again? 

25 & 26 march

13 -24 February- Main building

Bank account details for donations:

The Association’s great dissatisfaction

From February 11 to 26, Aquaparc invites you to dive back into the world of video games (without the screens).

Recording available

SCHOOL PERIOD 2023-2024 REGISTRATION OPEN

Yoga, Tai Chi, Sophrology and Meditation all year round.

We wish you a good reading!

If you were unable to attend, You can view the recording online

Online registration from 23/01

The meetings are held in the Staff Association meeting room (Bat 61) between 13:30 and 16:00.

Bedouin of the Syrian Desert

16/01/23 - 12h30 - Bat. 664

Praz de Lys

20/01/23 - 10am - Main Auditorium

We would also like to remind you that the Staff Association represents all members of personnel Employed and Associated (MPEs and MPAs)

15% discount

CERN Choir performing the “Stabat Mater” (A. Dvorak)

Registration for the 2023-2024 school year will take place at the end of January 2023.

We are pleased to announce that after a two-year hiatus, the Children’s Christmas Party is back on the calendar.

We were more than 700 people!

Vinyasa & Hatha Classes every Monday and Thursday

from 28/11 to 9/12

14/12/22 at 6pm- Main auditorium

Anyone is welcome to come and help

CHF 12,000 were raised

by the learning classical music club

Does CERN still have a future?

THE SKI SEASON IS APPROACHING! GET IN SHAPE - AT AN AFFORDABLE PRICE!

CERN was able to provide 820 000 CHF to the Swiss Red Cross

Wednesday 23 November - 6pm

Today, we observe children and parents who live the separations serenely, allowing them to enjoy their days in peace.

The Photo Club went to Guatemala to teach photography to the victims of Human Trafficking. Wednesday November 30th, at 18:30, at the photo club (Bldg. 566)

from 7 to 18 November - Main building

We are excited to announce the creation of the CERN Climbing Club, or CEC!

Training every weekday at 12.10 - Entrance A

Thank you

Feel free to contact the team to book a tour of the structure!

Until October 31, come and experience our Pirates animations!

Exceptional situation, Exceptional agenda: savings on personnel budget!!

Tuesday 25 October 2022 at 18:30

We have launched a new program for Wednesdays

since 1984

Discover their classes program

-10% Discount

17 to 28 October

A more flexible care and responding to the demands of families in the CERN community

We would like to thank all the people who make these events a success

Question & answer of the 8th Public meeting - October

from 28/09 to 10/10 - 30% discount and animations!

The PHOTO CLub is preparing next season to start big!

new and exciting program

we are starting a collection today

Seventh public meeting of the year 2022

a survey to find out more about your opinion of your working conditions at CERN.

The 2022 road race will take place on Thursday, September 29, 2022. Registrations are not yet open.

OPEN HOUSE SESSIONS EVERY WEDNESDAY LUNCH

JOIN US & ACCESS 4500 BOOKS IN ENGLISH

Velocity by Angela McFall

26 and 29 September

Thursday 22 September at 11 am

We are aware that CERN is threatened by potential restrictions on its power supply, budget cuts and the effects of much higher inflation than in the last twenty years.

-15% Discount - Autumn School Holidays

New services for the 2022-2023 school year!

CERN’s career advancement , Salaries drop, The role of the Staff Association...

Looking for new challenges?

Taking part in sport improves general health and wellbeing.

QUESTIONS & REPLIES –PUBLIC MEETING (Part II)

The CERN Staff Association's summer camp took place between July 4 and 22.

Benefit from a reduction of 20 %

A young artist to be discovered!

The CERN Table Tennis Championship is back!

Focus on the sixth public meeting of the year held on June 28, 2022

Tribute to the three musketeers, Carlo Lamprecht, Gérard Bachy, Robert Magnin.
Will there be a project for a large accelerator to be installed up there?

Register your child for summer camps - Special CERN discount available

First and foremost, the Staff Association would like to thank the employed and associated members of personnel who attended in large numbers to the sixth public meeting of the year 2022 on June 28, 2022.

Focus on the General Assembly of Wednesday 29 June 2022

AXA Assurances SA allows you to benefit from preferential insurance rates and conditions.

Le jardin des Particules offers some summer camps, It's still time to register your child!

