At the European Commission, staff representation is the cornerstone of ensuring fairness and equality in the workplace. Whether you’re a newcomer or a long-serving colleague, understanding how that representation works and why it matters is essential. Generation 2004 is here to ensure that your voice is heard, that your concerns are addressed, and that your workplace evolves to meet your needs. Continue reading Generation 2004: Your Voice in the European Commission
10 days of teleworking from outside the place of employment: use them or lose them!
*Update 26.08.2025 here’s the new link with instructions on how to encode those days, note that even Blue Book trainees can have 5 days.*
Original article: It’s been use it or lose it at the Commission for some time now and the 10 days of teleworking from anywhere (TWA) are an example of this. Article 11 of the March 2022 working time and hybrid working (WTHW) decision gives all staff the right to enjoy up to 10 days of teleworking from outside their normal workplace per year, upon their request, subject to the agreement of the line manager. Continue reading 10 days of teleworking from outside the place of employment: use them or lose them!
Why you don’t have to wait for retirement to pursue your dreams
** Update 03.03.2025, As promised, Gudrun is sharing her Dream Activation Kit, a powerful resource designed to help you gain clarity, unlock your potential, and take the first steps toward your dream life. This free kit includes a 12 step guided roadmap, a self-assessment quiz, a unique guided somatic embodiement exercice and an exclusive free Dream Activation Call with Gudrun to support your transformation. 👉 Get access here (from a private computer or your mobile phone):
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Ispra Correction Coefficient
*Update 02.12.2024 here’s the official announcement of the 2024 annual update of remuneration and pensions**Update 21.11.2024 check out the European Court of Auditors, 2024, Special report 24/2024: EU Civil service–A flexible employment framework, insufficiently used to improve workforce management: it concludes that Continue reading Ispra Correction Coefficient
AST & AST-SC staff: ECA Report Highlights Long-Standing Career Challenges
*Update 19.02.2025: ‘By default, all [internal] competitions will be cross-category.’ (Stay tuned: A new approach for internal competitions) This is excellent news and should now put the Commission on an even footing with the Parliament and other EU institutions. We hope that this inclusion is genuine and that the competitions are not otherwise skewed to reduce participation.* Continue reading AST & AST-SC staff: ECA Report Highlights Long-Standing Career Challenges
ISPRA : Access to Health Care in Italy – Sick of Waiting
*Update 02.05.2025: Beware, we have no published source for this, so this is hearsay, but we felt it important enough to keep in mind. [*] It has been suggested that those choosing to leave pension contributions made to the Italian state in Italy (i.e. not doing a transfer into the Pension scheme of the EU institutions (PSEUI)) might have/retain some claim to having a national health insurance card, the tessera sanitaria. Do you have any information on this?
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ISPRA CANTEEN: Starving for Solutions
While the pandemic spelled doom for many of the Commission’s canteens on different sites, the Ispra canteen recovered remarkably well from the effects of Covid, not least thanks to the efforts and dedication of its staff. This success is now under threat. And this time it is not a pandemic, but a combination of delayed decisions Continue reading ISPRA CANTEEN: Starving for Solutions
EEAS: Improving the Promotion/reclassification System
The yearly promotion/reclassification exercise within the European External Action Service (EEAS) is a crucial moment for all staff, whether officials, or non-permanent staff as it directly impacts career development and recognition of merit. The final lists for the 2024 exercises were published 07.11.2024. However, Generation 2004 has observed persistent concerns regarding the lack of transparency, predictability, and security in the current promotion system. We have made similar obervations about the promotions/reclassifications system in the Commission[1].
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Valencia: concrete action
*Update 10.11.2024. Thanks to those of you who wrote to add to the list below.*
Original article: Numerous colleagues are asking how to help the people of Valencia in relation to the DANA Depresión Aislada en Niveles Altos: the high-impact rainfall event which has caused widespread flooding. We share here a non-exhaustive list provided by Commission colleagues of initiatives aiming to provide assistance such as medicines, accommodation, financial donation, food, family reunification etc. Continue reading Valencia: concrete action
Free Training – EPSO AD7 Scientific Research (10 fields)
*Update 17/12/24: ATTENTION: The follow up training (YSE- FRSTQ+WRITTEN tests training), additional to our below free training is full and registrations are closed. *Update 12/11/2024. Here are the recording and the slides of the session. Generation 2004, in collaboration with Yasemos Europeos, is offering for free and for all staff, an online webinar to assist you in preparing for the EPSO competition – AD7 Scientific Research competitions (10 fields). You will get tips for the application process and an analysis of the tests. You will also have the opportunity to ask questions after the presentation. The session will be in English.
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