Type of External | Description | Documents | Duration | Registration Action |
DIST | External participant in activities and projects, exclusively remote working, does not include any CERN-site access. |
| Maximum one year. Please check if the 1-year duration is justified! | GAO |
PROJ | External participant involved in a project or specific activity. The project must be listed in the ‘Reasons for External Participation – PROJ’ section of the admin e-guide. If not listed, it is not possible to launch an EDH/PREGEX, please contact BE Central Secretariat. |
| Maximum one year. | GAO |
CONF | Lecturer or external participant in conferences, seminars, workshops, etc, organised by CERN. |
| Maximum six months. | GAO |
EUPR | External participant in an EU project (EUROLABS, …) |
| Maximum one year. | Secretariat responsible for the project management |
STAG (job shadowing) | Trainee for a job shadowing. Please see the specific procedure. |
| 4 weeks max. | GAO |
External registrations are done by GAOs in EDH using formulaire de pré-enregistrement pour les Externals / Pre-registration form for Externals (PREGEX).
Procedure for Registration:
- First, GAO checks in HRT if there is a previous registration to ensure there is no overlap.
- All necessary documents and information must be collected by GAO (traineeship agreement, memorandum, invitation letter, etc.).
- Then, GAO proceeds with the registration via EDH/PREGEX, attaching the required documents.
- The External receives an email with instructions to complete their personal data and proceed with identity verification via IDNow.
- Finally, CERN Community Support Centre validates the registration, and the External can collect their access card in building 33 and, if necessary, create a CERN computing account.
Insurance for Externals:
- The responsibility for ensuring that the Externals have adequate social insurance cover in France and Switzerland does not lie with CERN .
- In the EDH/PREGEX, the Externals have to confirm that they are insured against the financial consequences of illness and accident, otherwise the form can’t be submitted.
Computing account:
- If a computing account is needed, the supervisor must tick the option in the request.
- More information in the Admin eguide. For any problems, please contact directly the Service desk (service-desk@cern.ch).
- Externals are not entitled to an EDH account.
More information:
For more information see the Admin eguide.