eps : popping the eurobubble and beyond
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EPS: popping the Eurobubble and beyond..
University of Milan – DEMM25th November 2013
Paolo Bonardi
The EurobubbleDefinition
“Set of people, rules and institutions accidentally gathered in Brussels, since the approval of Maastricht treaty to now, to enhance European Integration and to foster European Policies; surviving, directly or indirectly, thanks to the Budget of the European Union. “
Paolo Bonardi, 2013
The money at stake in the Eurobubblehttp://ec.europa.eu/budget/mff/index_en.cfm
http://ec.europa.eu/budget/index_en.cfm
Common injurious fakes on EU budget (if you are Eurosceptic)
Policies• Think tanks• EP assistant • Lobbying
Grants• Public administration• Associations• NGOs
Tenders• Private sector• Consultancies
The three macro job-areas in the Eurobubble
Enter the Bubble - Determine your career goals
• Contact EU networks (Europe direct, Enterprise Europe Network, etc)
• Industry associations• Regional/Local authorities• Political jobs (i.e. MEP assistant, EP political groups, etc)• Lobbying jobs• NGOs• Law firms
Enter the Bubble - Determine your career goals
• EU/International institutions• Consultancies• Platforms and networks (Errin, Eurocities, etc.)• Universities, Research Centers, Think Tanks,• Foundations, etc• Media• Private sector
Representation of Public Administration
• Perm Reps and Embassies• Fundacion Comunidad Valenciana• Association des grandes villes de France• Swedish association of local authorities and regions• Romanian municipalities association• BSSSC – Baltic sea states sub-regional cooperation• European north – Lapland Oulu (Finland)• Association of the provinces of the Netherlands (IPO)• Brussels office of region of east Macedonia• Eurocities• AER (Assembly of European Regions)• Veneto region
http://cor.europa.eu/en/regions/Documents/regional-offices.xls
Industry & Unions
• Eurochambres• Union of Chambers (UCL, CCPIF, BritCham, CCI Alp-Med…)• Belgian - Chinese Chamber of Commerce• EUROPIA (Petroleum)• Tipik (Communication)• Business Europe (Industry)• COPA-COGECA (Agriculture)• Alstom (Transport & Energy)• CIAA - The Confederation of the Food and Drink Industry of the EU• CEFIC – European Chemical Industry Council• COWI (Engineering)• Confidustria (Industry general Union)• …
Consultancies (employees + LT/ST experts)• Ernst&Young• Transtec• ARS Progetti• Agriconsulting• PNO• Europe for business• Athenora• ECO 3• Integration• Euronet consultants• …..
http://www.euractiv.com/consultancies
Associations and NGOs:• CONCORD• EWEA (Wind & Energy)• Actionaid• Amnesty international• Eurodad• Oxfam• Terre des hommes• Solidar• World vision• European Youth Forum• JEUNE (European young entrepreneurs)• …
Think-tanks & research centers:
• APRE (research & development)• CEPS (Center of European Policy Studies)• EPC (European Policy Center)• Friends of Europe• TEPSA• ECIPE• Heinrich B. Stiftung• Notre Europe• ….
http://www.eu.thinktankdirectory.org/
LobbiesTo have a complete overview of Brussels Lobbies visit the Transparency Register:
http://ec.europa.eu/transparencyregister/info/homePage.do?locale=en#en
Strengths
Small or non-existent competitive pressure (from the market)
Usually involved in lobbying activities
Good networking opportunities (members – institutional contacts)
Usually characterized by a friendly working environment (rather small offices)
Weaknesses
Usually limited career opportunities in the long term
Type and number of EU projects to be drafted / managed can be limited
Politically driven
Public & Private Representations /Unions
Strengths
Prestige
Terms of contract (salarybenefits)
General environment
Career opportunities
Access to information
Weaknesses
Burocracy
Limited space for creativity
Monotony of tasks
EU institutions as Civil Servant
Strengths
Prestige
Terms of contract (salary-benefits)
General environment
Institutional contacts
Tasks
Access to information
Weaknesses
Tasks
Dependency from MEP/employer
Working hours
Strasbourg
Politics-oriented job – Assistant to MEPs
Strengths
Prestige
Terms of contract (salary-benefits)
General environment
Institutional contacts
Tasks
Access to information
Weaknesses
Tasks
Dependency from MEP/employer
Working hours
Strasbourg
Small consultancies
Strengths
Excellent career opportunities
High number of projects to be drafted / managed
Usually excellent work contracts (with benefits and training opportunities)
Weaknesses
High competitive pressure, both external (market) and internal
(colleagues)
Big consultancies
Apply for all kind of positionsSome web directories...
•www.eurobrussels.com
•jobs.euractiv.com
•www.europeanvoice.com
•www.euro-jobbing.com
•www.jobs-brussels.com
•www.xpats.com (the Bulletin)
•www.career.be
•www.unique.be – Interim (FR – NL)
•www.tempo-team.be – Interim (FR – NL)
•http://europa.eu/epso/index_it.htm
Apply for EU institutions See: http://europa.eu/epso/index_en.htm
Applying for EU institutions – Permanent Officials
• 2 categories: Administrators (AD) and Assistants (AST)• AD: e.g. policy officers, lawyers, auditors, scientific officers,
translators, interpreters, communication & press officers…• AST: e.g. secretaries, HR assistants, financial assistants,• conference technicians…• EU-27• Bachelor• Knowledge of 2 languages (incl. EN, FR, or DE)• Specific skills
Applying for EU institutions: permanent Officials
Applying for EU institutions – Contract Agents (CAST)
• Fixed-term contract (initial 6-12 months)
Functions:
1. manual and administrative tasks2. clerical or secretarial tasks/office management3. executive tasks, drafting, accountancy, etc.4. administrative, advisory, linguistic
EU-27 (eventually IPA)
Applying for EU institutions – Trainees• About 1 200 per year• 3-5 months• About 1 000 €/month• Blue-book & lobby• EU-27 (possibility for third countries nationals)
Institution Deadline
Commission September & January http://ec.europa.eu/stages/
Parliament 15/10 & 15/05 Europarl Traineeships
Council 31 August EU Council Traineeship
EESC 1 October & 1 April EESC Traineeship
CoR September & March CoR Traineeship
My job experience in the Bubble
Project assistant Project Manager Policy Officer
1. Monitoring EU policies and Funding Programme;2. Drafting and management of EU Projects;3. Stakeholders management, development and management of the international consortia;4. Delivering trainings on EU Funds;5. Organizing events;6. Developping common strategies and actions with other regional offices in the framework of
Errin Network;7. Day to day advisory on EU funds and policies.
Hope to see you soon in the Bubble and
thank you very much for the attention!