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European Personnel Selection Office
Erik Halskov
Director
The European Communities
Personnel Selection Office (EPSO)
Legally established by decision of
the EU institutions on 26 July 2002.
Fully operational 1 January 2003
Mission: to organize open
competitions to select highly
qualified staff for recruitment to all
institutions of the European Union
EPSO
selects candidates
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European Institutions
recruit selected candidates
European Institutions
European Parliament
Council
European Commission
Court of Justice
Court of Auditors
European Economic & Social
Committee
Committee of the Regions
European Ombudsman
EPSO Resources
Today: 140 staff
Own premises: Av. de Cortenbergh 80 in
Brussels : close to all European
Institutions
Annual budget : 22 million €
EXAMPLES
EUR 2 (Bulgaria and Romania)
Translators (AD5)
Interpreters (AD5)
EUR 2 and EUR 10
Administrators – EPA, Law, Economics, Audit
(AD5)
Secretaries (AST1)
Structure of presentation
Selection
Recruitment
Career
Selection
Permanent Officials
Employed and taxed by EU
Separate social security system
Longterm employment security
Salary according to fixed salary table
Recruitment through open competitions
Reform of working conditions as of 1 May 2004
Categories of staff
AD – Administrators
Former A and LA (administrators, managers,
linguists)
AST – Assistants
Former B (administrative assistants)
and C (secretaries)
BASIC REQUIREMENTS
FOR “AD” CATEGORY
University degree
EU citizen
Knowledge of 2 EU languages
Specific requirements for each
competition
Notice of competition
Legal basis
Published in the Official Journal
Category, grade, field
Basic and Specific requirements
Expiry date for application etc.
Competition structure
1. Pre-selection tests
All applicants
2. Written section
Fixed number
3. Oral examination
Fixed number
Pre-selection tests
Multiple-choice questions
Knowledge in specialist field
EU-knowledge
General aptitude:
Verbal & Numerical reasoning
All pre-selection tests in Second language
Written section
Essay in specialist
field
Interview
Interview with Selection board
Reserve list
List of successful candidates
Competition finalized by establishment of the
Reserve list
Institutions recruit from these lists / EPSO act as
“clearing house”
No guaranteed recruitment
Normally at least a year from application to start
of recruitment
How to apply?
Application period normally starts when the
Notice of competition is published
No regular cycle of competitions
Registration for most competitions on-line
All details on the web site
http://europa.eu.int/epso
MYTHS
No age limit for EU competitions
No national quotas
(though we work to indicative
recruitment targets for enlargement
competitions)
Recruitment
Actual staff per institution
Committee of Regions
1%
Economical and Social
Committee
2%
Court of Auditors
2%
European Court of Justice
3%
European Parliament
13%
European Ombudsman
0%
Council
9%
European Commission
70%
Commission Staff 2005
Number
Percentage
20 170
78
Temporary Agents
1 570
6
Auxiliaries
2 130
8
Contract Agents
950
4
National Experts
950
4
25 770
100
Permanent Officials
Total
Recruitment to
Commission 2004
Staff getting status Staff with status of
of permanent
”probationer” in
official in 2004
2004
A*
440
1183
B*
166
475
C*
146
203
Total
752
1861
Career
A new career system
Objective: Officials producing good results must be able to
progress - both in their career and in terms of pay - until retirement
Two basic categories: Assistants and Administrators
Entrance requirements raised for AST: no officials without
upper secondary education and three years of professional
experience
New career structure: more grades and less function groups
Promotion on merit
Career transition facilitated
Old structure
1
A1
A2
A3
A4
A5
A6
A7
A8
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
New structure
1
16
15
14
13
12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
2
3
4
5
Career structure (cont.)
function group AD
function group AST
Director-General
AD 16
Director-General/ Director
AD 15
Administrator working for example as:
Director / Head of unit / Adviser / linguistic expert; economic expert; legal expert;
medical expert; veterinary expert; scientific expert; research expert; financial
expert, audit expert
AD 14
Head of Unit/Adviser/linguistic expert; economic expert; legal expert; medical expert;
veterinary expert; scientific expert; research expert; financial expert, audit expert
AD 13
Head of Unit/principal translator, principal interpreter, principal economist; principal
lawyer; principal medical officer; principal veterinary inspector; principal scientist;
principal researcher; principal financial officer, principal audit officer
AD 12
AD 11
AST 11
Head of Unit/senior translator; senior interpreter; senior economist ; senior lawyer;
senior medical officer; senior veterinary inspector; senior scientist; senior
researcher; senior financial officer, senior audit officer
AD 10
AST 10
AD 9
AST 9
AD 8
AST 8
AD 7
AST 7
AD 6
AST 6
AD 5
AST 5
Translator; interpreter; economist; lawyer; medical officer; veterinary inspector; scientist;
researcher; financial officer, auditor
Junior translator; junior interpreter; junior economist; junior lawyer; junior medical officer;
junior veterinary inspector; junior scientist; junior researcher; junior financial
officer, junior auditor
Assistant working for example as:
AST 4
AST 3
AST 2
AST 1
Personal assistant (p.a.); clerical officer;
technical officer; IT officer
Senior clerk; senior documentalist; senior
technician; senior IT operative
Clerk; documentalist; technician; IT
operative
Junior clerk; junior documentalist; junior
technician, junior IT operative
Filing clerk; technical attendant; IT
attendant, Parliamentary usher.
Appraisal and promotion
Speed of career determined by annual appraisals
Appraisal: Merit- and priority points for achievement
of objectives and demonstration of competencies and
conduct
Merit and priority points accumulate over the years
the threshold fixed reached: Promotion
Training
Increased training budget as result of reform
Increased focus on management training
Language training, knowledge of 3rd language
before first promotion
Training to be set up before transfer from function
group AST to AD
Inter-institutional co-ordination of certain training
via European Administrative School
Pay and Pension
(officials)
PAY
Basic monthly salary for AD5 (step 1): 3837€
Basic monthly salary for AD14 (step 5): 13193€
Family allowances: Household allowance, Dependent child allowance,
Education allowance
Expatriation allowance
PENSION
Normal retirement age 65, but right stay until 67
Full pension rights 70% of final basic salary
Flexible retirement provisions from 55 years of age
Improved flexibility as result
of reform
Objective: Reconcile family and career
Flexible working arrangements
New flexitime arrangements
Access to part time - and telework easier
Maternity leave of 20 weeks
Parental leave of six months
Website
http://europa.eu.int/epso
The EPSO website is maintained
in three official languages
(German, English and French)
European Personnel Selection Office
http://europa.eu.int/epso
QUESTIONS?