FUTURE OF THE EUROPEAN CIVIL SERVICE

A few months ago a report began to circulate throughout the Commission services, the so-called "Madelin Report" prepared by, amongst others, the Director-General of DG SANCO. Although the Barroso Commission has always confirmed not to envisage any new reform, this report puts forward totally unacceptable proposals for an imminent reform of our staff regulations. Even Kinnock didn't dream up plans to replace two thirds of officials by temporary agents directly recruited by each DG. Even the die-hards of decentralisation didn't put into question the role of DG Admin and the bodies centrally charged to ensure coherence between the services and equality of treatment for the personnel as a whole.

>> 23 September 2008
"Report Madelin" on the modernization of human resources in the Commission

Following the release of the conclusions of the Holmquist – Verrue – Madelin Working Party, staff representatives have reacted unanimously both on the substance and method of this report. Indeed, the conditions conducive to a genuine debate on a new reform are not met and all the trade unions and staff associations firmly refuse any new reform of our staff regulations. We are convinced that neither the staff nor the institution are in a position to carry out a new reform. Such an initiative risks creating more confusion amongst our colleagues and within the services, as well as weakening the Commission. Indeed, it would jeopardize the Commission's position in the interinstitutional architecture and its role in building Europe.

>> 3 July 2008
Modernisation of the Commission's Human Resources
OPEN LETTER to Mr President BARROSO, Mr Vice-President KALLAS

Next week's Commission meeting features an agenda point with the misguided title 'Modernisation of the Commission's Human Resources'. This document, which has never been subject to the compulsory social dialogue with staff representatives, and which has only been received by us through informal channels, poses dangerous threats to the survival of a competent, permanent and independent public service (and therefore of our Institution).
Four years after the damaging Kinnock reforms, administration, human resources and staff unions are still smoothing out as far as possible the damaging effects of the new staff regulation. Now, the dogma by which the 'Holmquist-Madelin-Verrue_Report' is guided represents another major attack on the consistency, dignity and efficiency of the European Civil service.

Other documents about internal seminar on Human Ressources:

Staff motivation  Epso development  HR scenario  Note