EEAS: Internal Competitions – Free workshop

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Update 23.06.2025: Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, this workshop has to be cancelled.  We apologise for any inconvenience. You may want to review the recording of a previous session which is still valid.  Generation 2004, in collaboration with Yasemos Europeos, is happy to offer you a free online Webinar in English on the EEAS internal competitions.  The session will address the tests (MCQ and written) of this competition.

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Child Allowance and Scholarships – When the Commission gets tangled up in its own bureaucracy 

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Staff members with dependent children receive a household allowance, a dependent child allowance and, under certain conditions, an education allowance. For adult children between the ages of 18 and 26, the continued payment of these allowances and further tax reductions are subject to the adult child receiving educational or vocational training. Continue reading Child Allowance and Scholarships – When the Commission gets tangled up in its own bureaucracy  →

Job Mobility for Contract Agent 3a Staff in Offices: From Better Visibility to Real Opportunities

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Assessing the current situation. Despite existing frameworks for job mobility (as discussed in a previous article), the experience of Contract Agents (CA) under Article 3a of CEOS, particularly those working in the Commission’s Offices[*], reveals persistent structural shortcomings.
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UPDATE: It’s all about our rights!

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Update as of  12.05.2025 May 2025: some of you asked me for un updates for the case. A very good idea! The case T-108/24 (about the disciplinary sanction and the disciplinary procedure) was subject of a public hearing at the Tribunal  on 6.05.2025.
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Conference: 12.06.2025 reclassification and promotion appeals, Generation 2004 is here to help

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***UPDATE: You can find the link to the recording and to the presentation here.***

The 2025 draft reclassification and promotion lists will be published in Sysper on Thursday 12 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: 12.06.2025 reclassification and promotion appeals, Generation 2004 is here to help →

Training offer: EPSO/AD/423/25 – Lawyer-linguists/legal revisers (AD 7) competitions

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*Update 10.09.2025, this EPSO competition is now closed to new applications.* Generation 2004, in collaboration with Yasemos Europeos, is happy to offer you online training in English for EPSO/AD/423/25 – Lawyer-linguists/legal revisers (AD 7) competitions with a special discount rate for our members ONLY. Continue reading Training offer: EPSO/AD/423/25 – Lawyer-linguists/legal revisers (AD 7) competitions →

Conference: tackling even more pension-rights questions

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*Update 07.11.2025, thanks to the almost 130 colleagues who attended this event! We have updated the FAQs with your questions! Here’s the presentation and the recording. For the guest speaker presentation please click here to request it.*

Original article: No previous knowledge required! Come along and ask any questions you like! If we don’t already have your question in our FAQs, we’ll add it!

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Post-Election ORIGAMI Competition 

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After “enjoying” a lengthy period of numerous elections, we thought that you deserve a bit of lighter communications and topic. Our Offices have been decorated with electoral posters from the garages to the rooftops. Now, something has to be done about it.
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FREE WEBINAR: Filing a Belgian tax return – 20 May at 12.00 PM

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The Brussels Commissioner for Europe and International Organisations has a unique mission in the capital of Europe. The Commissioner and his team act as a go-between linking regional authorities with the international organisations. The Welcome Desks (WDs) ocasionally  organise seminars/webinars on specific themes for target audiences.
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Mid-grade AD promotion? Only if you are a people manager

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As the promotion season is now once again upon us, there are no doubt many of you who are expecting “on-time” promotions for your efforts over the last few years[*].  The bad news for those of you non-managers in ‘middle management‘ grades AD9 to AD11 is that when the DG lists come out in June you might be disappointed.
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