In response to your feedback we try to send this list out a bit earlier in order to give you time to take action. We encourage you to do what you can now in order to be able to use the end-of-year period to rest and to recharge your batteries. This is not an opportunity to get work done! Please, as far as you can, switch off your devices, mute notifications and disconnect: take the time for you. Continue reading End-of-year checklist 2024
Free training offer: Internal competitions AD5/AD6/AST2/ASTSC2 – Tips and tricks
Generation 2004, in collaboration with Yasemos Europeos, is happy to offer you a free online training for Internal competitions to share with you, tips for the application process as well as an analysis of the tests (MCQ test on EU policies and institutions, Written test and Oral test). There will be a Q&A session after the presentation. Continue reading Free training offer: Internal competitions AD5/AD6/AST2/ASTSC2 – Tips and tricks
Free conference: Contract Agents career & Review of the Temporary Staff decision
*Update 02.12.2024* Here are the recording and the presentation 1 and 2. Do you need clarification concerning the career of Contract Agents? Would you like to learn more about the career duration and current options available for advancement? Have you heard about the 7-year rule and ever wondered what it implies in practice and how it has been recently applied?
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10 days of teleworking from outside the place of employment: use them or lose them!
It’s been use it or lose it at the Commission for some time now and the 10 days of teleworking from anywhere (TWA) are an example of this. Article 11 of the March 2022 working time and hybrid working (WTHW) decision gives all staff the right to enjoy up to 10 days of teleworking from outside their normal workplace per year, upon their request, subject to the agreement of the line manager. Continue reading 10 days of teleworking from outside the place of employment: use them or lose them!
Why you don’t have to wait for retirement to pursue your dreams
*Update 27/11/2024, here is the recording and the slides* Lunchtime event with inspiring guest speakerGudrun Mahlberg.
Are you dreaming of exploring your passions and creating a life that truly fulfills you? The story of Gudrun Mahlberg, a visionary entrepreneur, serves as a powerful inspiration.
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Ispra Correction Coefficient
*Update 02.12.2024 here’s the official announcement of the 2024 annual update of remuneration and pensions**Update 21.11.2024 check out the European Court of Auditors, 2024, Special report 24/2024: EU Civil service–A flexible employment framework, insufficiently used to improve workforce management: it concludes that Continue reading Ispra Correction Coefficient
AST & AST-SC staff: ECA Report Highlights Long-Standing Career Challenges
*Update 22.11.2024, thanks to all of you who attended the event today. Here is the presentation, our AST FAQ and our summary of AST/SC issues.*
Original article: The recent report by the European Court of Auditors (ECA) brings renewed attention to longstanding issues affecting AST and AST-SC staff within the EU institutions. This external assessment validates many concerns that Generation 2004, as an organisation, has persistently raised.
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ISPRA : Access to Health Care in Italy – Sick of Waiting
Equal and unrestricted access to affordable health care services – this is a prime objective and a non-negotiable right for all Commission staff and all Joint sickness insurance scheme (JSIS) affiliates irrespective of nationality. Yet this right is increasingly being compromised for the Ispra staff and their families, who are not in possession of the national health insurance card, the tessera sanitaria.
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ISPRA CANTEEN: Starving for Solutions
While the pandemic spelled doom for many of the Commission’s canteens on different sites, the Ispra canteen recovered remarkably well from the effects of Covid, not least thanks to the efforts and dedication of its staff. This success is now under threat. And this time it is not a pandemic, but a combination of delayed decisions Continue reading ISPRA CANTEEN: Starving for Solutions
EEAS: Improving the Promotion/reclassification System
The yearly promotion/reclassification exercise within the European External Action Service (EEAS) is a crucial moment for all staff, whether officials, or non-permanent staff as it directly impacts career development and recognition of merit. The final lists for the 2024 exercises were published 07.11.2024. However, Generation 2004 has observed persistent concerns regarding the lack of transparency, predictability, and security in the current promotion system. We have made similar obervations about the promotions/reclassifications system in the Commission[1].
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