Training policy at your institution

La demande est réussie.

Dear European Court of Auditors,

Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting documents which contain the following information:

1. Documents related to “Study Support Scheme” provided to member staff within the Training Policy of your institution similar to the Scheme provided by Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) to its staff accessible from here http://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/701/r... at point 6.4 and here http://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/701/r... and in the other relevant documents accessible from here http://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/list_...

2. Information if the first university studies, i.e first one after high school, are reimbursed by your institution.

3. How many staff of your institution are STUDENTS at EU Universities similar to the one mentioned by FRA here http://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/701/r...

4. How many such STUDENTS of your institution benefit of the Reimbursement Scheme for their University Studies , Master Studies and PhD Studies, similarly to the Scheme applied by FRA and mentioned here at point 6.4. http://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/701/r...

5. Decision by your institution`s Governing Board for granting reimbursement of individual University Studies, Master Studies and PhD Studies to your staff. If this Decision is not under competence of Governing Board, I request access to the decisions by Appointing Authority (Director).

6. Recommendations, opinions or any other relevant documents containing the position of Staff Committee of your institution on the “Study Support Scheme” for individual studies in form of university, master and PhD studies.

7. How your institution ensure the equal treatment within the promotion exercise and recruitment procedures, when in the Promotion list or Recruitment list appears STAFF –STUDENTS and REGULAR STAFF (i.e. staff having their university, master of PhD studies completed at the date of recruitment).

This is not part of Request I submit under Regulation 1049/2001, but I would very much appreciate to have your opinion on these questions:
a) Do you consider legal and in line with EU Legislation to assimilate training with individual studies in form of University studies, Master studies and Phd studies?
b) Do you consider legal to pay such individual studies from Public Budget? Are you aware of some specific provisions for such payments? (I could not find such rules).
c) Do you consider fair and equal that some of staff have this opportunity to be paid from EU Public budget (so from taxpayers money) for their university, master and PhdD studies and some of staff do not have this opportunity, because they simply do not need such study-payments (having all their studies completed).

Thank you in advance for your kind cooperation.

Yours faithfully,

Kurt Weiss

Cour des comptes européenne

Dear Mr Weiss,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your request for documents related to
training policy, which you submitted to the ECA by email of 08 September
2013.  

Under the terms of Court of Auditors Decision No 12-2005 as amended by
decision 14/2009, regarding public access to Court documents you will
receive a reply within 15 working days, that is by the end of business on
27 September 2013.

Kindest regards,

Aidas Palubinskas

From:        Kurt Weiss <[FOI #813 email]>
To:        information requests at European Court of Auditors
<[European Court of Auditors request email]>
Date:        08/09/2013 12:40
Subject:        access to information request - Training policy at your
institution

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Dear European Court of Auditors,

Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in
Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting documents which contain the
following information:

1.                 Documents related to “Study Support Scheme” provided to
member staff within the Training Policy of your institution similar to the
Scheme provided by Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) to its staff accessible
from here
[1]http://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/701/r...
point 6.4 and here
[2]http://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/701/r...
in the other relevant documents accessible from here
[3]http://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/list_...

2.                 Information if the first university studies, i.e first
one after high school, are reimbursed by your institution.

3.                 How many staff of  your institution are STUDENTS at EU
Universities similar to the one mentioned by FRA here
[4]http://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/701/r...

4.                 How many such STUDENTS of your institution benefit of
the Reimbursement Scheme for their University Studies , Master Studies and
PhD Studies, similarly to the Scheme applied by FRA and mentioned here at
point 6.4.
[5]http://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/701/r...

5.                 Decision by your institution`s Governing Board for
granting reimbursement of individual University Studies, Master Studies
and PhD Studies to your staff. If this Decision is not under competence of
Governing Board, I request access to the decisions by Appointing Authority
(Director).

6.                 Recommendations, opinions or any other relevant
documents containing the position of Staff Committee of your institution
on the “Study Support Scheme” for individual studies in form of
university, master and PhD studies.

7.                 How your institution ensure the equal treatment within
the promotion exercise and recruitment procedures,  when in the Promotion
list or Recruitment list appears STAFF –STUDENTS and REGULAR STAFF (i.e.
staff having their university, master of PhD studies completed at the date
of recruitment).

