R&D
alongside
AST/SC colleagues!
R&D
has always been alongside AST-SC colleagues, denouncing the
restrictions imposed by the Staff Regula¬tions on their career progression, the
discrimination suffered by the impossibility of accessing a procedure similar
to certification for AST colleagues, the limiting on grades which may be filled
by internal competitions, etc.
These aspects have an impact on the difficulties encountered
by all the institutions in recruiting new AST-SC col-leagues, as these posts
are, in the first place, affected by the gradual deterioration in the
attractiveness of our European civil service, as the Commission has now also
recognised.
However, despite our efforts, almost nothing has been done
since 2014 to demonstrate to AST-SC colleagues that the institution is aware of
the difficulties these colleagues are facing.
It is not enough to recall at all times the limits imposed
by the Staff Regulations of which these colleagues are ful¬ly aware. The same
imagination capability demonstrated by the Commission in other cases must be
used.
In addition, it is time to accompany with concrete facts the
political commitments for a genuine modernisation of human resources by giving
a concrete response not only to the increasing demotivation of AST-SC
colleagues but also to the recruitment difficulties in this category.
Moreover, a credible exercise aimed at a genuine
modernisation of human resources cannot be managed based on the lobbying
capacity of each category and/or through more or less credible surveys by
highlighting the num¬ber of responses received, in order to establish
priorities, thereby clearly penalising AST-SC colleagues due to their
relatively limited number.
More promotion possibilities for AST/SC it
is now!
Pending a comprehensive reflection on the measures that can
be taken to meet the demands of our AST-SC colleagues, what can be done in the
immediate future should not be overlooked.
In particular, the limitations resulting from the Staff
Regulations have been encroached by DG HR’s unnecessarily restrictive approach
to the quotas made available each year for the promotions of AST-SC colleagues.
Already in the past, the staff representation has stressed
the unreasonable and purely bureaucratic nature of DG HR’s approach.
In the context of the ongoing promotion exercise, we regret
to note that this unfair situation continues for our AST/SC colleagues.
R&D
urges
Directors-General to request additional quotas for more deserving AST-SC
colleagues through exceptional requests and the Appointing Authority to analyse
these requests with the utmost sympathy.
R&D
will
make every effort to support these requests in the statutory bodies.
It should be remembered that, like the requests to increase
the quotas for the reclassification possibilities of our CA colleagues, the
budgetary impact of these measures is relatively modest.
It is sufficient to devote to these efforts a more than
negligible part of the savings that the Commission intends to achieve through
its new building policy.
R&D
still and always listening to all staff
In line with its commitment to listen to and to stand
by all staff, R&D
will
present in future communications its proposals to meet the expectations of
each category and/or group of colleagues.
Please do not hesitate to share with us any
difficulties you have encountered and your suggestions regarding the real
priorities to be established for a modernisation of human resources management
and organisational behaviour so that together we can put in place a Human
Management strategy based on trust, recognition of expertise and actual work
done.
Cristiano Sebastiani,
President
