Generation 2004, in collaboration with Yasemos Europeos, is happy to invite you to two self-study modules for the MCQ on knowledge on the EU and its institutions test (one in English and one in Spanish + English) for the competition for AD5 Generalists/Graduates, with a special discount rate for our members.
Generation 2004, in collaboration with Yasemos Europeos, is happy to invite you to two self-study modules for the Reasoning tests (verbal, numerical and abstract) (one in English and one in Spanish) for the competition for AD5 Generalists/Graduates, with a special discount rate for our members.
Parents in European School pay overpriced disorganised trips for their kids.
It works as follows: the school organises a trip (for instance, a visit to a museum or to a farm) with pedagogical goals. Most often, the teachers are those arranging all the practical details, choosing the place, the best choices for tickets, the activities and hours…
The file is sent to a travel agency that holds the monopoly so that they buy the tickets and arrange transport and, when needed, accommodation. More often than not, the agency acts slowly so that by the time they buy the whole trip is more expensive than at the time the teachers planned it.
*Update 09.03.2026 – you can find here the recording and the presentation of the webinar*
After the enormous interest in our webinar on 27 February 2026, Generation 2004, in collaboration with Yasemos Europeos, is happy to invite you to a free Q&A session for the competition for AD5 Graduate Administrators.
Continue reading Free conference: EPSO AD5 Graduate Administrators
*Update 03.03.2026: all places of this study group in Spanish have been filled. Given that as a follow-up study group it has a limited number of participants, registration is closed and the registration link and corresponding discount codes are no longer available*
Generation 2004, in collaboration with Yasemos Europeos, is happy to invite you to the fourth round of online training in ES+EN for the competition for AD5 Generalists/Graduates, with a special discount rate for our members. The offer contains modules in Spanish with materials and exercises available in English, and sessions will be recorded.
Continue reading Training offer: Study group 4 EN+ES for EPSO competitions AD5 Generalists/Graduates
***Update – You can find the presentation and the recording of the conference here ***
Generation 2004, in collaboration with Yasemos Europeos, is happy to invite you to a free conference for the competition for AD5 Graduate Administrators. You will get tips and trick on how to fill in the application and you will be able to ask your questions.
Continue reading Free conference: EPSO AD5 Graduate Administrators
You can find the recording and the presentation of the conference here. The conference took place in EEAS and we had 225 participants.
On 19 February 2026 in Brussels, the first session of a series on Transactional Analysis and psychological harassment in the workplace, From Drama to Awareness, focused on harassment and its dynamics. Harassment was defined as repeated, intentional behaviour (verbal or physical) that intimidates or harms a person, in psychological or sexual forms.
The session also introduced support mechanisms such as mediation services and their role in providing confidential guidance.
Finally, it explored the Drama Triangle (Victim, Rescuer, Persecutor) and its impact on workplace dynamics, and presented the Empowerment Triangle as a more constructive framework promoting responsibility, coaching, and accountability.
As explained in our previous article, the Commission is drafting a Decision that requires all staff to provide their private mobile to be contacted during their rest time.
Our article, published in September 2025 triggered comments from the administration, claiming that they would prove us wrong by providing updated information. No information was provided, but we still acknowledged what could seem like an intention to correct course by the administration, by informing you in October 2025 of a possible update on the situation. Continue reading Surrender your mobile phone, it’s an order!
Have you ever been on sick leave?
Most of you probably have at some point been ill during your time in the Commission. For some of you, the unpleasant experience of being ill, has been made worse by the related administrative process.
Everything relating to sick leave stems from art. 59 of the Staff Regulations, and its interpretation or creative development in the form of GIPs (General implementing provisions) by the administration.
The current version of the GIPs dates from 2004 and after over 20 years the time has come to update this document. For this reason, DG HR, Generation 2004 representatives and other trade unions have been meeting since last November to discuss the proposed changes.
Continue reading Commission is reviewing its decision on sick-leave
Good things come to those who wait – but not from DG HR. While the Central Staff Committee (CSC) could finally welcome colleagues from DG HR during its pre-Christmas-meeting to gift it with the long-sought-after clarification on freedom of speech for EU staff, the CSC didn’t learn anything that had not been known before. And what had raised doubts and questions before, continues to do so.
