Generation 2004 is here again to help you to know the rules that apply to you as a Contract Agents (CAs). We want you to make the best decisions you can with the information available. In the hybrid event below we plan to have around 1.5 hours to address your CA questions. We intend to gather all of your questions to make a Contract Agent frequently asked questions (FAQs) for our website.
Lunchtime event: Contract Agents: key challenges and recent developments
Wednesday, 15 October 2025
12:30-14.00 | Luxembourg, Brussels
To attend in person: ARIA 01-A072
To attend online
There will be a 60 minutes of presentation and then 30 minutes of questions and answers.
If you’re unable to attend, feel free to send us your questions: we’ll include them in our future FAQs!
Here are some of the CA issues we’ve raised recently or we intend to discuss
- Career-progression, even where it is a possibility, presents challenges
- Promotion (‘reclassification‘) speed and function-group reassessment (‘screening‘)
- The changes we want to see: Revisiting GIPS: a route for better conditions for contract agents
- Amendments to the the 7-year rule
- CA staff earning less than officials while doing the same tasks and roles
- non-permanent staff not being allowed to attend final exams for in-house language courses
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As always, if you have questions, please feel free to contact us.
