Online Training Sessions for the AST3 internal competitions open to AST-SC
MCQ FORMAT ON KNOWLEDGE OF EU POLICIES AND INSTITUTIONS (COM/AST3/2024)

Dear AST-SC colleagues,  

There is no doubt that AST-SC colleagues are constantly being let down by our institution’s staff policy and this is no longer acceptable!

Enough is enough! AST-SC colleagues have always been treated as “Children of a lesser God”, by our administration, whether in terms of promotions or opportunities for career advancement through internal competitions.

R&D has always been a vocal opponent of this scandalous practice :

R&D alongside AST/SC colleagues! – Renou­veau & Démocratie (renouveau-democratie.eu)  

All we are saying … is give AST-SCs a chance – Renouveau & Démocratie (renouveau-democratie.eu)

As the leading Trade Union of European civil service, we have always used the best practices also of other institu­tions to fight the bad practices of the Commission and to reject any unreasonable decision of our administration, namely  to pretend that the Staff Regulations did not permit the organisation internal competitionsfor AST-SC. R&D immediately supported the petition organised by our colleagues in TAO-AFI, members of the Alliance to which we be­long, asking for internal competitions to be organised for AST-SC colleagues. 

With the aim of countering the administration’s arguments and proving that they had no basis, R&D presented the ‘good practices’ that our R&D’s sections in other institutions had negotiated, namely at the Committee of the Re­gions, the European Council, the European Parliament, etc., which had actually organised such internal competitions for AST-SC under the same Staff Regulations.

A FIRST step in the right direction, but there’s still a lot for AST-SC colleagues to do !

We are pleased to say that we have won the FIRST a battle here and that our advocacy has tipped the scales, as the administra­tion has finally announced that the FIRST internal competition will be held to allow AST-SC colleagues to access the AST career path, which has just been  published :

NOTICE OF INTERNAL COMPETITION – EN  (europa.eu)
AVIS DE CONCOURS INTERNE  – FR (europa.eu)

True to its commitments, R&D will make a special effort to offer you the best possible training to maximise your chances of succeeding in these competitive exams. And without asking you to pay outrageous prices, because we never treat our colleagues as clients.

These internal competitions open to AST-SC colleagues will be very challenging for you. It is therefore time to start your preparation right away!

In particular, we are convinced that no external consultant will be able to grasp the challenges of CBT on European knowledge better than very experienced and/or former colleagues.

Thinking of you, our trainer Maria Glowacz – de Chevilly and colleague Blandine Pellistrandi are launching new sessions on EU Knowledge including a new set of 100 MCQ in an interactive exercise format of 4 separate sessions in EN and FR (each session will consist of 50 questions).

These sessions will allow you to assess your knowledge of the European construction, the main policies and the decision-making procedures.

It will also be an opportunity to discuss the usual tips and tricks and the methodology to use in order to prepare in the most efficient way.

If you want to check where you are in your preparation, please:

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MCQ format on knowledge of EU policies and institutions

Training sessions in ENGLISH & FRENCH
Date	Time	Training	Trainer | Colleague
07/03/2024	16:30 – 18:30	MCQ session 1 in EN	Maria & Blandine
12/03/2024	16:30 – 18:30	MCQ session 2 in EN	Maria & Blandine
19/03/2024	16:30 – 18:30	QCM session 1 in FR	Maria & Blandine
21/03/2024	16:30 – 18:30	QCM session 2 in FR	Maria & Blandine

LOGIN LINK WILL BE PROVIDED ONCE YOUR REGISTRATION IS CONFIRMED
ON EACH TRAINING DAY BEFORE NOON

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to complete this form:  MCQ FORMAT ON KNOWLEDGE OF EU POLICIES AND INSTITUTIONS

 Deadline for registration: 06/03/2024 at 5.00 pm