This is not part of Request I submit under Regulation 1049/2001, but I
would very much appreciate to have your opinion on these questions:
a)                 Do you consider legal and in line with EU Legislation
to assimilate training with individual studies in form of University
studies, Master studies and Phd studies?
b)                 Do you consider legal to pay such individual studies
from Public Budget? Are you aware of some specific provisions for such
payments? (I could not find such rules).
c)                 Do you consider fair and equal that some of staff have
this opportunity to be paid from EU Public budget (so from taxpayers
money) for their university, master and PhdD studies and some of staff do
not have this opportunity, because they simply do not need such
study-payments (having all their studies completed).  

Thank you in advance for your kind cooperation.

Yours faithfully,

Kurt Weiss

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This is a request for access to information under Article 15 of the TFEU
and, where applicable, Regulation 1049/2001 which has been sent via the
AsktheEU.org website.

Please kindly use this email address for all replies to this request:
[FOI #813 email]

If [European Court of Auditors request email] is the wrong address for information requests to
European Court of Auditors, please tell the AsktheEU.org team on email
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Cour des comptes européenne

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Dear Mr. Weiss,

In response to your request, you will find below the relevant information
and documents in connection with individual training support at the Court
of auditors. Questions that fall outside the scope of an access to
documents request will not be answered.

a.        Please find enclosed, the internal rules related to training
schemes for which the Court of auditors’support is granted.
Decision No 7-2006 Laying down the Rules of the European Court of auditors
on Training

Decision laying down the implementing provisions for the Rules of the
European Court of Auditors on Training

b.        Currently (academic year 2013-2014) there are two students who
benefit from a partial reimbursement of enrolment fees for their studies.

+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Student | Type of Degree | Amount of the financial |
| | | support |
|-----------+----------------------------------+-------------------------|
| Student 1 | Master in European Legal Studies | 2 193,75 euro |
|-----------+----------------------------------+-------------------------|
| Student 2 | Master in Public Policy and |  740,00 euro |
| | Management | |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+

c.        For reason of personal data protection, the names of the
students are not disclosed.

d.        There are no specific recommendations nor opinions containing
the position of the Staff Committee on the “Study Support Scheme” for
individual studies in form of university, master and PhD studies, apart
from the general statement made by the Staff Committee in its annual
Activity Report 2012-2013, that "during the reporting period, the Staff
Committee continued to encourage all colleagues to make full use of the
existing training possibilities."

e.        As regards the promotion exercise and the recruitment
procedures, the Court of auditors ensures the equal treatment in
compliance with the rules concerning the career in the Staff Regulations.

Kindest regards,

Aidas Palubinskas

From:        Kurt Weiss <[FOI #813 email]>
To:        information requests at European Court of Auditors
<[European Court of Auditors request email]>
Date:        08/09/2013 12:40
Subject:        access to information request - Training policy at your
institution

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Dear European Court of Auditors,

Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in
Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting documents which contain the
following information:

1.                 Documents related to “Study Support Scheme” provided to
member staff within the Training Policy of your institution similar to the
Scheme provided by Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) to its staff accessible
from here
[1]http://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/701/r...
point 6.4 and here
[2]http://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/701/r...
in the other relevant documents accessible from here
[3]http://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/list_...

2.                 Information if the first university studies, i.e first
one after high school, are reimbursed by your institution.

3.                 How many staff of  your institution are STUDENTS at EU
Universities similar to the one mentioned by FRA here
[4]http://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/701/r...

4.                 How many such STUDENTS of your institution benefit of
the Reimbursement Scheme for their University Studies , Master Studies and
PhD Studies, similarly to the Scheme applied by FRA and mentioned here at
point 6.4.
[5]http://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/701/r...

5.                 Decision by your institution`s Governing Board for
granting reimbursement of individual University Studies, Master Studies
and PhD Studies to your staff. If this Decision is not under competence of
Governing Board, I request access to the decisions by Appointing Authority
(Director).

6.                 Recommendations, opinions or any other relevant
documents containing the position of Staff Committee of your institution
on the “Study Support Scheme” for individual studies in form of
university, master and PhD studies.

7.                 How your institution ensure the equal treatment within
the promotion exercise and recruitment procedures,  when in the Promotion
list or Recruitment list appears STAFF –STUDENTS and REGULAR STAFF (i.e.
staff having their university, master of PhD studies completed at the date
of recruitment).

This is not part of Request I submit under Regulation 1049/2001, but I
would very much appreciate to have your opinion on these questions:
a)                 Do you consider legal and in line with EU Legislation
to assimilate training with individual studies in form of University
studies, Master studies and Phd studies?
b)                 Do you consider legal to pay such individual studies
from Public Budget? Are you aware of some specific provisions for such
payments? (I could not find such rules).
c)                 Do you consider fair and equal that some of staff have
this opportunity to be paid from EU Public budget (so from taxpayers
money) for their university, master and PhdD studies and some of staff do
not have this opportunity, because they simply do not need such
study-payments (having all their studies completed).  

Thank you in advance for your kind cooperation.

Yours faithfully,

Kurt Weiss

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This is a request for access to information under Article 15 of the TFEU
and, where applicable, Regulation 1049/2001 which has been sent via the
AsktheEU.org website.

Please kindly use this email address for all replies to this request:
[FOI #813 email]

If [European Court of Auditors request email] is the wrong address for information requests to
European Court of Auditors, please tell the AsktheEU.org team on email
[email address]

This message and all replies from European Court of Auditors will be
published on the AsktheEU.org website. For more information see our
dedicated page for EU public officials at
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4. http://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/701/r...
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Dear European Court of Auditors,

Thank you for your reply. I would like to request access to the document which makes classification between "education courses" and "training courses" in the frame of Staff Regulation - article 24 cited in the two documents annexed.

University courses and Master courses are "Education courses" and not "Training courses".

Would it be possible to grant me access to any document or at least to indicate a relevant article of any law which provides for the assimilation of "education courses" to "training courses" (in the Staff Regulation meaning)?
Many thanks.

Yours faithfully,

Kurt Weiss

Cour des comptes européenne

Dear Mr Weiss,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your request for documents related to
training policy, which you submitted to the ECA by email of 25 September
2013.  

Under the terms of Court of Auditors Decision No 12-2005 as amended by
decision 14/2009, regarding public access to Court documents you will
receive a reply within 15 working days, that is by the end of business on
16 October 2013.

Kindest regards,

Aidas Palubinskas

From:        Kurt Weiss <[FOI #813 email]>
To:        [European Court of Auditors request email]
Date:        25/09/2013 14:26
Subject:        Re: access to information request - Training policy at
your institution

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Dear European Court of Auditors,

Thank you for your reply. I would like to request access to the document
which makes classification between "education courses" and "training
courses" in the frame of Staff Regulation - article 24 cited in the two
documents annexed.

University courses and Master courses are "Education courses" and not
"Training courses".

Would it be possible to grant me access to any document or at least to
indicate a relevant article of any law which provides for the assimilation
of "education courses" to "training courses" (in the Staff Regulation
meaning)?
Many thanks.

Yours faithfully,

Kurt Weiss

Afficher les sections citées

Cour des comptes européenne

Dear Mr. Weiss,

In response to your request, we confirm that any type of further training
 in the sense of  Article 24a of the Staff Regulation is governed by the
rules on Training that were previously sent to you.

Also, we note that the status of this question on the automated website
that you used to send us this request erroneously shows the request as
"delayed".  Please make sure that you have this corrected as to reflect
that our responses to you have always been within the statutory limits.

Kindest regards,

Aidas Palubinskas

From:        Kurt Weiss <[FOI #813 email]>
To:        [European Court of Auditors request email]
Date:        25/09/2013 14:26
Subject:        Re: access to information request - Training policy at
your institution

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Dear European Court of Auditors,

Thank you for your reply. I would like to request access to the document
which makes classification between "education courses" and "training
courses" in the frame of Staff Regulation - article 24 cited in the two
documents annexed.

University courses and Master courses are "Education courses" and not
"Training courses".

Would it be possible to grant me access to any document or at least to
indicate a relevant article of any law which provides for the assimilation
of "education courses" to "training courses" (in the Staff Regulation
meaning)?
Many thanks.

Yours faithfully,

Kurt Weiss

Afficher les sections citées

ECA Press a laissé une remarque ()

The status displayed for this request is/was erroneous as of 15:42 (CET) of 07 October 2013. All correspondence to the requestor was done within the statutory limits. The status shows that the European Court of Auditors should have replied by 27 September, which it had. In fact, the requestor once again requested more information on 25 September IN RESPONSE TO THE ECA PROVIDING HIM THE REQUESTED INFORMATION on the 18th of SEPTEMBER.

The additional information was sent to the requestor on 07 October, well before the statutory time limit.