*Update 16.12.2025: Unfortunately, this repayment does not apply to the children of those in EU Delegations or in agencies [UPDATE: HR [1]to correct this discrimination]
Closing date for applications (and reapplications!) is 15 November 2020.
Even where a child is not attending a European School, there are still circumstances where the Commission can contribute to the education costs (primary and secondary levels), such as where the reason for the child attending another school is educational difficulties, timing concerns or geographical issues: check out the application form [2] for specifics.
Unfortunately, this repayment does not apply to the children of those in EU Delegations or in agencies, but it does still apply to a large and varied pool of current and former staff (Contract Agents, temporary staff and officials (including those who receive a retirement pension or invalidity allowance)).
In general, any and all other funding means [3] must have been exhausted, the basic salary be less than €10 244.12 and education costs more than 20% of the family income (see points 4.II and 4.III [2] for specifics).
As always, there is paperwork required and hoops to jump through (note, it’s necessary to reapply) but the option is there, check it out: Repayment of exceptional education costs [4] for the 2019-2020 school year.
Every little bit helps!
Feel free to get in touch [5] and tell us how well this process worked for you.
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As the use of contract staff becomes increasingly common, there has been a corresponding increase in the diversity of status and pay of the Commission’s workforce. For example, GFIV contract staff meeting the same minimum recruitment requirements (education and experience) as junior administrators may earn 28 % less. (European Court of Auditors, 2019, Special report no 15/2019 [10]: Implementation of the 2014 staff reform package at the Commission – Big savings but not without consequences for staff, point 61, page 34)
We have a working group dedicated to the dossier, and in December 2012 we addressed the first of many letters (\'notes\') about Contract Agents to Human Resources of all Institutions and Agencies [11] (here is the cover e-mail [12]).
As a background you can see the report of the Commission to the Council regarding the recruitment of the contract agents in 2010 [13] (in French, COM(2011)802 final 23.11.2011).
Our articles on Contract Agents [14]
'); toolTips('.classtoolTips34','A new Procedural Handbook for Invalidity Committees was published 25.11.2022 de [15] | en [16] | fr [17]See also Special Report No 3/2003 on the invalidity pensions scheme of the European institutions, together with the institutions’ replies [18]
See also Staff Matters - Corporate - Invalidity [19] (Home [20]>Staff Matters [21]>Health [22]>Specific events [23]>Invalidity) and the calculation of the allowance [24].
Under certain circumstanaces you can work elsewhere while in receipt of an invalidity allowance:
\'Persons in receipt of an invalidity allowance may not engage in gainful employment without the prior authorisation of the Appointing Authority. Any income from such gainful employment which, in combination with the invalidity allowance, exceeds the final total remuneration received while in active service as determined on the basis of the salary scale in force on the first day of the month in which the allowance is to be paid shall be deducted from the invalidity allowance.\' Staff Regulations, VIII Pension scheme [25], Article 13(2)
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- the 6 Brussels-based Executive Agencies [27] which are \'legal entities established ... with a view to being entrusted with certain tasks relating to the management of one or more European Union programmes. These agencies are set up for a fixed period.\' They are CINEA, EACEA, HADEA, Eismea, ERCEA and REA.