WRITTEN QUESTION No. 874/96 by Herbert BÖSCH to the Council. Staff policy
Date: 1996-04-19
Institutions: BOESCH, European Parliament
Subjects: European Commission, European integration, European official, accession to the European Union, aid programme, traineeship, vocational training













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 874/96 by Herbert BÖSCH to the Council. Staff policy  


Official Journal C 305 , 15/10/1996 P. 0025 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-0874/96 by Herbert Bösch (PSE) to the Council (19 April 1996)Subject: Staff policyTo be successful, a strategy for the introduction of the Central and Eastern European States requires an active training policy for citizens of those states in the institutions of the European Union. I would therefore ask:1. How many stagiaires from Central and Eastern Europe have worked at the Council since 1990 and where were they placed?2. Is there a category of stagiaires from the Central and Eastern European States?3. According to which criteria are they selected?4. How many stagiaires (divided up according to country) will work in the Council in the coming years?Reply (2 August 1996)Ad preambulead paras 1 and 2:The Council shares the assumption underling the question, namely that an active policy in respect of traineeships for nationals from potential applicant countries in Eastern and Central Europe is desirable well in advance of accession dates.However, there has yet been no planned approach to this problem, and traineeships have not as yet been reserved for nationals of the Members States in question (Cf. also reply to pt. 3 below).Given the limited resources available to most Institutions in this area, and the relatively large number of potential applicant countries, the Council believes that the adequation of needs and available resources are probably best dealt with on an interinstitutional basis; the Council stands ready to participate in any discussions which may be organised to arrange such an interinstitutional approach.Ad para 3:Traineeships in the Council Secretariat are, under normal circumstances, restricted to nationals of the Member States of the Union. This requirement is, however, relaxed on the occasion of the accession of new Member States, and candidacies from known accession States are accepted within the twenty-four months period prior to accession.The selection of trainees is decentralised to the various Directorates General. An essential Selection criterion is the possession of a university degree relevant to the work of the Directorate General in question, or the requirement that participation in a traineeship form an essential part of the training leading to the obtaining of a university degree or diploma.Each Directorate General is granted two paid traineeships each year and every effort is made to ensure a balance between Member States. About 24 paid traineeships are granted each year. A similar number of unpaid traineeships are also accorded.Ad para 4:The number of traineeships accorded in future years will not vary greatly from the figures set out above, as the capacity to cope with increased numbers of trainees is not available, either in terms of manpower for supervision or office space. The number of paid traineeships available depends directly on the funds voted by the budgetary authority.