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EPS: popping the Eurobubble and beyond.. University of Milan – DEMM 25th November 2013 Paolo Bonardi The three macro job-areas in the Eurobubble Politics • Think tanks • EP assistant • Lobbying Funding Consultancies • Private sector • Public administration • Associations • NGOs • Private sector Enter the Bubble - Determine your career goals • Contact EU networks (Europe direct, Enterprise Europe Network, etc) • • • • • • Industry associations Regional/Local authorities Political jobs (i.e. MEP assistant, EP political groups, etc) Lobbying jobs NGOs Law firms Enter the Bubble - Determine your career goals • • • • • • • EU/International institutions Consultancies Platforms and networks (Errin, Eurocities, etc.) Universities, Research Centers, Think Tanks, Foundations, etc Media Private sector Representation of Public Administration • • • • • • • • • • • • Perm Reps and Embassies Fundacion Comunidad Valenciana Association des grandes villes de France Swedish association of local authorities and regions Romanian municipalities association BSSSC – Baltic sea states sub-regional cooperation European north – Lapland Oulu (Finland) Association of the provinces of the Netherlands (IPO) Brussels office of region of east Macedonia Eurocities AER (Assembly of European Regions) Veneto region http://cor.europa.eu/en/regions/Documents/regional-offices.xls Industry & Unions • • • • • • • • • • • • • Eurochambres Union of Chambers (UCL, CCPIF, BritCham, CCI Alp-Med…) Belgian - Chinese Chamber of Commerce EUROPIA (Petroleum) Tipik (Communication) Business Europe (Industry) COPA-COGECA (Agriculture) Alstom (Transport & Energy) CIAA - The Confederation of the Food and Drink Industry of the EU CEFIC – European Chemical Industry Council COWI (Engineering) Confidustria (Industry general Union) … Consultancies (employees + LT/ST experts) • • • • • • • • • • • • Ernst&Young KPMG Transtec ARS Progetti Agriconsulting PNO Europe for business Athenora ECO 3 Integration Euronet consultants ….. http://www.euractiv.com/consultancies Associations and NGOs: • • • • • • • • • • • • CONCORD EWEA (Wind & Energy) Actionaid Amnesty international Eurodad Oxfam Terre des hommes Solidar World vision European Youth Forum JEUNE (European young entrepreneurs) … Think-tanks & research centers: • • • • • • • • • APRE (research & development) CEPS (Center of European Policy Studies) EPC (European Policy Center) Friends of Europe TEPSA ECIPE Heinrich B. Stiftung Notre Europe …. http://www.eu.thinktankdirectory.org/ Lobbies To have a complete overview of Brussels Lobbies visit the Transparency Register: http://ec.europa.eu/transparencyregister/info/homePage.do?locale=en#en Public & Private Representations /Unions Strengths Small or non-existent competitive pressure (from the market) Weaknesses Usually limited career opportunities in the long term Usually involved in lobbying activities Good networking opportunities (members – institutional contacts) Usually characterized by a friendly working environment (rather small offices) Type and number of EU projects to be drafted / managed can be limited Politically driven EU institutions as Civil Servant Strengths Prestige Weaknesses Burocracy Terms of contract (salarybenefits) General environment Limited space for creativity Career opportunities Access to information Monotony of tasks Politics-oriented job – Assistant to MEPs Strengths Weaknesses Prestige Tasks Terms of contract (salary-benefits) General environment Institutional contacts Dependency from MEP/employer Working hours Tasks Access to information Strasbourg Small consultancies Strengths Weaknesses Prestige Tasks Terms of contract (salary-benefits) General environment Institutional contacts Dependency from MEP/employer Working hours Tasks Access to information Strasbourg Big consultancies Strengths Weaknesses Excellent career opportunities High number of projects to be drafted / managed Usually excellent work contracts (with benefits and training opportunities) High competitive pressure, both external (market) and internal (colleagues) Apply for all kind of positions Some web directories... • www.eurobrussels.com • jobs.euractiv.com • www.europeanvoice.com • www.euro-jobbing.com • www.jobs-brussels.com • www.xpats.com (the Bulletin) • www.career.be • www.unique.be – Interim (FR – NL) • www.tempo-team.be – Interim (FR – NL) • http://europa.eu/epso/index_it.htm Apply for EU institutions See: http://europa.eu/epso/index_en.htm Applying for EU institutions – Permanent Officials • 2 categories: Administrators (AD) and Assistants (AST) • AD: e.g. policy officers, lawyers, auditors, scientific officers, translators, interpreters, communication & press officers… • AST: e.g. secretaries, HR assistants, financial assistants, • conference technicians… • EU-28 • Bachelor • Knowledge of 2 languages (incl. EN, FR, or DE) • Specific skills Applying for EU institutions: permanent Officials Applying for EU institutions – Contract Agents (CAST) • Fixed-term contract (initial 6-12 months) Functions: 1. 2. 3. 4. manual and administrative tasks clerical or secretarial tasks/office management executive tasks, drafting, accountancy, etc. administrative, advisory, linguistic EU-28 (eventually IPA) Applying for EU institutions – Trainees • • • • • About 1 200 per year 3-5 months About 1 000 €/month Blue-book & lobby EU-28 (possibility for third countries nationals) Institution Deadline Commission September & January http://ec.europa.eu/stages/ Parliament 15/10 & 15/05 Europarl Traineeships Council 31 August EU Council Traineeship EESC 1 October & 1 April EESC Traineeship CoR September & March CoR Traineeship My job experience in the Bubble Project assistant Project Manager Policy Officer 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Monitoring EU policies and Funding Programme; Drafting and management of EU Projects; Stakeholders management, development and management of the international consortia; Delivering trainings on EU Funds; Organizing events; Developping common strategies and actions with other regional offices in the framework of Errin Network; Day to day advisory on EU funds and policies. thank you very much for the attention!