The European Commission proposes 2 types of traineeship: an Administrative Traineeship or a Translation Traineeship with the Directorate-General for Translation (DGT). Trainees work all over the European Commission, its services and agencies, mostly in Brussels, but also in Luxembourg and elsewhere across the European Union. The nature of your work will depend on the service you are assigned to. You may, for example, work in the field of competition law, human resources, environmental policy, translation, etc. Who can apply? The traineeship programme is open to all EU citizens, regardless of...
The pandemic slowed us down but we are getting back on track! We are picking up speed and dealing with the ‘backlog’. In 2022 alone, we published 34 lists of successful candidates. More than 1400 successful candidates are now on EPSO reserve lists, in fields such as: International cooperation, EU law, Anti-fraud, Health, Food Safety, Translation and Agriculture, to name just a few. Could you be one of them? Have a look here at all the reserve lists published by EPSO this year: EPSO/AD/380/19 (AD7) - Administrators in international cooperation and managing aid to non-EU countries EPSO/AD/380/19...
We have been made aware of different scams affecting the European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO): False information about the cancellation of on-going competitions and fraudulent job offers falsely stating that they are issued by the European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO). We strongly encourage you to be suspicious of unsolicited emails, phone calls, texts and messages that ask for personal information or financial payment. Under no circumstance should you share your personal details, take any action or make payments based on these fraudulent communications. At no point in time does the...
New Competency Framework greenlighted EPSO has kick-started its transformation process. First step on the agenda - Modernising the Competency Framework. Fulfilling the European Institutions’ goals starts with their staff. This is why the staff competencies must be optimally aligned with their missions and values. Therefore, it is essential that staff at all levels and across all EU Institutions, regardless of their background, gender, religion, culture or function, demonstrate common qualities. In this regard, since 2010, EPSO has been using a Competency Framework consisting of 8 general...
EPSO is currently undergoing a thorough transformation process for staff selection to better respond to the evolving needs of the EU institutions and the realities of today’s labour market. Strategic reflections are ongoing on a new concept for the AD generalist competition and on a revised competency framework. An important objective here is to achieve greater diversity in the candidate pool both as regards profiles and backgrounds. In the specialist competitions, we are already in a piloting phase to test some new selection methodologies. The main aims are to shorten the duration of...
Make your voice heard Through the new multilingual digital platform, people from all across Europe can – for the first time ever at EU level – have a greater say on what they expect from the EU, and comment on the ideas of others. Through the platform you can: Share own ideas and endorse or comment on those of others, in any chosen language. Access a map of events and sign up to participate. Upload information about own events organised. Topics covered: Climate change and the environment Health A stronger economy, social justice and jobs EU in the world Values and rights, rule of law, security...
