EU Civil Service

Course duration: 20 hours of lectures and 34 hours of seminars

This course is focused on EU civil service and its aim is to familiarize students with the notions concerning the civil service in EU, the applicable rules, status of civil servants, career of civil servants in EU, ethical dimensions of work in EU bodies, legal conditions to access in a European civil service, the courts with jurisdictional competence.

Professors:

  • Prof. PhD. Hab. Bercu Ana-Maria
  • Assoc. Prof. PhD. Bilan Irina
  • Assoc. Prof. PhD. Cigu Elena
  • Lecturer, PhD. Lupu Dan
  • Prof. PhD. Hab. Tofan Mihaela

Teaching materials: download here

Bibliographic materials:

Books and papers

  • Becker, Hendrik (2023). Human and financial resources in decentralised EU agencies. European Parliament. Directorate-General for Internal Policies of the Union. ISBN: 978-92-848-0868-7. DOI: 10.2861/376607
  • Court of Justice of the European Union (2014) Civil Service Tribunal. Luxembourg: Publications Office. ISBN: 978-92-829-1409-0. DOI: 10.2862/58356
  • Demmke, Christoph; Bovens, M. A. P.; Henökl, Thomas (2008). Regulating conflicts of interest for Holders of Public Office in the European Union a comparative study of the rules and standards of professional ethics for the Holders of Public Office in the EU-27 and EU institutions.  Luxembourg: Publications Office. ISBN: 978-92-9203-006-3, ISBN : 978-90-6779-209-7.
  • Demmke, Christoph; Moilanen, Timo (2013). Government Transformation and the Future of Public Employment: The Impact of Restructuring on Status Development in the Central Administration of the EU-27 New Edition.  Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften; New edition (May 29, 2013). ISBN-10: ‎ 3631629710. ISBN-13: ‎ 978-3631629710
  • Demmke, Christoph; Bossaert, Danielle (2004). Ethics in the Public Services of the European Union Member States. European Institute of Public Administration Publisher. Ireland: Dublin. Available at: https://www.eupan.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2004_1_2_IE_NL_Ethics_in_the_Public_Services_of_EU_Member_States.pdf.
  • De Sutter, Jan (2021) The ultimate EU career development book 2.0. London : John Harper. ISBN: 9781838089863
  • European Commission (2020). Code of Good Administrative Behaviour. Available at: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02000Q3614-20111116
  • Gallo, Daniele (2021). Public services and EU competition law: the social market economy in action. Turin: Giappichelli; Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN: 978-88-921-4070-7, ISBN: 978-1-03-213229-7, ISBN : 9781000589276
  • Levi, Laure.; Blot, Audrey.; Champetier, Annabel.; Flandin, Nathalie.; Rodrigues, Stéphane (2020). Fonction publique de l’Union europeenne. Paris: Dalloz. ISBN: 9782247190065, ISBN: 2247190065
  • Mader, Oliver (2024). EU Civil Service Law: A Practitioner’s Guide 1st Edition, Kindle Edition. Hart Publishing; 1st edition (July 25, 2024). ISBN: ‎ 1509977929
  • Trunk, Alexander; Hatzimihail, Nikitas (Editors) (2021). EU Civil Procedure Law and Third Countries: Which Way Forward? Nomos/Hart (June 3, 2021). ISBN-10: ‎ 1509948767, ISBN-13: ‎ 978-1509948765.

Videos

  • European Commission (2019). European Public Employment Services in Action. Available here
  • European Public Affairs Consultancies Association (2013) Code of Conduct. Available here
  • European Commission (2021). How will the future work?. Podcast Available here
  • European Commission (2021). A Lithuanian Perspective on the Future of Work. Podcast Available here
  • European Commission (2022). Strength through diversity. Podcast Available here
  • European Commission (2021). How participative management is transforming a Belgian Public Employment Service. Podcast Available here
  • Western Balkans Enabling Project for Civil Society Monitoring of Public Administration Reform – WeBER (2016). Public Service and Human Resource Management – WeBER, Available here