CERTIFICATION PROCEDURE:

general implementing provisions

This administrative notice concerns the general implementing provisions (GIPs) for the certification procedure.

The certification procedure allows officials, members of the Assistants' function group (AST), in grades 5 upwards, to be appointed to an Administrator (AD) job and become members of the AD function group provided they have been selected to take part in – and have successfully completed – a compulsory training programme. They are consequently authorised to apply for vacant AD posts corresponding to their grade.

The 2 first exercises organised by the Commission were based on general implementing provisions ("GIPs") adopted in 2005 . On the basis of the results of a critical analysis establishing the need to modify the selection procedure, new GIPs were adopted by the Commission on 20 November 2007 (in Annex ). The 2007 certification exercise is the first exercise based on the new GIPs.