When Administrative Rules Shape and Damage a Life: Testimony of a Member

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After reading the article on in vitro fertilization (IVF) reimbursement, I feel compelled to share my own experience – one that profoundly altered the course of my life and remains painful even years later. 

In 2016, after several years of unsuccessful attempts to conceive, my partner and I decided to pursue IVF treatment. At that time, reimbursement required the existence of a formally recognised “pathology.” My request for prior authorisation was refused because no such pathology had been established.  Continue reading When Administrative Rules Shape and Damage a Life: Testimony of a Member →

Training offer: Self-study Digital Skills trainings (EN) and (ES+EN) for EPSO competition AD5 Generalists/Graduates

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Generation 2004, in collaboration with Yasemos Europeos, is happy to invite you to two self-study modules for the Digital Skills test (one in English and one in Spanish + English) for the competition for AD5 Generalists/Graduates, with a special discount rate for our members.

 

 

 

 

 

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Training offer: Self-study Free-text Essay on EU matters (EUFTE) training (EN) for EPSO competition AD5 Generalists/Graduates

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Generation 2004, in collaboration with Yasemos Europeos, is happy to invite you to a self-study module for the Free-text Essay on EU matters (EUFTE) written test training in English for the competition for AD5 Generalists/Graduates, with a special discount rate for our members.

 

 

 

 

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Training offer: Self-study MCQ on EU Knowledge trainings (EN) and (ES+EN) for EPSO competition AD5 Generalists/Graduates

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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.

 

 

 

 

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Training offer: Self-study Reasoning tests trainings (EN) and (ES) for EPSO competition AD5 Generalists/Graduates

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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.

 

 

 

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The trip to nowhere: How European School trips became a nightmare for parents and teachers

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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. 

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Free conference: EPSO AD5 Graduate Administrators

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*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.  

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Training offer: Study group 4 EN+ES for EPSO competitions AD5 Generalists/Graduates

Administrators, EPSO, Events, Newsletter-2026-02-26 Print This Post

*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.

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Free conference: EPSO AD5 Graduate Administrators

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***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.

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From Drama to Awareness – a conference organised on 19 February 2026

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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.

Please find below the other two conferences held as part of the same series: