R&D Day: follow-up
Dear members,On Thursday 5thSeptember we held our R&D Day at Villa Borghi. It was a good occasion to meet colleagues willing to share their views on the role our trade union should play in our working lives. We would like to share with you a mind-mapwe have prepared and a summary of some of the main conclusions:
1. "Hot topics": the idea that every key-point of our working life will be followed by a particular person (or a small team) is still valid and we are convinced this is the right way to work. Over the last year we have been working on the following principal topics:
Correction Coefficient:Paul Nauwelaers
Staff Regulations:Paul Nauwelaers - Davide Auteri
JSIS:Davide AuteriGrantholders/AC FGIV scientific profiles: Robert Kenny - Salvatore Tirendi - Hans Nieman
European School:Hans Nieman
Career/Mobility:Gianfranco Selvagio
Newcomers:Clemens Wittwehr
Individual rights: Gianfranco Selvagio
IT + bureaucracy: Davide Auteri – Robert Kenny
The names indicated are those persons who have been mainly involved in these topics during the last year, but other volunteers are being added to the topics already given and on other issues (for example Ispra Site facilities and environment): don’t hesitate to let us know if there’s something YOU would like to follow: the more we are, the better we can work!
2.Communication: this element is and will remain a key-point for us. We’ve done our best in the last months to improve this aspect (e.g. by the several lunch break R&D Cafés, messages to our members, polls, etc..) but a lot more must be done. We are planning to employ new tools in order to be more effective and especially to get systematic feedback from you as R&D members.
3.Identity: staff not involved in trade union’s activities aren’t always able to understand the difference between the functions of unions and the Local Staff Committee, and sometimes also between the unions themselves. We hope you as R&D members could always trust our positions and can clearly recognise the R&D trademark behind our actions, both at individual and political level. But it’s time to clarify what we offer and what we do. This naturally leads to the final point… 2.Communication: this element is and will remain a key-point for us. We’ve done our best in the last months to improve this aspect (e.g. by the several lunch break R&D Cafés, messages to our members, polls, etc..) but a lot more must be done. We are planning to employ new tools in order to be more effective and especially to get systematic feedback from you as R&D members.
4. Services: apart from R&D "traditional" activities such as language courses, training for open competitions (new courses coming soon…stay tuned!) and the R&D Cafès organised in the past months on different topics, you'll see us around with some new "events" dedicated to newly-recruited people and “old” colleagues.
Does all this stop here? NO! Our “to do list” will be ready and available in the upcoming weeks but we always need your input and suggestions! Only in this way can we be YOURstaff representatives. Tell us what's going on in your institutes, units and offices and important issues that concern you: we'll do our best to represent you and to raise your voice to make your rights count. So don't forget that our office is always open (building 63) and please feel free to pass by for more information, to give us your feedback or just for a chat!
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