ESO Documents and Presentations
The following documents provide information relevant to ESO pensioners. For most of the listed document a password is required to access these. If you do not have a password, please contact the technical editor.
Links for upcoming meetings and events
- 19 November 2025: The Annual Information Meeting (AIM) presented by the CEO of the CERN pension fund will be held in the Telescopium (i.e. "old") auditorium on Wednesday 19 November 2025 at 15:00. Additional information - including the corresponding Microsoft Teams link to follow this presentation remotely - will be communicated in due time.
ESO All Hands Meetings
- ESO General Assembly 10 June 2025
- ESO General Assembly 06 December 2024
- ESO General Assembly 06 July 2024
- ESO General Assembly 11 December 2023
- ESO General Assembly 12 Juni 2023
- ESO General Assembly 09 December 2022
- ESO General Assembly 10 June 2022
- ESO General Assembly 24 January 2022
- ESO General Assembly 10 December 2021
- ESO General Assembly 11 June 2021
- ESO General Assembly 04 December 2020
- ESO General Assembly 03 July 2020 (Vitacura ramp-up plan)
- ESO General Assembly 15 June 2020
- ESO General Assembly 02 June 2020 (Garching ramp-up plan)
- All Hands Presentation, 08 April, 2020
- All Hands Presentation, 07 December 2018
- All Hands Presentation, 08 June, 2018
- All Hands Presentation, 06 December, 2019
- All Hands Presentation, 08 June, 2018
- All Hands Presentation, 11 December 2017
- All Hands Presentation, 01 September 2017
- All Hands Presentation, 02 June 2017
- All Hands Presentation, 09 December 2016
- All Hands Presentation, 10 June 2016
ESO International Staff Association
Statutes
- Statutes of the Staff Association (as per 4th of June 2025)
- Statutes of the Staff Association (previous version - August 2022)
- Statement of the GAC-EPA representative re. the current ISA Statutes
- Statutes of the Staff Association (previous version)
Staff Assemblies
Newsletters
- ESO Staff Association Newsletter, February 2023
- ESO Staff Association Newsletter, January 2023
- ESO Staff Association Newsletter, 2 November 2022
- ESO Staff Association Newsletter 29, November 2021
- ESO Staff Association Newsletter 28, June 2021
- ESO Staff Association Newsletter 27, December 2020
- ESO Staff Association Newsletter 26, March 2020
- ESO Staff Association Newsletter 25, May 2019
- ESO Staff Association Newsletter 25, October 2018
- ESO Staff Association Newsletter 23, May 2018
- ESO Staff Association Newsletter 22, March 2018
- ESO Staff Association Newsletter 21, October 2017
- ESO Staff Association Newsletter 20, August 2017
- ESO Staff Association Newsletter 16, December 2016
ESO Policies and Procedures relevant for Retired Staff
- Letter to the ESO Council President and the ESO Director General dd. 30 July 2023
- Leaving ESO: A guide for International Staff Members, Version 2021
- ESO access cards, 17 Feb 2015
- ESO Data Protection Policy
Finance and Taxation
- AMFIE: Financial Cooperative Association of International Civil Servants. Presentation, October 2019
- Note on payment of pensions outside Switzerland, March 2017
- How to receive CERN pension payments at low cost, Sept. 2016
- Ratajek Presentation on Taxation in Germany, Feb. 2016
- La fiscalite sur les revenues des retraites, October 2015
CERN Pension Fund Information
- CERN Pension Fund website
- Pension payment dates
- Rules and Regulations of the Pension Fund
- CERN - ESO Agreement
- Basic Information about the CERN Pension Fund
- Pension Fund Presentation, November 2024
with video recordings of the meeting - Pension Fund Presentation, November 2023
with video recordings of the meeting - 2022 Annual Report and Financial Statements
- Pension Fund Presentation, November 2022
with video recordings of the meeting - Pension Fund Presentation, October 2019
- Pension Fund Presentation, October 2018
- Pension Fund Presentation, October 2017
- Pension Fund Presentation, October 2016
Healthcare
ESO Policies
- Summary, WHG Meeting, March 2015
- ESO Health policy, February 2015
- Letter, Roland Block November 2014
Cigna
- Cigna Web Site
- Cigna Brochure
- Group Insurance Contract - Death - Permanent Disability - Benefits in Kind
- Clarification of Article 20 for pensioners
- Guidelines for laser therapy
- Cigna Specific Exclusions
- Cigna ESO Stewardship Report 2017
- Cigna Presentation 24 October 2023 (also in Powerpoint format)
- Cigna changes Jan 2022
- Cigna Premium 2021
- Cigna changes Jan 2021
- Cigna changes Jan 2020
- Cigna changes Jan 2019
- Cigna changes Jan 2018
- Cigna Presentation, May 2017
- Cigna changes Jan 2017
