Certification procedure 2019

The 2019 Certification procedure call for applications is now open until 9 October 2019. The Certification, a procedure based on Article 45a of staff regulations, allows AST colleagues to get on the AD ship. There are of course some preconditions and procedures in order to be eligible for the certification. The most important is that you are already AST 5 or above and that in 2 of the previous 3 appraisal exercises you were marked as having “the potential required to take on the functions of an AD” by your reporting officer.

Deadline for the application is the 9th of October 2019. Applications must be done in Sysper. Continue reading Certification procedure 2019

BU-xit? NO!

STAFF IN BEAULIEU IS HAPPY THAT THE RENTAL CONTRACT OF BEAULIEU BUILDINGS IS TO BE EXTENDED

In October 2018, OIB announced the closure and relocation of the Beaulieu site buildings: BU-XIT. The original intended plan was to:

  1. Close the nursery as of 2020;
  2. Empty the BU1/5/9/24 buildings probably by the end of 2020;
  3. Empty the BU29/31/33 buildings around 2024. No further information was released after the OIB’s communication and no detailed plan was rolled out before the background survey of this report was published on 12 June 2019.

Continue reading BU-xit? NO!

Unofficial minutes of the General Assembly in Luxembourg of 9 July 2019

The Local Staff Committee (LSC) Luxembourg has not yet made public the minutes of the General Assembly that took place on 9 July 2019. We would like to provide you therefore with our unofficial minutes about this Assembly and with information that you may not read from the official minutes. But first let us go back to how the story began… Continue reading Unofficial minutes of the General Assembly in Luxembourg of 9 July 2019

Selection criteria for a complementary health scheme

In the first article about our health insurance system, we introduced the limitations of JSIS cover and the difference between complementary health schemes which usually cover either “hospitalisation only” or “hospitalisation and other medical expenses”.

In the second article of the series we will address the criteria to take into account when choosing such a complementary health scheme. Continue reading Selection criteria for a complementary health scheme

Follow-up on last week’s fight for climate

Generation2004 supports the EUStaff4Climate initiative, a bottom-up initiative of colleagues exercising their rights as EU citizens concerned about our common future and the future of our children while staying fully loyal to our institutions. Formed in March this year, the group has come up with a petition of EU staff addressed to EU leaders and has participated in many climate events. Many of our members take active part in this initiative – thank you for this! We want to give you a short update concerning two recent events in Brussels in which our members and other colleagues from EUStaff4Climate were involved: Continue reading Follow-up on last week’s fight for climate

Driving the Social Monologue

Here is a quote from the European Commission’s DG HR web page on the social dialogue: “The social dialogue aims at ensuring the permanence, the independence and the competence of the European civil service. This dialogue impacts on the staff policy and plays an important role in the human resources management in the Commission.” Continue reading Driving the Social Monologue

Generation 2004 actively supports the global Climate Action Week and invites all colleagues to join it

In only 4 months, over 10.000 colleagues in the EU institutions – including many of Generation 2004 members – have signed the EUstaff4climate petition calling on EU leaders to step up action on the planetary emergency. From 20 to 27 September millions of people around the world will take a stand on climate change with strikes and protests. As individuals and EU public servants, we have a double responsibility to act. Generation 2004 actively supports this initiative and our elected staff representatives, Piotr Rapacz, will intervene during Sunday’s event. Continue reading Generation 2004 actively supports the global Climate Action Week and invites all colleagues to join it

Generation 2004 supports Bruxsel’air Brussels clean air initiative

Bruxsel’air, a Brussels pro clean air group, is organizing a drink on the space currently blocked for works on Rue de la Loi on the 22nd of August. Ministers of the newly elected Brussels region government  were invited and everyone’s presence is important to show that we need a proper clean air policy for our city.

Be there and help support this important cause. It’s your health, it’s your future!

The electoral system of the Luxembourg LSC is flawed and should be changed!!!

Trade unions and staff associations (OSPs) representing almost three quarters of staff in Luxembourg but having a minority (30% of seats) in the current the Local Staff Committee (mandate 2016-19) are convinced: The electoral system must be changed towards a proportional distribution of seats. A proportional seat distribution is necessary to revive true discussion and consensus-finding among the plurality of opinions as well as the possibility to bring in new ideas to the Local Staff Committee (LSC) by all members. Continue reading The electoral system of the Luxembourg LSC is flawed and should be changed!!!

DG COMM staff expresses its opinion on rotation and mobility

About two weeks ago Generation 2004, in close cooperation with a couple of colleagues from DG COMM’s EC Representations, launched a short survey on rotation and mobility in DG COMM. Thanks to all responders, mainly from Representations (94%), not only we are now sure the system needs to change, but we also know what are the most pressing issues DG COMM staff working in the EC Representations faces today. Continue reading DG COMM staff expresses its opinion on rotation and mobility