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
Generation 2004 supports the petition in favour of Contract Agents (CA) – our support for the Contract Agents’ Collective
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.
AD7 internal competition: a compass on complaints, queries and legal remedies
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
Training offer: AD7 internal competition – SHL G+ exam packages
*Update 04.06.2026: Ya Semos Europeos added cognitive reasoning Mock exams to both packages for registered participants (with no extra charge). Participants can find this bonus content directly on their profiles on the training platform. Please note that registered participants may need to refresh their browser or their login to the platform to see changes / updates in their profiles on Teachable. As some candidates have registered in both packages to increase their SHL practice (2 packages = 2 Verify interactive G+ exams on SHL platform), each package has a different courtesy cognitive reasoning YSE Mock exam. So these candidates do not get the same mock test twice.
*Update 29.05.2026: The exam date for the cognitive reasoning test in COM/AD7/107/2026 internal competition has been set for June 11*
Generation 2004, in collaboration with Yasemos Europeos, is happy to offer you 2 package modalities for the COM AD7 Internal competition. There is a special discount rate for our members ONLY and registrations are made on “first come first served basis”.
Continue reading Training offer: AD7 internal competition – SHL G+ exam packages
Members’ breakfast – 19 May 2026
Generation 2004 warmly invites its members to a breakfast gathering on Tuesday, 19 May 2026, from 9:00 to 10:00, in the cafeteria of the J70 building.
This informal moment will be an opportunity to meet fellow members and colleagues, receive a short update on current topics and ongoing activities, exchange views on issues affecting staff, and ask questions and share ideas with Generation 2004 representatives.
We also encourage participants, if possible, to bring their own mug in order to help reduce disposable materials. Cups will nevertheless be available on site.
We look forward to seeing many of you there and to sharing a pleasant moment together.
Training offer: AD7 internal competition – Study group 2 (EN) for cognitive reasoning test
*Update 12.05.2026: all places in this study group have been filled. Registration is therefore closed and register link and the corresponding discount codes are no longer available.*
Generation 2004, in collaboration with Yasemos Europeos, is happy to offer you online training with Work group 2 for the cognitive reasoning (numerical, deductive and inductive) test for the COM AD7 Internal competition. There is a special discount rate for our members ONLY and registrations are made on “first come first served basis”.
Training offer: AD7 internal competition – Study group (EN) for cognitive reasoning test
*Update 07.05.2026: all places in this study group have been filled. Registration is therefore closed and register link and the corresponding discount codes are no longer available.*
Generation 2004, in collaboration with Yasemos Europeos, is happy to offer you online training with Work group for the cognitive reasoning (numerical, deductive and inductive) test for the COM AD7 Internal competition. There is a special discount rate for our members ONLY and registrations are made on “first come first served basis”.
Meeting with members: updates on key issues, exchange of views and Q&A
*Update: please find here the presentation and the recording of the webinar*
On Tuesday, 5 May 2026 at lunchtime (12:30 – 13:30) we held a meeting with members on current key issues of interest for staff. The meeting, which was held online, was a valuable opportunity for our members to receive updates on current topics, exchange views on issues affecting colleagues, and ask questions.
The agenda included particularly European Schools, competitions, social dialogue on sick leave, Large Scale Review, Contract Agents and more.
If you have questions, feel free to contact us by email or through our usual channels.
The Curse and the Spell in our life scenario: Injunctions, Drivers & Workplace Pressure – a conference taking place on 28 April
On 28 April 2026, our 3rd conference on Transactional Analysis and psychological harassment in the workplace about The Curse and the Spell in our life scenario: Injunctions, Drivers & Workplace Pressure (HYBRID) took place, from 12.30 to 14.00.
Please see below the two previous conferences held as part of the same series:
Training offer: EPSO competition AD7 audit – Study group (EN) for reasoning, MCQ and written tests
*Update 26.05.2026: since this competition exam is now expected after the summer break, Yasemos Europeos has updated the calendar of this study group accordingly. Please find below the updated dates*
Generation 2004, in collaboration with Yasemos Europeos, is happy to offer you online training with Study group for reasoning, MCQ and written tests for the AD7 Audit competition. There is a special discount rate for our members ONLY and registrations are made on “first come first served basis”.
