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This Proceedings contains the papers presented at the IFAC Symposium on fault detection, supervision and safety for technical processes held Budapest on 14-16 June. SAFEPROCESS is a triennial symposium series of IFAC, the International Federation of Automatic Control, covering the area of fault detection, supervision and safety for technical processes. The theme of the SAFEPROCESS 2000 symposium was reliability, availability and safety of technical processes and their control systems. These qualities are emphasized during all phases of design and at start-up, normal system operation, maintenance and repair. Reliability, availability and safety imply the continuous monitoring of the whole process, including the sensors, actuators and control equipment, both in open and closed-loop operation, and also human factors of the operation. Fault tolerant control and concepts of reconfigurability of the systems play an increasing role in the discussions. The wide range of different issues to be considered implies that many papers are interdisciplinary in their approach. The 36 technical sessions of the program were compiled from 217 carefully selected invited and regular papers, in 5 parallel sessions. These comprised 6 plenary overviews covering the fields of diagnosis in process control and automotive engineering, state-of-the-art reviews and surveys, contributed papers describing the latest results, and 9 specially organized invited sessions striking a good balance between application and theory.