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Agneta Lindqvist
Brussels is a pleasant city to live and work in. I particularly appreciate the multicultural environment which gives an added flavour to the daily life.
Alexandre ROGALSKI
I head the team that takes care of things when the DG takes part in an event.
Alvaro de Elera-San Miguel Hurtado
After years of working with EU law from an academic perspective I have now the opportunity to be in the place where this legislation is produced, which gives me a completely different and enriching perspective.
Amalia DE DIEGO Y VEGA
Working in this multi-cultural environment and helping to build Europe is a very enriching experience.
Anastassios PAPADOPOULOS
There are three main reasons why I chose to work for an EU institution.
Andreas THOUPI
Working mostly independently in the secretariat of my unit and doing a variety of tasks my work is never boring. I provide secretarial and administrative assistance to all the desk officers in my unit looking after and monitoring the smooth running of the unit including human resources issues. In only 2.5 years since joining the Commission I had enough self-confidence not only to be functional in all secretariat issues but also to become a trainer for newcomers.
Anita Ivan
I was looking for a workplace where I could use my degree in International Relations. I majored in EU studies and economics, so this DG seemed to be the perfect choice for my first EU job. It is also a great thing to practise mobility, meaning I can change jobs every 2 years and in this way reduce the risk of burn-out. I already know which DG is next!
Anne Ropers
Using a Finnish euro coin to buy a bus ticket in Athens is something we now take for granted. But harmonising the size, weight and other technical characteristics of the 74 billion euro coins of the 12 countries using the single currency is a complex task. This is not a Commission responsibility because minting coins is a very old sovereign right belonging to Member States. However, the Commission provides the secretariat for the necessary coordination between governments and that is Anne’s current job.
Anne-Marie BRUNAMONTI
My main task is to assist my head of unit with organising and carrying out the work of the unit – making sure we follow the procedures correctly and meet our deadlines.
Annica Floren
What I like is that even though the Commission is so big and hierarchical, your voice is heard and it is actually possible to make a difference.
Armando Santos
In July 1998 I began working as a secretary in the Labour Law Unit. Among other duties, I assisted officials in drafting the Council Directive, establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation – an important piece of legislation, which prevents people in the European Union from being discriminated against on grounds of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation.
Bodo Richter
I acquire not only an insight into all policy fields covered by my Directorate-General, but I am also frequently asked to participate in high-level meetings
Boyana STAMENOVA
In my job I enjoy the respect for national and linguistic diversity; the multilingual environment of broad-minded people; my contribution to better access to information for Bulgarians; the feeling of being an integral part of a larger community – Europe.
Catharina SIKOW-MAGNY
Currently I lead a team of 8 colleagues within a bigger Unit.
Cesare Bernabei
Working at the EC offers many assets: its International dimension provides an open and stimulating environment; its importance offers the opportunity to meet many interesting and creative persons all around the world.
Christine VAN VIJLE
On 16.02.2007, I became Head of the "Privileges and Immunities" Department where I coordinate a team of six people and try to organise the Department as efficient as possible, through close collaboration with other departments within the Council, the different "Privileges" Departments of the other EU institutions and the various Belgian authorities competent in our field of work.
David BOUBLIL
Every day – or at least very often – I remember what a major project I'm working on. When I was younger, I campaigned politically for European integration. Working at the Commission, I'm happy to be working in the collective interest of the European public.
David N. GUEDJ
I enjoy the variety of tasks attached to my work: Programme-level, Strategic and Policy work, as well as more project-specific and Framework-Programme related activities. I appreciate the multi-cultural environment and the negotiation work with Research partners and Member States.
Fernanda DA CUNHA DOMINGUES
My job is to help, support, inform, and advise the people who work alongside me in the Council – and retired colleagues too.
Fernando GARCIA FERREIRO
The Commission is a great learning environment. In addition to the joy and fascination linked to working in a multicultural organisation, working here has allowed me to learn and practice three different professions: Conference Interpreter, HR practitioner and People Manager.
Flaminia BUSSACCHINI
We are working for a beautiful and great ideal. We're motivated by the public good and feel a tremendous sense of conviction and responsibility towards our fellow citizens.
Florent FREDERIX
Working for the European Commission is interesting, intellectually challenging and rewarding.
