Welcome to the twelfth edition of the Generation 2004 Newsletter for 2024. In this edition, we cover key topics including addressing staff concerns and mobility in the EEAS. We congratulate those involved in the Contract Agents Reclassification Exercise 2024 and discuss reducing budgetary losses while granting fairer contracts.
Generation 2004 as a staff association (OSP) has as its mission to ensure that the voices of all staff are heard and translated into meaningful action. Recent general staff surveys together with the EEAS staff surveys have provided valuable insights into areas where the administration has made strides and where further improvements are strongly needed. Continue reading EEAS: Addressing Staff Concerns in the EEAS – Actions, Recommendations, and the Road Ahead
Mobility within the European External Action Service (EEAS) is governed by two administrative decisions on the organisation of an annual internal mobility exercise (ADMIN(2015)14, Ref. Ares(2015)1451726) and implementing
guidelines Ref. (ARES(2024)2219672) that outline the legal framework and set clear guidelines for the mobility process.
Continue reading EEAS: Mobility within the EEAS: Time for Transparency and Adherence to Guidelines
Generation 2004 wishes to congratulate all Contract Agents 3a for their well-deserved advancement (‘reclassification‘), together with the officials and local agents in representations who were promoted. We trust our webinar on drafting self-appraisals, our support to individual requests from colleagues to review their self-assessments and our advice on how to draft an appeal helped in the reclassification exercise.
Continue reading Reclassification and promotion exercises 2024 : Congratulations
The importance of Contract Agents to the Commission. Contract Agents play a crucial role in the functioning of the European Commission. They provide specialised support across a wide range of areas and contribute significantly to the achievement of the institution’s objectives. Their expertise is indispensable, and they often perform tasks that are vital to the daily operations of various departments. However, despite their importance, Contract Agents are not always sufficiently appreciated or valued. Continue reading Reducing budgetary loss while granting fairer contract agents contracts
*Update 15.01.2025, Here’s our December note on the technical difficulties in application process in a call for expression of interest for the internal competition JPP14 (French and German as language 2).*
*Update 20.12.2024, Here’s our Note to HR on European Court of Auditors Special report: European Court of Auditors, 2024, Special report 24/2024: EU Civil service–A flexible employment framework, insufficiently used to improve workforce management* Continue reading The first staff regulation reform: a new underclass (long read)
*Update 13.12.2024. Here is the recording of this event and the slides.* Original article: Lunchtime event with inspiring guest speaker JACK GILBEY. Are you looking to unlock the power of humour in the workplace and boost your career ? The story of Jack Gilbey, a visionary leadership expert and stand-up comedian, serves as a powerful inspiration.
*Update 19.12.2024 many thanks to the colleague who wrote to clarify that the flu vaccine is no longer reimbursed at 100%.*
Original article: 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
*Update 13.01.2025: Please not that the follow-up conference ‘How to increase your chances if you expect a promotion/reclassification in 2025?‘ has been moved to January 29.*
*Update 08.01.2025: sysper is now open for your self-assessment texts: you have 8 working days to finish. Also, from yesterday’s event: there is indeed an annual promotion exercise for local agents, both those in representations and those in delegation.*
*Update 07.01.2025: thanks to the over 440 attendees of today’s event. You can find the recording and the presentation here.*
*Update 06.01.2025: here are the 2025 timelines for promotion and for reclassification.* Continue reading Conference: 2025 appraisal and promotion/reclassification exercises
*Update 10.12.2024, here is the recording & Presentation of the session. 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
