Happy New Year!
We wish all colleagues a happy, healthy and successful New Year. As we start the year ahead, we present an edition of our newsletter that focuses on engagement, representation and concrete support for our colleagues.
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Missed Our Conference on the 2026 Appraisal Exercise? We’ve Got You Covered
***You can find the presentation and the recording here***
If you were unable to join our recent Generation 2004 conference on the 2026 appraisal exercise, you can still benefit from the guidance and practical advice shared during the session.
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Training offer: Study groups 2 for EPSO competitions AD5 Generalists/Graduates
Generation 2004, in collaboration with Yasemos Europeos, is happy to invite you to the second round of online training for the competition for AD5 Generalists/Graduates, with a special discount rate for our members. The offer contains modules in English as well as in Spanish and sessions will be recorded.
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Call for Candidates: Building on Our Success – Local Staff Committee Elections in Petten
At the end of last year, Generation 2004 once again confirmed its strong position in the Local Staff Committee elections in Luxembourg, retaining the title of the biggest single staff organisation in the European Commission. This result reflects the trust colleagues place in our work and the commitment of our candidates and members.
We are now launching a call for candidates for the upcoming Local Staff Committee elections at the European Commission Petten site, starting, where the election process is expected to move very quickly. Continue reading Call for Candidates: Building on Our Success – Local Staff Committee Elections in Petten
Disposable mobile phones: a new trend at the Commission?
Each year, hundreds, if not thousands, of colleagues are effectively forced to replace their mobile phones in order to retain access to a work profile and Commission applications while on the move. This has probably already happened to many of you!
Although using your personal device for work is not an official requirement – and should not be, as we have repeatedly highlighted in previous notes to the Administration, staff are increasingly expected to be always connected: to reply to emails rapidly, to remain reachable outside normal working hours, to participate in last-minute online meetings, and so on.
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Newsletter editorial – 19-12-2025
Welcome to the Christmas Edition of this Newsletter!
Dear colleagues,
As 2025 comes to an end, we take a moment to look back at a year marked by both achievements and growing challenges for our institution and its staff. This Christmas edition gathers articles on some of the most pressing topics for our community: the uncertainty surrounding the European Schools, the ongoing reforms in the JSIS, as well as HR’s commitment to address discrimination in the repayment of exceptional education costs, following concerns raised by Generation 2004. We also examine recent unjust dismissals in EU delegations, which raise serious questions about the direction of “modernisation” in Delegations.
Is The New Decision on Geographical balance going to work?
On 6 November 2025 the Commission adopted a decision aimed at enhancing the geographical diversity among its staff. Stephen QUEST, Director-General of DG HR, hailed it as an introduction of measures designed to attract individuals from underrepresented countries to join the Commission.
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Oops… We Did It Again! Generation 2004 Keeps the Lead in Luxembourg
Generation 2004 sincerely thanks all colleagues in Luxembourg who placed their trust in us during the 2025 Local Staff Committee elections. Thanks to your support, we achieved an 8.4% increase in our share of the vote compared to the previous elections, reaching 28.57% of all valid ballots and securing six elected pairs, who will represent Luxembourg staff interests in all matters affecting them at both the Local Staff Committee and the Central Staff Committee levels.
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Unjust Dismissals in EU Delegations: A Dangerous Start to Delegations “Modernisation”
Staff representation organisations have jointly raised serious concerns regarding the modernisation of the EU Delegation network and, more specifically, the Commission’s proposal to dismiss up to 29 Local Agents (LAs) in the Western Balkans. In the Delegations concerned, this represents a very significant share of Local Agents in core functions such as Finance, Contracts and Audit, in several cases approaching half of the workforce in those sections.
Training Offer: EPSO AD7 Data experts (in LUX) – Study group for reasoning, MCQ and written tests
Generation 2004, in collaboration with Yasemos Europeos, is happy to offer you online training with Study group for reasoning, MCQ and written tests for the AD7 Data experts competition. There is a special discount rate for our members ONLY and registrations are made on “first come first served basis”.
