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Please note that a new blood donation campaign will take place on 17th November in Building 29. For further information, please follow this link.

Dear Member We are pleased to invite you to the traditional  GAC-EPA end-of-year drink that will take place Tuesday, December 1 2026 from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m in CERN’s Restaurant 1 (Extension Glass Box, building 501) In the hope that you will be many to attend, please accept our sincerest regards.

https://www.geneve.ch/cite-seniors# Cité Seniors is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Since opening in 2006, it has become an essential hub for information, social interaction, and civic engagement. After all, aging well means staying connected and playing an active role in the life of the community—within a city that cares for every individual, at every stage of life. To mark this milestone, we invite you to join us on Saturday, November 7th. The program includes an improv performance, a public dance, and many… Read more: November Cité Seniors

On 12 August 2026, the HR department issued a statement regarding the update to the implementing measures for Operational Circular No. 2 (Rev. 3). The statement indicated that: ‘Members of the personnel and other persons concerned are hereby informed that the Director-General has approved, further to consultation with the Staff Association, an update of the document “Implementation measures, subsidiary document to Operational Circular No. 2 (Rev. 3)”. The revision clarifies that parking facilities are primarily intended for persons accessing the… Read more: Conditions of access to the fenced parts of the CERN site – restrictions on parking

A solid engineer for a lineage of colliders. It is with great sadness that we learned that Sigmund Hansen passed away on 21st August 2026 at the age of 94. Sigmund was born in Nøtterøy, Norway. He graduated from Engineering School in Oslo, then completed military service with the Norwegian air force. He joined CERN in 1957, with the Accelerator Research group. He developed highly specialised electronics for the CERN Electron Storage and Accumulation Ring (CESAR) – a demonstration prototype… Read more: Tribute Sigmund Hansen (1932-2026)

The Staff Association and CERN CineClub is pleased to invite you to a screening of Grands quelqu’uns, a documentary by Ingrid Pernet-Duparc, followed by a discussion. She is from the Aravis mountains; he is a Tuareg from Niger. For twenty years, Christel and Mohamed have worked together to bring drinking water to more than 100,000 people in the desert. The portrait of an unlikely duo, full of humour and friendship, whose project was upended by the 2024 coup. The screening… Read more: Film screening: “Grands quelqu’uns” – 15 October 2026, 6.00 pm – 8.00 pm – 530/1-001 – Council chamber

https://www.geneve.ch/cite-seniors# To mark the International Day of Older Persons, the City of Geneva’s Department of Social Cohesion and Solidarity is offering a rich program of intergenerational activities running until Sunday, October 4. You are cordially invited to take part. At a time when isolation affects so many people, we wish to affirm that Geneva is—and will remain—a city built on solidarity, attentive to the needs of seniors and grateful for their contribution to community life. Christina Kitsos
Maire de la Ville… Read more: October Cité Seniors

In drafting a ‘Cahier d’acteur’ submitted to the National Commission for Public Debate (CNDP), the GAC-EPA has set out the views of retired staff on CERN and the Future CERN Collider (FCC) project. This ‘Cahier d’acteur’ is available on our Forum, where you can share your thoughts: https://gac-epa.org/community/projet-fcc/fcc-cahier-dacteur-contribution-en-ligne-2/#post-1878 This ‘Cahier d’acteur’ is also available on the CNDP website: https://www.debatpublic.fr/projet-accelerateur-particules/les-cahiers-dacteurs-9067 – Nr 30.