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First meeting of OSPs with our new Commissioner – Kristalina Georgieva

G2004 Newsletter #9

On Friday 21 November, all unions and staff associations (OSPs) were invited to a first meeting with the new Commissioner in charge of personnel (as well as budget) – Vice- President Kristalina Georgieva. Several members of her cabinet including the head – Mrs Mariana Hristcheva – were also in attendance.

The meeting was a very cordial and positive event, with Mrs Georgieva proving to be a warm and open person as well as a good, attentive and patient listener.

She (and her staff) appear to have “hit the ground running”, demonstrating an excellent grasp of staff issues and engaging into some serious discussion on a number of concrete matters, beyond the usual pleasantries which normally characterise such initial meetings. Continue reading First meeting of OSPs with our new Commissioner – Kristalina Georgieva

More than a Ray of Light: a debrief on the post-2004 conference

G2004 Newsletter #9

You will remember the call launched by Generation 2004 on the 10th anniversary of the 2004 staff regulations reform (see here p. 1 and here p. 3) for all unions and staff associations (OSPs) to come together in a conference which would analyse in a holistic manner the post-2004 problem and ideally come out with a set of proposals intended to improve the situation and career perspectives of post-2004 colleagues. Continue reading More than a Ray of Light: a debrief on the post-2004 conference

…… and finally some lighter moments

G2004 Newsletter #9

After giving birth to Generation 2004 and watching it begin to grow, we are now well on the way to prepare for Generation 2015. Indeed, G2004 Secretary – Stefan Nistor – and G2004-LUX board member – Attila Gecse – have recently begun contributing in this sense by fathering two lovely baby girls  Congratulations to both proud daddies
….. and mummies of course Continue reading …… and finally some lighter moments

Report from meeting with Vice-President Georgieva

Vice-President Georgieva meets Luxembourg staff reps

Following a first meeting with staff representatives on 21 November in Brussels which we covered extensively in our last newsletter, on 11 December, Vice-President (and Commissioner for human resources) Georgieva, together with her team and the senior management of DG HR, met with Luxembourg (LUX) staff representatives following an invitation of the LUX LSC. Continue reading Report from meeting with Vice-President Georgieva

Open letter to European Council President Tusk

(Please find original version in PL on p 6 of G2004 Newsletter #10)

Dear President Tusk,

On behalf of Generation 2004 – an inter-institutional EU staff association – we would like to congratulate you upon taking up your post as President of the European Council. Continue reading Open letter to European Council President Tusk

…… and finally some lighter moments

G2004 Newsletter #8

G2004 message song of the month (with kind permission) – click here                 , sit back, turn up the volume and listen well (P.S. don’t forget to work for an extra 3 minutes 58 second before you go home today).

Got any ideas for the G2004 song for next month? Send them along (with “Newsletter” in subject) to our DJ here, together with any suggestions, ideas, articles, poems …. and other assorted forms of expression.

Post-2004 redress: a Ray of Light???

G2004 Newsletter # 7

You will remember that on 06 May we had amicably “challenged” all other unions and staff organisations (OSPs) to a “serious debate leading to concrete, common proposals which address the post-2004 problem” (see also here).

Along this line, you will also remember that in our May newsletter, we announced a conference for 20 June 2014, intended to tackle the post-2004 problem and which would ideally bring together all unions and OSPs together with YOU – the staff. Continue reading Post-2004 redress: a Ray of Light???