Francesco FLORIS
In our team we investigate whether officials or other agents have respected their obligations under the Staff Regulations (loyalty, exclusivity, no conflict of interest, etc.).
Frank Elholm
In the area of regional policy I see almost a direct link between the money spent and the creation of new jobs, businesses and opportunities in the Member States. Managing regional funds programmes in Germany includes: negotiation of programmes and strategy, supervision of the implementation of the programmes, solving problems (e.g. interpretation of the rules), processing requests, meetings with the regions.
George KAMBOUROGLOU
I really enjoy working in a multicultural environment where my colleagues and I put our minds together to tackle complex projects.
Germana RICCIARDI
I enjoy the multicultural and multilingual environment and truly believe in the added value of the European integration, mostly as a project of peace, stability and prosperity in Europe.
Giorgio Clarotti
Giorgio is a second-generation Commission official: ‘Like Obelix, I fell into the European potion as a child,’ he says, though he initially became a biomedical researcher, thinking that better suited to his desire to bring about change and innovation.
Gudrun STOCK
My job has given me the opportunity to gain practical experience from consulting stakeholders in order to draft new Commission proposals to following the co-decision procedure for a programme proposal in the Council and the European Parliament to contributing to the implementation of funding programmes and participating in their final evaluation.
Guy HOEBERECHTS
I’m responsible for organising conferences, exhibitions and information days for my DG in various EU countries.
Ian Andersen
‘Interpretation and translation covering all 23 official languages costs each EU citizen the equivalent of €2 a year. It is money well spent’, says Ian Andersen. ‘One way of looking at the European Union is as a non-stop negotiation that started nearly 50 years ago. The technical or political points made by each participant needs to be understood by all the others. Experts on, say, product safety or fishing quotas cannot be expected to be linguists as well.’
Ineta STRAUTINA
Together with the Director, we ensure the good functioning of the translation service in order to provide the members of both Committees with good quality translations in due time, thus enabling the two Committees to fulfil their role as participants in the legislative process and as a bridge between the EU and its citizens.
Ingrid VAN GENT
Having worked at the Court for more than a decade now, I enjoy the stimulating, multicultural working environment offered by this young institution (1977) known as the EU’s ‘financial conscience’, where I am surrounded by some 900 dynamic Europeans from 27 nationalities and different backgrounds.
Ioan Petru VASCAN
The Committee of the Regions, as the voice of the local and regional communities in Europe, offers unique challenges and opportunities in the field of communication, along with the necessary resources to meet them in a professional way.
Janos HARCSA
One can feel the heartbeat of Europe in the Parliament as all the important European issues feature on our agenda.
Jekaterina KELK
I take care of secretarial services and personnel management for my head of unit. My main tasks are to take down, type up and draft notes, correspondence and other texts, manage translation requests and the unit’s intranet site, and manage our staff.
Jeremy Lester
In his Commission career, Jeremy has always worked with developing countries, the field for which he obtained a Master’s degree from the UK’s University of East Anglia. He first spent three years in Lesotho before joining the Commission in 1976.
Jolanta ZEMAILAITE
I really enjoy working for the European Court of Auditors.
José Luis TRIMIÑO
Working in development cooperation I have the feeling that I am contributing to strengthening ties between the people in the EU and the people in developing countries: solidarity.
Katarina Mathernova
Katarína Mathernová is Deputy Director General of the Directorate General for Regional Policy in the European Commission in Brussels since September 2007. She is responsible for Development, Coordination and Communication of Cohesion Policy.
Kristin VAN HOOLST
I like it here because of the multicultural environment; many nationalities & languages; it sounds like an eternal vacation...
Laurent GUIRKINGER
Generally speaking, what I like about my job is the multicultural environment, the high profile and the prestige of the Commission, the fact that things are always changing, and the good working conditions.
Lucie ZACKOVA
I was recruited first on a temporary basis before the entrance of the Czech Republic into the EU as part of the overall effort to help prepare the EU institutions on the big-bang enlargement in 2004.
Luigi FIORINO
To work successfully here, you need to learn how to deal with different mentalities and habits.
