Generation 2004, in collaboration with Yasemos Europeos, is happy to invite you to the fifth round of online training in ES+EN for the competition for AD5 Generalists/Graduates, with a special discount rate for our members. The offer contains modules in Spanish with materials and exercises available in English, and sessions will be recorded.
On 26 February, representatives from Generation 2004 (G2004), together with other trade unions and the Central Staff Committee, met with Catherine Day, Chair of the High-Level Reflection Group (HLRG), to discuss the Large-Scale Review (LSR). The meeting followed January’s initial exchange with Commissioner Serafin, marking a further step in staff engagement as the Commission shapes its future workforce strategy.
In early February, the administration finally agreed to meet with trade unions and staff associations (TUs) to discuss the so-called ‘modernisation of delegations’, particularly the decision to dismiss local agents at several EU delegations.
This meeting only happened because it was a necessary conciliation step – as set out in the Framework Agreement between TUs and the Administration – after all representative TUs of the Commission had issued a strike warning to protest again the dismissals and the refusal of the administration to hold negotiation meetings (social dialogue) on the issue.
Continue reading Dismissal of Local Agents: Enough is Enough!
With great aplomb, DG HR announced a new mobility policy last year. At its heart is a Sysper application with the somewhat unwieldy title ‘Mobility Opportunities Job Market’ (MOJM). And here is what HR has to say about it:
After reading the article on in vitro fertilization (IVF) reimbursement, I feel compelled to share my own experience – one that profoundly altered the course of my life and remains painful even years later.
In 2016, after several years of unsuccessful attempts to conceive, my partner and I decided to pursue IVF treatment. At that time, reimbursement required the existence of a formally recognised “pathology.” My request for prior authorisation was refused because no such pathology had been established. Continue reading When Administrative Rules Shape and Damage a Life: Testimony of a Member
Generation 2004, in collaboration with Yasemos Europeos, is happy to invite you to two self-study modules for the Digital Skills test (one in English and one in Spanish + English) for the competition for AD5 Generalists/Graduates, with a special discount rate for our members.
Generation 2004, in collaboration with Yasemos Europeos, is happy to invite you to a self-study module for the Free-text Essay on EU matters (EUFTE) written test training in English for the competition for AD5 Generalists/Graduates, with a special discount rate for our members.
Generation 2004, in collaboration with Yasemos Europeos, is happy to invite you to two self-study modules for the MCQ on knowledge on the EU and its institutions test (one in English and one in Spanish + English) for the competition for AD5 Generalists/Graduates, with a special discount rate for our members.
Generation 2004, in collaboration with Yasemos Europeos, is happy to invite you to two self-study modules for the Reasoning tests (verbal, numerical and abstract) (one in English and one in Spanish) for the competition for AD5 Generalists/Graduates, with a special discount rate for our members.
Parents in European School pay overpriced disorganised trips for their kids.
It works as follows: the school organises a trip (for instance, a visit to a museum or to a farm) with pedagogical goals. Most often, the teachers are those arranging all the practical details, choosing the place, the best choices for tickets, the activities and hours…
The file is sent to a travel agency that holds the monopoly so that they buy the tickets and arrange transport and, when needed, accommodation. More often than not, the agency acts slowly so that by the time they buy the whole trip is more expensive than at the time the teachers planned it.
