Hver udvælgelsesprocedure har sin egen udvælgelseskomité til at udvælge de bedste ansøgere, som har de kvalifikationer og kompetencer, der er beskrevet i meddelelsen om udvælgelsesprøven. Udvælgelseskomitéerne består af tjenestemænd fra EU-institutionerne, og EPSO gør sit yderste for at sikre en god balance med hensyn til medlemmernes køn og sproglige baggrund. Der skal også være repræsentanter for både ledere og ansatte uden ledelsesansvar, og der skal tages højde for den pågældende institutions størrelse. En formand, der bistås af en eller flere næstformænd, leder komitéens arbejde. Alle opgaver i forbindelse med vurderingen af ansøgerne under udvælgelsesproceduren er omfattet af den tavshedspligt, der gælder for bestyrelsens arbejde.

EPSO lægger stor vægt på ligestilling og gør alt for at respektere lige muligheder, lige behandling og lige adgang for alle ansøgere, på denne måde:

• Det overordnede princip, der ligger til grund for udvælgelseskomitéens arbejde, er princippet om upartiskhed. Der må f.eks. ikke være nogen direkte hierarkisk forbindelse eller nogen direkte familieforbindelse mellem et medlem af udvælgelseskomitéen og ansøgeren. Dog udelukker det, at der er et tidligere eller endog nuværende professionelt forhold af fjernere karakter mellem en ansøger og et komitémedlem, ikke automatisk, at komitéen kan bedømme ansøgeren.
• Både medlemmer af udvælgelseskomitéer og ansøgere skal over for EPSO afgive en erklæring om eventuelle interessekonflikter, så EPSO kan tage sådanne forhold i betragtning og eventuelt foretage tilpasninger.
• Udvælgelseskomitéen opfylder de forud fastsatte kriterier for kompetence, udvælgelse og bedømmelse i meddelelsen om udvælgelsesprøven. Disse kriterier bliver omhyggeligt og konsekvent dokumenteret, vedtaget og anvendt.
• Omfattende uddannelse, coaching og supervision af komitémedlemmerne og regelmæssige gennemgangsmøder sikrer ensartede bedømmelsesmetoder.

EPSO foretager systematisk kvalitetskontrol og statistiske analyser for at overvåge og eliminere enhver mulig skævhed i bedømmelsen af ansøgerne.

All EPSO tests, and how they are scored, are closely analysed in order to ensure that they are fair and do not impact adversely on particular groups of candidates. EPSO is in the process of becoming compliant with the brand new ISO Standard for Assessment Procedures and is already in line with the UN Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities.

A key aspect of fairness is gender balance and EPSO strives to attract and select a balanced pool of male and female applicants. In practice, men and women apply in disproportionate numbers for some profiles. In general, however, applications are balanced, and the most recent AD Generalist competition produced 50% male and 50% female successful candidates.

Objective evaluation criteria are adopted prior to the selection, in accordance with the competition notice, and are rigorously applied to all candidates in order to ensure equal treatment.

Accessibility is very important to EPSO. We continually work to improve the accessibility of our communication and selection procedures.

However, if you run into difficulties linked to the accessibility of your EPSO account or our website, please contact us to share your observations and recommendations.

If necessary, EPSO produces adapted formats accessible to assistive technology

Your feedback is essential to us. It helps us improve our services by making them more accessible to everyone.

You can find out more about EPSO's work to improve accessibility on our equal opportunities webpage.

EPSO places great importance on equality, diversity and inclusion, and makes every effort to respect equal opportunities, equal treatment and equal access for all its applicants.

If you feel that you have been treated in an unfair or discriminatory way, due to one or more of the following characteristics: sex, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age or sexual orientation, please contact us straight away to share your observations and feelings.

We pay a lot of attention to feedback from applicants, who are at the heart of our policies and practices on equality, diversity and inclusion management. For more information on how we put these policies into practice, please see our webpage dedicated to equal opportunities.

For at sikre datafortrolighed og undgå forskelsbehandling videregiver EPSO ikke oplysninger om handicap og særlige behov til de ansættende afdelinger.

Hvis du på grund af et handicap eller sygdom har behov for tilpasninger eller har andre særlige behov, skal du oplyse din kommende arbejdsgiver om det direkte, når du er blevet ansat.

Hvis du ønsker at blive informeret, hvis bestemte afdelinger giver positiv særbehandling til personer med handicap, kan du sætte kryds i det relevante felt i din konto. I så fald vil vi videregive dit navn og din e-mailadresse til de ansættende afdelinger.

If you are pregnant during the selection procedure registration period, you can submit your questions, problems or requests for adjustments in your application form, together with a medical certificate confirming your pregnancy and your due delivery date.

If you find out that you are pregnant or you give birth during the selection procedure period, please contact us as soon as possible, providing the same information and sending a medical certificate confirming the expected or actual delivery date.

We will inform you of the possible options after examining your request.

If you require adjustments to the selection tests as a result of a disability or medical condition, all you need to do is follow the procedure set out on our equal opportunities page in order to submit your request for adjustments. You will also find the different types of possible adjustments.

Please note that in order to benefit from reasonable adjustments to the selection tests, you will have to produce a certificate confirming your disability or medical condition issued by a competent national organisation and/or a specialist.

Accessibility is very important to EPSO. We continually work to improve the accessibility of our communication and selection procedures.

However, if you run into difficulties linked to the accessibility of your EPSO account or of our website, please contact us straight away to share your observations, problems and recommendations.
If necessary, EPSO produces adapted formats accessible to assistive technology

For more information on EPSO's work to improve accessibility please visit our webpage dedicated to equal opportunities.

When different written tests are used in the same competition (e.g. translation tests) these tests are chosen so that they have a similar level of difficulty.