Marco Di Martino
I strongly believe in European construction; I'm free of the hassle of making profit; I have the feeling that I contribute to making the life of millions of citizens better; I can't imagine living/working without this richness and variety given by our multicultural environment. The salary is good, working hours let us to have a private life and there are excellent possibilities of mobility.
Marek BERAN
Coming from a landlocked country, it was a real challenge for me to start working in the fisheries area, one which I accepted. My job is demanding on one hand, but challenging and interesting on the other with a team spirit and great colleagues.
Maria do Rosário do Carmo Pratas
Having been at the Council for more than 16 years, I've been able to be a part of Europe's exciting development during that time. From 12 member countries in 1992 to 15, then 25 and finally 27. I was there for the Maastricht Treaty, Amsterdam, Nice and now, like all of us, the Lisbon Treaty.
Marina Pascual Olaguíbel
My job is to convey in Spanish everything the parties say, naturally and fluently, reflecting the delivery, tone and emphasis of the speaker.
Markus HOLZER
I enjoy being in Brussels.
Mauro MIRANDA
I must mention a great thing about working in the Institutions which is pretty much unique: the possibility of changing job without having to find oneself another employer.
Monika FEDEROWICZ
What I really like in my current working environment is its diversity: we all have different cultural backgrounds, we speak with all possible accents, we all look and dress differently, we all have different points of view and beliefs.
Monika SZOETS
I handle subsidies to universities that train conference interpreters. I take care of the content and the financial side of things – from the universities' applications to the implementation of masters programmes.
Nathalie HECQ
I am the assistant of a unit of 20 colleagues.
Pascal DE BACKER
Buildings management covers maintenance, cleaning, construction and other works, rental, purchases – managing the European Parliament's 500 000 m² of building space in Brussels.
Patricia DE GRAY
I work in the Human Resources Department in one of the Directorate Generals in the Commission. I follow an official's career from start to finish, from the publication of the post, interviews, selection, request for recruitment, welcoming them to the DG, help them settle in, deal with any problems or issues that may arise in their career, right up to helping them prepare their retirement dossier.
Patricia LIBERT
I work with associations in every EU country – it's an extremely enriching experience...
Pavlos MOURATIDIS
I have had the pleasure to work with organisations that were pursuing cutting-edge research and had the benefit of engaging with world-class researchers, incredibly talented people, leaders in their respective field.
Peter AGIUS
Facilitating discussions and negotiations between representatives of the Member States, proposing drafting solutions.
Peter PRISTOVNIK
Since I was a student in high school, I knew I would work some day in Brussels for the European Union.
Peteris ZILGALVIS
It is sometimes a challenge and usually a pleasure to work with a highly qualified group of colleagues coming from different Member States and from diverse academic backgrounds in a number of different languages every day.
Petra SKVARILOVA
I’m fascinated by the variety of my work and the European angle, as well as the connection between EU law and Czech and Slovak law, for which I am largely also responsible. I also love the working environment – my colleagues are generally young, from many different countries and have interesting backgrounds.
Pia GOEBEL
In 1984, I started as a secretary in the Danish Typing Pool. In 1990 I went for a secondment in the Cabinet where I worked as the private secretary to the Head of Cabinet. I managed to combine work and private life - though with 3 young children it was very challenging at times.
Priscilla DRAPER
I really enjoy the multi-cultural aspect of the Commission and the ability to use my 3 languages on a daily basis.
Renato LAZZARONI
I love the work itself as I am constantly in contact with the Member States, the Candidate Countries, and numerous third parties from all over the planet.
Rok KOZELJ
Our task is not only to tell people about the work, competencies, composition, role of the European institutions, but also to raise citizens' awareness about being active subjects in the EU decision making process, as voters or in many other ways; in one word getting citizens closer and more confident towards our Institutions.
Sabrina ZECCHI
I find the possibility to conciliate private and professional life very important.
Sebastian MITROWSKI
I like very much this multicultural pot in the Institutions.
Sixtine BOUYGUES
What I like in the Institutions is the diversity of people and approaches, but above all – the European project.
Sophie De Coster
We establish networks across Europe based on mutual respect for each other's experiences, competences and backgrounds.
Stephanie J MITCHELL
I very much enjoy the feeling that we do some things no one else does: for example, I worked on the first-ever large-scale IPR training for Chinese law professors.