After a two-year hiatus, the CERN MusiClub is very pleased to announce that the Hardronic Music Festival is back!

Public Meeting

In this period of great heat and on the eve of the summer period, there is nothing like a family outing to Aquaparc

What about wages eroded by inflation?

Staff Association public meeting - Tuesday 28 June

New Staff Association public meeting on Tuesday 28 June

CERN running race is back in 2022

Everton Soccer School coaching session.

This year the OGA will be held on Wednesday, 29 June 2022 at 10.30 am, Main Auditorium, Meyrin.
The draft agenda for the session is now available.

The Staff Association would first like to thank the employed and the associated members who participated in large number at the two meetings organized by The Staff Association this month.
We would like to invite you to the next public meeting of the Association, which will take place on Tuesday 28 June at 11am - Main Amphitheatre 500/1-001

Following the last public meeting we received a large number of questions, please find our replies here.

On June 9, 2022 from 3.00 to 5.00 pm CET, Camilo Azcarate, ESO’s Ombuds will host a Webinar on Psychological Safety for CERN. This Webinar will introduce this concept and explains how it is measured and improved.

In the first semester of each year, the Staff Association invites its members to attend and participate in the Ordinary General Assembly (OGA).
This year the OGA will be held on Wednesday, 29 June 2022 at 10.30 am, Main Auditorium, Meyrin.

The next Staff Association public meeting will take place on Tuesday 31 May at 2.00 p.m. - Council Chamber 503/1-001

The Staff Association is organising a Special Public Meeting devoted to MPAs on Monday 30 May at 2.00 p.m. - Council Chamber 503/1-001

Come and discover Le Jardin des Particules and meet the educational team
Open day on Tuesday 07 june, from 12h30-13h30

Dans le cadre de son partenariat avec l'Association du personnel, la BCGE vous convie à une conférence digitale le vendredi 10 juin 2022 à 13h30 sur le thème « Comment investir en France depuis la Suisse ? »

CERN is above all an "international laboratory" providing members of the particle physics community some unique installations in the world to perform "research of a pure scientific and fundamental character" and to push science forward but also serve the human kind (The Organization "shall have no concern with work for military requirements"). Most members of the particle physics community who come to CERN to conduct this research are 'Users'.

The Staff Association is pleased to invite you to a conference Emotional Intelligence or How emotions influence cognition, creativity, health and well-being in Organizations

On the occasion of the CERN Relay Race on 9 June, le Jardin des Particules (JdP) is delighted to announce its participation!

After two years of absence, the CERN Relay Race is back. On 9 June at 12.15 p.m., we will kick off the 50th edition.

The Staff Association would first of all like to thank the employed and associated members of personnel who participated in large numbers the fourth public meeting of the year 2022 which took place pm 28 April 2022.
We would like to invite you to the next public meeting of the Association, which will take place on Tuesday 31 May at 2 pm.

Our commercial partner Intersoccer proposes fun football Summer camp courses for Boys & Girls.

OPEN DAYS OF THE LEARNING CLASSICAL MUSIC CLUB

The registration for the summer camp is now open!

The next Staff Association public meeting will take place on Thursday 28 April at 11.00 a.m.

The next GAC Information session will be held on Tuesday 3 May from 1.30 pm to 4.00 pm

The Staff Association would first of all like to thank the employed and associated members of personnel who participated in large numbers the third public meeting of the year 2022.

Under New Management

COME AND DISCOVER OUR SCHOOL AND MEET THE PEDAGOGICAL TEAM!

The next Staff Association public meeting will take place on Monday 28 March at 2.00 p.m.

The CERN Cricket Club 2022 season begins very soon.

The CERN photo club restarts its courses!

Registration for school year 2022-2023

Following discussions, the Management and the Staff Association are pleased to announce that consensus has been reached on the issue of the collection of Staff Association membership fees.

English Books at CERN will hold its Annual General Assembly on March 17, 2022.

The next GAC Information session will be held on Tuesday 29 March from 1.30 pm to 4.00 pm.

Our commercial partner Intersoccer proposes fun football courses for Boys & Girls of all abilities 3-12 years running weekdays & weekends in Geneva.

