Our institution is under pressure, all the more reason for it to take care of its staff. With unchanged status, we propose a series of beneficial actions for the personnel as well as for the institution. One obviously does not go without the other.

Europe needs a cohesive, motivated, independent, creative and competent civil service: let's make sure that we give ourselves the means for this ambition.

 

Citizen engagement

 

For U4U, civil servants and other European agents are not bureaucrats, but actors in the European construction which constitutes their raison d'être. Similarly, and surveys confirm it, European civil servants are very often involved in society, defending European values through the fight for equality and solidarity, against precariousness, and more recently, against global warming. To support this commitment:

• We will continue to support the GRASPE think tank, as it has since its inception. This review is led by civil servants of various sensitivities to reflect on the future of the civil service and its role in European construction. It is recognized by academic institutions, and followed by tens of thousands of people in the public service;

• We have set up with Brussels and other European associations the "European Citizens' Platform" to conduct discussions on European construction outside the institutions, and even organize rallies in its favour, such as those on May 9th;

• We have created a website (Europe Solidarity) dedicated to European construction and including a library of articles on the European civil service. This site is consulted each month by several thousand people;

• We support and promote the actions carried out by EUStaff4Climate;

• We have initiated a new form of exchange, in the form, among other things, of virtual cafés on subjects of general interest, in order to give a voice to everyone, bearers of inspiring projects, experiences and initiatives;

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We want to promote the environmental dimension at the heart of the criteria in the choice of location of buildings (offices, nurseries, nurseries, schools), the design of workspaces, the selection of materials, energy performance;

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It would be necessary to design a better mobility strategy and, to do so, to collaborate with the authorities of each site on the questions of public transport, cycle paths, compliance with the standards of polluting emissions and noise... It would also be necessary to provide car parks for clearing and drop-off car parks near central schools and nurseries;

 

We support the objective of a “sustainable canteen” label for our collective catering, including in crèches and nurseries.