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

2. www.esf.org 2 New strategy Increased responsibilities (COST) since 2004 Dramatic growth at short term: 2003 2007 Yearly budget 17M€  50 M€ Transactions 5000  27.000/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

4. PESC Plenary meeting, 17 October 2008

5. 2009 General Budget PESC Plenary Meeting La Petite Pierre, 17 October 2008

6. www.esf.org 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

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

15. MINEMA, PSI-K, QUDEDIS, STOCHDYN, THIOX 2003-2008  5 programmes AQDJJ, EIPAM, GLOBAL, MISGAM, STIPOMAT 2004-2009  5 programmes AMaMef, AutoMathA, QG, DYNA, HFM, INSTANS 2005-2010  6 programmes ASTROSIM, FUNCDYN, ORGANISOLAR, SimBioMa 2006-2011  4 programmes EMAR, EpitopeMap, HCCA, NES 2007-2012  4 programmes CASIMIR, CompStar, GAMES, IntelBioMat, OPTPDE 2008-2013  5 programmes PESC Research Networking Programmes 2008 RNP contributions  2 726 kEUR

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

21. www.esf.org 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

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