On 28 January you received an email from the Director of Finance and Human Resources regarding the issue of the deduction of Staff Association membership fees from your January salary. As announced during the Association's public meeting on 31 January, here are our responses to the main points raised in the email.

The Staff Association would first of all like to thank all the employed and associated members of personnel who participated in large numbers in this first public meeting of the year 2022. On this occasion, our representatives presented the state of progress of the themes that are of major concern at the beginning of 2022.

The Staff Council (SC) of the Staff Association (SA) has decided for its new mandate 2022-2023 to communicate even more widely to all personnel, members and non-members of the SA.

We would like to update you on the latest developments regarding the on-going discussions about the status of USERs and the impact on the introduction of the “Cost of Living Allowance” (COLA).

You have had the opportunity to be informed of this if you have followed our last public meetings, for the first time in CERN's history, and after more than two years of discussions with the Management, the annual membership fees to the Staff Association (SA) have not been deducted from the January salaries of SA members.

In the previous ECHO we informed you about the petition to support CERN Users who are facing financial difficulties following CERN's decision to reclassify subsistence payments made to CERN USERs under a new category, namely a “cost of living” (COLA) allowance.

GAC INFORMATION SESSIONS in 2022

In accordance with the Statutes of the Staff Association, the Staff Council, in its meeting of 14 December 2021, elected a new Executive Committee.

This first issue of ECHO in 2022 gives us the opportunity to wish you and your families happiness and success.

The Staff Association would first of all like to thank the employed and associated members of personnel who participated in large numbers in the public meeting on 2 December.

Life within the Staff Association (SA) is punctuated - on a daily basis - by the circumstances in which it must invest, while respecting its own Statutes. These define its tasks and duties, the first of which is the representation and defense of personnel’s rights in the broadest sense. But there are also other formal and important moments that are unavoidable.

The next GAC Information session will take place on Tuesday 30 November from 1.30 pm to 4.00 pm

The election of the Staff Council for the period 2022-2023 is now over. Of course, we also thank all those who stood as candidates and expressed their commitment to defend the interests of the personnel and of CERN actively.

Notre partenaire commercial Go Sport Thoiry démarre un service de location de ski adulte (jour/semaine).

The Staff Association reminds all employed members of the personnel (i.e. staff members and fellows) that till the end of the year joining the Staff Association is free!

Make your voice heard, pick and support your delegates!
The voting takes place from 25 October to 15 November, at noon.

The next GAC Information session will take place on Tuesday 2 November from 1.30 pm to 4.00 pm.

Members of the CERN Photo Club (CPC) donated to Casa-Alianza Switzerland 9 functional digital cameras for a therapeutic photography project for 15 girls in La Alianza Guatemala.

The CERN Eco-Actions club offers several projects and activities.

We hope that you will be many to vote and to elect the new Staff Council!

Our commercial partner Intersoccer proposes October Holiday Football Camps for Boys-Girls of all abilities start week 25 October.

Following the 2008 financial market crash, the CERN Council adopted a balanced package of measures which formally committed staff, pensioners and the Organisation to contribute together to achieve a balanced Pension Fund by 2041.

One thing is certain, there will be a lot of excitement during the autumn holidays in our partner institution Aquaparc . The pirates are back in the park and they intend to stay there for good.

In an Organisation like ours, the rights that govern our employment and working conditions are different from those applicable if we were working for an employer in one of our Member States, which is subject to national laws.

Special offer for members of the CERN Staff Association.

The Staff Association would first like to thank the Employed and Associated members of personnel who participated in large numbers during the public meeting of September 24.

All the staff members, fellows and associated members of personnel who are members of the Staff Association can engage and submit their application until October 15 at 5 pm.

Since almost a year and half, the health situation still does not allow a cocktail in person, so the Association has adapted once again to the context by organizing on Wednesday 15 September a remote “cocktail” with all the delegations of the Member States and Associate Member States and their “Ambassadors” of the Association.

As already announced in the previous ECHO, in October of this year, elections will be held for your staff delegates for the 2022-2023 term

CHANGE OF DATE - GAC INFORMATION SESSION

Members of the CERN Photo Club (CPC) will return to their onsite activities on September 15th, after a 1.5 years COVID-forced hiatus.

The next Staff Association public meeting will take place on Friday 24 September at 11.00 a.m.