Steve SENATORE
At the European Parliament I was able to improve my skills in at least four foreign languages (English, French, German and Dutch).
Tadeja Severkar
The team I‘m a part of is an EU excerpt; 14 team members – 12 nationalities. The fact that we all communicate in one or two common languages and get along so well is after all these years still amazing to me. You learn that all the stereotypes are false. You get the first hand advice on many European countries, nations, languages, food…..
Tarja TIAINEN
What I really like in the Commission is that if you are willing to learn new things, and if you are willing to take up new challenges you have all the possibilities to move around in the Commission -try different jobs, get to work with different subjects, and meet new people.
Torben Runge JOHANSEN
My unit has 24 members, and implement and progress the European Research Area in Micro- and Nanosystems, Integration.
Uschi KRAMPE
Working in the EU institutions means you can play an active part in fostering European integration. It's interesting to spend a few years working for a Commissioner or a political group in the European Parliament, to come into contact with the "decision-makers" but it's also interesting to work in a more specialised, more technical field – always bearing in mind who are your stake holders: the public, businesses, authorities in the EU Member States and partner countries, etc.
Valerie O'Brien
Initially a secretary in the department for transport, she then sought a job where she could have more contact with people, work more independently and have direct responsibilities. ‘The Commission offers good opportunities from that point of view. If heads of unit see any kind of potential, they try to use it.’
Vania Ivanova
One of Vania's passions is involving the "outside" world in EU discussions, breaking down barriers and using her fluency in 7 languages to help people from different countries to understand each other and work together. "We have to make sure that subjects like energy efficiency and transport infrastructure are discussed with experts from industries, operators, customers from all over the EU so that the Commission has a good idea of the broad range of opinions and different situations in Member States. By involving specialists early-on in our policy debates, we gauge how EU citizens feel about these topics and make sure that our policies are more likely to be accepted by the public"
Zacharias Kolias
The work at the Court takes me to a great number of places all over Europe. I work with many public sector authorities, private companies and individuals benefiting from community aid. |
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Agneta Lindqvist
Alexandre ROGALSKI
Alvaro de Elera-San Miguel Hurtado
Amalia DE DIEGO Y VEGA
Anastassios PAPADOPOULOS
Andreas THOUPI
Anita Ivan
Anne Ropers
Anne-Marie BRUNAMONTI
Annica Floren
Armando Santos
Bodo Richter
Boyana STAMENOVA
Catharina SIKOW-MAGNY
Cesare Bernabei
Christine VAN VIJLE
David BOUBLIL
David N. GUEDJ
Fernanda DA CUNHA DOMINGUES
Fernando GARCIA FERREIRO
Flaminia BUSSACCHINI
Florent FREDERIX
Francesco FLORIS
Frank Elholm
George KAMBOUROGLOU
Germana RICCIARDI
Giorgio Clarotti
Gudrun STOCK
Guy HOEBERECHTS
Ian Andersen
Ineta STRAUTINA
Ingrid VAN GENT
Ioan Petru VASCAN
Janos HARCSA
Jekaterina KELK
Jeremy Lester
Jolanta ZEMAILAITE
José Luis TRIMIÑO
K. Mathernova
Kristin VAN HOOLST
Laurent GUIRKINGER
Lucie ZACKOVA
Luigi FIORINO
Marco Di Martino
Marek BERAN
Maria do Rosário do Carmo Pratas
Marina Pascual Olaguíbel
Markus HOLZER
Mauro MIRANDA
Monika FEDEROWICZ
Monika SZOETS
Nathalie HECQ
Pascal DE BACKER
Patricia DE GRAY
Patricia LIBERT
Pavlos MOURATIDIS
Peter AGIUS
Peter PRISTOVNIK
Peteris ZILGALVIS
Petra SKVARILOVA
Pia GOEBEL
Priscilla DRAPER
Renato LAZZARONI
Rok KOZELJ
Sabrina ZECCHI
Sebastian MITROWSKI
Sixtine BOUYGUES
Sophie De Coster
Stephanie J MITCHELL
Steve SENATORE
Tadeja Severkar
Tarja TIAINEN
Torben Runge JOHANSEN
Uschi KRAMPE
Valerie O'Brien
Vania Ivanova
Zacharias Kolias