IN ORDER TO BUILD AND OPERATE A NEW PARTICLE ACCELERATOR, INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION BRINGING TOGETHER UNIVERSITIES, INSTITUTES AND COMPANIES IS NECESSARY.

CERN has been successfully coordinating large projects of this type for more than sixty years. As an international organisation, CERN operates across political structures and national borders, and provides the administrative and technical infrastructure needed to conduct cutting-edge research. This makes CERN a nerve centre of scientific research, both in Europe and globally.