Recent developments in both internal and external competitions highlight growing pressure on the system and raise important questions about its capacity, reliability and fairness.
While some progress has been made, particularly with the launch of the AD7 internal competition, many of the structural challenges previously identified remain unresolved. At the same time, it is important to underline that AST/SC colleagues still do not have access to AD competitions, meaning that the move towards inclusiveness remains partial and that significant gaps persist.
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*Update 19.02.2025: ‘By default, all [internal] competitions will be cross-category.’ (
Original article: In 2004, Mr. Neil Kinnock who was the Commission’s Vice-President & Commissioner responsible for the Administrative Reform, delivered his masterpiece: The (first) Staff Regulation Reform. Among the many changes and novelties proposed in the drafts for this ground-breaking reform, was a reduction in the use of 
*Update 19.02.2025: ‘By default, all [internal] competitions will be cross-category.’ (
*Update 23.05.2024, 