Events

Free conference: Contract Agents career & Review of the Temporary Staff decision

Contract Agents, Events, Newsletter - 2024-12-13, Temporary Agents, Working conditions

*Update 20.12.2024, Here’s our Note to HR on European Court of Auditors Special report.pdf

*Update 02.12.2024* Here are the recording and the presentation 1 and 2

Original article: 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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Why you don’t have to wait for retirement to pursue your dreams

Events, Health, Newsletter - 2024-12-13, Training, well-being

** Update 03.03.2025, As promised, Gudrun is sharing her Dream Activation Kit, a powerful resource designed to help you gain clarity, unlock your potential, and take the first steps toward your dream life. This free kit includes a 12 step guided roadmap, a self-assessment quiz, a unique guided somatic embodiement exercice and an exclusive free Dream Activation Call with Gudrun to support your transformation. 👉 Get access here (from a private computer or your mobile phone):

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AST & AST-SC staff: ECA Report Highlights Long-Standing Career Challenges

Assistants, Certification, Equality, Events, Internal Competitions, Newsletter - 2024-11-15, Secretaries and clerks, Social Dialogue, Staff Categories, Working conditions

*Update 19.02.2025: ‘By default, all [internal] competitions will be cross-category.’ (Stay tuned: A new approach for internal competitions) This is excellent news and should now put the Commission on an even footing with the Parliament and other EU institutions. We hope that this inclusion is genuine and that the competitions are not  otherwise skewed to reduce participation.* Continue reading AST & AST-SC staff: ECA Report Highlights Long-Standing Career Challenges →

Free Training – EPSO AD7 Scientific Research (10 fields)

Administrators, Education, Events, Newsletter - 2024-11-15, Training

*Update 17/12/24: ATTENTION: The follow up training (YSE- FRSTQ+WRITTEN tests training), additional to our below free training is full and registrations are closed.  *Update 12/11/2024.  Here are the recording and the slides of the session. Generation 2004, in collaboration with Yasemos Europeos, is offering for free and for all staff, an online webinar to assist you in preparing for the EPSO competition – AD7 Scientific Research competitions (10 fields).  You will get tips for the application process and an analysis of the tests. You will also have the opportunity to ask questions after the presentation. The session will be in English.
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Training Offer: EPSO competition AST3 – Free-text Essay on EU matters

Education, Events, Newsletter - 2024-10-28, Training

Generation 2004, in collaboration with Yasemos Europeos, is happy to offer you online training for the competition EPSO/AST/156/24 Assistants (AST3) in 3 fields (1. Financial management 2. Accounting and treasury 3. Public procurement) with a special discount rate for our members ONLY. All training modules will be in English.

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Transfer of pension rights FAQs

Events, FAQs, Newsletter - 2023-12-13, Newsletter - 2024-01-08, Newsletter - 2024-10-28, Pensions

*Update 07.11.2025, thanks to the almost 130 colleagues who attended o our event! We have updated the FAQs with your questions! Here’s the presentation. For the guest speaker presentation please click here to request it. Also, please check out EULearn pension training.*

*Update 06.11.2025 our intention is for this list to be searchable, hence the repetition of some information. We link also to a recent PMO presentation on pensions.*

Original article: The pension scheme of the European Union institutions (PSEUI) is for all institutions and most agencies. Check out our general pension FAQ. Regardless of whether you work in the Parliament, Council or Commission and whether you are an official, a Temporary Agent or a Contract Agent (‘statutory staff‘) you are probably making contributions to the PSEUI.

The exception would be local agents[*] and those not directly employed by the institutions, such as seconded national experts. Continue reading Transfer of pension rights FAQs →

JRC event: pension rights

Contract Agents, Events, Karlsruhe, Newsletter - 2024-10-28, Pensions, Temporary Agents

*** Update: You can find the presentation of the conference here. ***

Generation 2004 would like to invite you to a conference for staff in JRCs sites  dedicated to the topic:  ‘Everything you always wanted to know about Pensions rights’.

This conference will follow the regular Lunchtime conference on Pensions Transfer Out, the two events are independent, but together will give a wide overlook on Pensions rights in the European Commission. Continue reading JRC event: pension rights →

Training Offer: EPSO competition AST3

Education, Events, Newsletter - 2024-09-25, Training

*Update of 27.09.2024, here is additional useful documentation. Generation 2004, in collaboration with Yasemos Europeos, is happy to offer you online training for the competition EPSO/AST/156/24 Assistants (AST3) in 3 fields (1. Financial management 2. Accounting and treasury 3. Public procurement) with a special discount rate for our members ONLY.

The offer includes modules on Self-study Multiple Choice Questionnaires (MCQ). All training modules will be in English.

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Training offer: Internal competitions AD5/AD6/AST2/ASTSC2

Events, Internal Competitions, Newsletter - 2024-09-25, Training

*Update 07.03.2025: YSE – TEST MCQ on EU + Written Test COM Internal Competition 2024 – FULL GROUP/ Registration closed.  YSE – Self-study TEST MCQ on EU + Written Test – COM Internal Competition 2024 – book it via Teachable (here).  YSE – WRITTEN Test – COM Internal Competition 2024 – FULL GROUP/Registration closed. Continue reading Training offer: Internal competitions AD5/AD6/AST2/ASTSC2 →

Conference: transfer-out of pension rights

Events, Newsletter - 2024-09-25, Pensions

*Update 03.10.2024 a transfer out to a PMO-approved scheme, such as the one presented by the (external) Allianz broker is only one of several options available.*

*Update 01.10.2024 full list of PMO-approved schemes added.* *Update 26.09.2024 footnote on local agents added below.* Continue reading Conference: transfer-out of pension rights →