The Association's Staff Council is renewed every two years. This year the election process will start on 14 September.

For the past 16 months COVID-19 has wrought havoc and disruption across the planet. Amongst all the upheaval, CERN Clubs have also been caught up in the maelstrom.

AVAILABLE PLACES - School year 2021 / 2022

The COVID pandemic has drastically modified our way of working, and working from home has become the norm for most of us. The teleworking has proven itself an important aspect of ensuring business continuity, whereas under normal circumstances it provides also an opportunity for better work-life balance. On the other side for others, the teleworking may have negative effects, such as isolation (particularly for individuals living alone), and the loss of contact with colleagues.

The next GAC Information session will be held on:
Tuesday 31 August from 1.30 pm to 4.00 pm
Staff Association meeting room

The new annexes to Operational Circular No. 11 (OC11) “The processing of personal data at CERN” introduces an independent, expert supervisory authority for data protection matters, the Data Protection Commission (DPC).

Do you want to improve your working and employment conditions? Do you want CERN to pay close attention to the views of its personnel, to be at the forefront of the latest social advances? Do you have ideas about the working time, careers, recruitment, diversity, health insurance or pensions? This is your chance to contribute to change, to put your ideas forward, to be heard! The Staff Association will renew the Staff Council in the last quarter of 2021.

AVAILABLE PLACES - School year 2021 / 2022

Following the latest announcements by the Federal Council, Aquaparc reopened its doors on 28 June 2021.

Due to the health restrictions applied to date, the General Assembly of the CERN Staff Association (SA) was held once again remotely by video conference. The General Assembly is, as every year, a privileged moment during which you can inform yourselves and take note of all the activities and successes of the past year.

Congratulations to the Dahlias class of the Jardin des Particules who won the "Travel Roll" drawing competition!

The reports produced in the context of each 5-yearly review of employment conditions (5YR) on comparisons between CERN’s financial and social conditions and those of comparator employers are among the most important documents the Tripartite Employment-conditions Forum (TREF) examines and discusses. Indeed, these reports form the basis for Management proposals regarding modifications, if any, to CERN’s financial and social conditions to ensure that the Organization is able to attract from all Member States staff of the highest competence and integrity, and thereafter is able to retain and motivate them. These reports, submitted by Management, are thus always subjected to the scrutiny of Member State and Staff Association TREF representatives. In the context of the 2021 5YR (5YR2021), this was the case at the TREF meeting of 28 May 2021.

For more than 25 years, the Staff Association, taking advantage of the presence at CERN of delegations to the Council and the Finance Committee, has organised a cocktail party twice a year, in March and in September after the Finance Committee meeting. It brings together delegates from Member States and Associate Member States with the nationals of their country, chosen by the Staff Association among the Organisation's personnel to be "ambassadors" of the Association and the personnel. For the first time in its history, the traditional "cocktail party" of the Association's Ambassadors had to be interrupted, throughout the year 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the Association did not give up and resumed this practice in March 2021, in a brand new form via Zoom, while adapting to the current health context.

2021 CERN Eco-Actions Club Environmental Hackathon!

The Staff Association would first like to thank the employed and associated members of personnel who participated in large numbers during the public meeting of June 7.

This year the OGA will be held on Friday, 25 June 2021 at 11 am.

Take advantage of the BCGE offer and earn up to 2% extra interest on your savings account. Members of the Staff Association also benefit from other advantages of the Business Partner offer.

We informed you in our ECHO No. 356 that the mandate of this working group was, as we expected for a long time, about to be finalised. It is now done! At the SCC meeting on 6 May, the mandate, whose objectives you will find below, was approved by the Management and the Staff Association. Three members of the management including HR Department representatives and three members of the SA will compose this working group. The kick-off meeting will take place on June 3.

Do you have any questions about the Five- Yearly Review of employment conditions 2021 (5YR 2021)? Would you like to know more about the Staff Association's program of work for 2021? Do you have any suggestions on this topic?

By becoming a Staff Delegate your job will be to represent the personnel, on the one hand by serving as a social link between the personnel (from your electoral college) and the Association, and on the other hand by defending the individual rights and social benefits of all CERN personnel. Through your active participation in the Association's activities, you work to improve the social conditions of all the members of personnel of the Organisation.