The Comité Suisse pour l’Évaluation du FCC (CSEF) is a committee tasked with evaluating the feasibility study for CERN's possible next project, the Future Circular Collider FCC.
Mandate
CSEF is to evaluate the Final Report of the FCC Feasibility Study and report to the Swiss Delegation to the CERN Council. CSEF is under the aegis of the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) and is commissioned by the State Secretary since 2024. The committee is chaired by the head of the Swiss Delegation to the CERN Council, Ambassador Michael Gerber.
FCC Feasibility Study Timeline
- End of March 2025 - Publication of the FCC Feasibility Study Final Report
- March to November 2025 - CSEF Assessment of the FCC Feasibility Study Final Report
- November 2025 – FCC Feasibility Study Final Report discussed by CERN Council
- After CERN November Council Meeting - Considerations of next steps based on the work of the CSEF on the final report of the feasibility study.
- 2027/2028 - CERN Council decision on the FCC
Composition
CSEF includes representation from the relevant federal offices, the canton of Geneva and relevant scientific institutions.
CSEF Members
- State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI)
- Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE)
- Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE)
- Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN)
- Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH)
- Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA)
- Federal Finance Administration (FFA)
- State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)
- Canton of Geneva
- Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI)
- University of Zurich with the Scientific Delegate for Switzerland currently appointed to the CERN Council