Financial Background PESC Plenary Meeting La Petite Pierre, 17 October 2008

2 New strategy Increased responsibilities (COST) since 2004 Dramatic growth at short term: Yearly budget 17M€  50 M€ Transactions 5000  /year Staff 62  130 Increased complexity; EC contracts, new instruments, two locations: offices in Strasbourg and Brussels A context of changes and growth ESF Administration and Finance, Mission and organisation, May 2008

PESC Plenary meeting, 17 October 2008

2009 General Budget PESC Plenary Meeting La Petite Pierre, 17 October 2008

6 Priorities for 2009 agreed at April 2008 GovCo Invest in strategy –Improve the definition of topics, the quality and the impact of Forward Looks –Give high quality support to MO Fora and take the outcomes further –Support the strategic role of Standing Committees Consolidate EUROCORES as a MO funded scheme for joint programming Develop activities in Peer Review Implement the strategy of the Conferences Scheme Become independent of uncertain external funding for core strategic activities PESC Plenary meeting, 17 October 2008

PESC Affiliated Activities PESC Plenary La Petite Pierre, 17 October 2008

MINEMA, PSI-K, QUDEDIS, STOCHDYN, THIOX  5 programmes AQDJJ, EIPAM, GLOBAL, MISGAM, STIPOMAT  5 programmes AMaMef, AutoMathA, QG, DYNA, HFM, INSTANS  6 programmes ASTROSIM, FUNCDYN, ORGANISOLAR, SimBioMa  4 programmes EMAR, EpitopeMap, HCCA, NES  4 programmes CASIMIR, CompStar, GAMES, IntelBioMat, OPTPDE  5 programmes PESC Research Networking Programmes 2008 RNP contributions  kEUR

ESF Administration & Finance PESC Plenary La Petite Pierre, 17 October 2008

21 Administration and Finance Mission and objectives Overall mission Manage resources to support the ESF mission, which is to promote European Science in a spirit of excellence Permanent Objectives Guarantee the production of high quality financial information at short notice to support management decisions Steer the financial planning (budgets/forecasts) and the financial outcome (actual) on a basis shared with all functions and linked with the strategy Guarantee the respect of legal obligations, internal control procedures, and the safety and good management of assets Ensure ESF's information systems are aligned with ESF processes and user requirements, providing both automatisation and added-value services (such as decision support or collaborative tools), as well as enforcing compliance with regulations (traceability etc.) Contribute to the success of all development projects by managing the related financial aspects ESF Administration and Finance, Mission and organisation, May 2008

The Administration and Finance Team ESF Administration and Finance, Mission and organisation, May 2008