Career opportunities with the

European Institutions

Teodora Bogza
EU Careers Ambassador 13/14
EPSO
 Where can an EU Career lead?

Council Ctte of Regions

Commission

Economic &
Parliament Social Ctte Ombudsman
European External
Action Service

Court of Justice Data Protection

Court of Auditors Supervisor

and many more agencies of the EU

in Brussels or Luxembourg (80%)
or elsewhere in the EU and the World (20%)
Austria Italy
European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
European Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems in the European Training Foundation (ETF)
area of freedom, security and justice Top
Top Latvia
Belgium Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC)
Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) Top
European Defence Agency (EDA) Lithuania
Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation (EACI) European Institute for Gender Equality
Research Executive Agency (REA) Top
European Research Council Executive Agency (ERC) Luxembourg
Trans-European Transport Network Executive Agency (TEN-T EA) Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union (CdT)
Top Executive Agency for Health and Consumers (EAHC)
Czech Republic Top
European GNSS Supervisory Authority (GSA) Malta
Top European Asylum Support Office (EASO)
Denmark Top
European Environment Agency (EEA) The Netherlands
Top The European Unions Judicial Cooperation Unit (EUROJUST)
Estonia European Police Office (EUROPOL)
European Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems in the Top
area of freedom, security and justice Poland
Top European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External
Finland Borders (FRONTEX)
European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) Top
Top Portugal
France European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA)
Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA)
European Railway Agency (ERA) Top
European Union Institute for Security Studies (ISS) Slovenia
European Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems in the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER)
area of freedom, security and justice Top
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) Spain
Top European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA)
Germany Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market Trade Marks and Designs (OHIM)
European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (OSHA)
European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy (Fusion for
Top Energy)
Greece European Union Satellite Centre (EUSC)
European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) Top
European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) Sweden
Top European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
Hungary Top
European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) United Kingdom
Top European Medicines Agency (EMEA)
Ireland European Police College (CEPOL)
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions European Banking Authority (EBA)
(EUROFOUND)
Top
 Why an EU Career?
Interesting and International
challenging working
work environment

Training
Variety of career
languages
options and roles
skills

Make a
Travel difference for
Europe
 Overview of staff categories

Permanent staff: Officials

Contract staff: CAST
through EPSO

Temporary staff: mostly in agencies

Trainees
not through EPSO
TRAINEESHIPS
 Traineeships
EU Institutions & Agencies
5 Paid!
Months*

B
Brussels
EU
Luxembourg
experience
Others..

Practical
Competitive
Day-to-Day
Procedure
work
Where?
 Who can apply?
Speak
Bachelor's degree 2
EU languages

One of them is You do NOT have NO

to be an EU
national age limit

Must NOT
have prior payed
work experience You?!
with EU institutions
 Traineeships in The European
Parliament
Types of traineeship in the Secretariat of the European Parliament

(a) traineeships for university graduates: Robert Schuman traineeships (general and
journalism option);
(b) training placements;
(c) conference interpretation and translation traineeships;
(d) ad hoc traineeships based on agreements between Parliament and outside
organisations.

Period of time: 2-8 months

Payment : 1000-1400 E /month
Where to apply :
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/
 Traineeship
European Commission

http://ec-traineeship.findtalk.biz/
 What is offered
A paid traineeship of 5 months

You will receive a monthly grant of some 1,000 and reimbursement

of travel expenses. Accident and health insurance can also be
provided.

Every year, there are about 1.400 places available.

This can be an important enrichment for your further career

Special stages: Scientific traineeships at the Joint Research Centre

Comitetul Economic si Social
Comitetul Regiunilor
Ombudsman
Autoritatea Europeana Pentru
Protectia Datelor
European Union Agency for
Fundamental Rights

European Insurance and Occupational Pensions
Authority
Central European Bank
Permanent staff: Officials
 Benefits package

Salary AD5: 4300 /month

Training: - languages
- skills
Travel for work
Job mobility
Work-life balance
Social benefits: - health care
- child care
- European Schools
HOW?
 Selection Procedure
Overview

Computer Assessment Reserve list

Online
Based Tests Centre Successful
Application
World wide Brussels applicants

number of months
1 9
 Online Application

www.eu-careers.eu
Consult Indicative planning
Create an EPSO Account
communication EPSO candidate
Apply for a competition during the
application period (5 weeks)
 Computer based tests

In your main
Verbal reasoning
language

1 of 24 official
EU languages
Numerical reasoning

Abstract reasoning

In your 2nd language

Situation Judgment
Assessment Centre
Overview Generalists

1 day
in your 2nd language

Case Oral Group

Structured
presen-
study tation
interview exercise
 Erasmus +
4. Erasmus Mundus (varianta A)
Ce? Program de studiu oferit studenilor prin ncheierea de parteneriate ntre
Universitatea de trimitere i alte Universiti din rile vecine UE.

Exemplu: Ianus I, II,

Unde?: Georgia, Ucraina, Moldova, Rusia, Azerbaijan, Maroc, Libia, Tunisia,

etc.

Costuri? Depinde de program i de condiiile negociate de Universitatea

(aprox. 1000 E pe lun)
 Erasmus +
4. Erasmus Mundus (varianta B)
Ce? Programe de master oferit studenilor prin ncheierea de parteneriate
ntre Universiti din UE sau vecine. Programul de master e format si oferit de
universitati, oferta e publicata pe site-ul oficial al programului Erasmus.

Exemplu: Universit Paris 13 Sorbonne Paris Cit (France)

Universit degli studi di Torino (Italy)
Berlin School of Economics and Law (Germany)
Kingston University (United Kingdom)
University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) (South Africa)
Seoul National University (South Korea)
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
University of Massachusetts Amherst (USA)
Unde? Depinde de parteneriate i program

Costuri? Nu platesti taxe de colarizare i se ofer o burs

Beneficii? Posibilitatea de a participa la un program de master n minim 3 ri,

recunoatere din partea acestor universiti.
EVS
With all this information
you are a BOSS

so.
start researching and
applying!
 Questions?

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