Generation 2004, in collaboration with Yasemos Europeos, is happy to offer you online training with a Study group for cognitive reasoning (numerical, deductive and inductive) test for the COM AD5 Internal competition. There is a special discount rate for our members ONLY and registrations are made on “first come first served basis”.
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***UPDATE: You can find the link to the recording and to the presentation here.***
The 2026 draft reclassification and promotion lists will be published in Sysper on Thursday 11 June. There are now very limited options to influence whether your name is on the final lists when they are published mid-November. We have a lunchtime event planned to explain both what happens next and what those limited options are that are available to you if you find that your name is not on that list (and you believe that it should be). Please prepare for the event and start making notes for a potential appeal. Continue reading Conference: 11.06.2026 reclassification and promotion appeals, Generation 2004 is here to help
*Update 15.06.2026: you can find here the presentation and the recording of the info session*
Generation 2004, in collaboration with Yasemos Europeos, is happy to invite you to a free info session for the AD5 internal competition. You will get tips and tricks on how to fill in the application, as well as advice on how to tackle the different parts of the exam. There will be a Q&A session at the end of the conference.
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A new generalist internal competition at AD5 level has been published. The Notice of Internal Competition COM/AD/108/2026 was published on 29 May 2026, with the deadline for applications set for 30 June 2026 at 12.00, Brussels time.
Generation 2004, in collaboration with Yasemos Europeos, is happy to offer you 2 self-study package modalities for the EPSO AD7 Audit competition. There is a special discount rate for our members ONLY.
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The publication of the new internal competition COM/AD/106/2026 in the field of Competition and Digital policies once again raises serious questions about the coherence of the Commission’s internal competitions strategy and its approach to talent management.
Continue reading Internal Competition COM/AD/106/2026: Inclusion for Some, Exclusion for Others?
The introduction of the new SHL Interactive G+ cognitive assessment in the recent AD7 internal competition has sparked significant discussion among colleagues across the European Commission. While cognitive testing is not new in EPSO procedures, this specific format represents a substantial evolution in both methodology and scope.
The 2026 draft reclassification and promotion lists will be published in Sysper on Thursday 11 June. There are now very limited options to influence whether your name is on the final lists when they are published mid-November. We have a lunchtime event planned to explain both what happens next and what those limited options are that are available to you if you find that your name is not on that list (and you believe that it should be). Please prepare for the event and start making notes for a potential appeal. Continue reading Conference: 11.06.2026 reclassification and promotion appeals, Generation 2004 is here to help
In the recent weeks and days, you might have received via email a petition from the ‘CA collective’. What the ‘CA collective’ is proposing is not new to us. To a large extent, it is a reflection and continuation of the positions that we, as a staff association, have been advocating for over a long period of time and aligned with our postulates for CAs.
Following the exchange of views with the colleagues involved, we understood their intentions and convictions and consequently we have decided to support the related petition. This position was re-confirmed during the conference organised on 4 May 2026.
On internal or open competitions, the notice of competition is the ‘bible’. Why? Due to its binding nature. The notice of competition (NoC) and its annexes operate as a binding legal framework for the procedure. You should therefore read it before anything else. You should even consider that each ‘word’ and ‘comma’ counts!
This article is not about the lack of competitions or its badly planification, wrongdoings, or about technical difficulties you may face when you are applying to internal or open competitions.
This article is a brief guide on procedures, rights and duties regarding complaints, queries, and legal remedies at your disposal when something goes wrong. Obviously, you should primarily focus on the content and not in the procedures. You should focus on the tests and not on complaints, queries and legal remedies, but it is quite important to master them when time comes. Continue reading AD7 internal competition: a compass on complaints, queries and legal remedies
