Strelitzia Reginae

Finally, after almost two years, new baby Strelitzia Reginae popped out. After having new leaves one after another, finally a flower came out as well. Here it is. It is sweet little flower, strong orange and violet colour, no smell and with some tears. I hope it stays for at least a month and to encourage further flowering.

EPSO FG II Secretary

EPSO published Call for expression of interest to work as a secretary. It is a FG II (Function Group II), contract agent position for a limited period of time. One year, prolongued up to 3 years, in some cases the contract might be extended into indefinite long-term contract.

The call is open to all citizens of EU, having thorough knowledge of their mother tongue (one of the 23 official languages of the EU) and a satisfactory knowledge of one of the working languages of the EU (English, French, German) and with post-secondary education or high-school education with at least 3 years of working experience or intermediate education with 2 years of specialised training in the specific field and having at least 5 years of working experience.

Date for application is 14 November 2008 12.00 hours!

For more info check http://europa.eu/epso/CA_secretary/call_secretary_en.htm

Croatia airlines recession

Voila, this is what you get when you order Fruit Platter Meal. I remember those golden times when if you were flying out of EU they even gave you a real metal fork and knife.

WEST Photo Competition

Online newspaper West-info.eu specialised in european and local news related to social fields in general is organising a photo competition open to all amateur photographeurs.

Photos should touch social fields such as equal opportunities for men and women, migration, free movement, asylum, diversity, interculture, poverty and social inclusion, anti-discrimination, family, children, youth, disability, ageing, civil society, drugs and addictions and corporate social responsability.

The competition is open until 28 November 2008. Best pictures are chosen every month based on the number of clicks/votes. 7 best winners will enjoy weekend for two in Bratislava.

Photos can be black and white or in colour and must not be bigger than 10 Mb. Photos are to be uploaded through http://www.west-info.eu/west-info/fotoconcorso.jsp.

EPSO AST 1 Internal security

New EPSO competition - this time for Assistants in the field of internal security - AST 1

http://europa.eu/epso/on-line-applications/open_competitions_en.htm

Deadline: 20 May 2008 at 12.00 hours

WEST-INFO

For all those who are still asking themselves where I have disappeared, where I have been hiding, why haven`t you met me for days/weeks/months, have a look at this web portal.

E-portal West-Info - A web portal on welfare, social and territory topics
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Info about West-Info portal on the European Commission portal

Are you interested in co-operation?

Not to mention reading French and Dutch books and English magazine at the same time. Proposal for a project submitted to the EC awaiting to be read. With more or less 50 pages in English. I think I could read it in a half an hour. At least something:)

Good night!

P.S.: There is a photo competition as well! Starting on 6 May! Have a look here. If you meet West, take a photo of it!

A trip with an elevator

It happened. It has happened to me as well. And I thought it will never happen. I was stuck in the elevator for about 15 minutes. Alone. No sound of elevator being alive except the blinking lights above me.

It was like in a horror movie. Colleagues on the other side of the elevator door talking to me, trying to calm me down and telling me to conjugate verb in Dutch. So I tried. "Ik ben in de lift. Je bent in de lift. Hij is in de lift. Maar, neeee, je bent niet in de lift. En hij is ook niet in de lift. Ik ben in de lift alleen. Ik alleen."

My mind was blocked on the lift. I did not panic, however I have to say I did not feel comfortable after seeing too many horror movie including lifts.

But, there is fun everywhere. Do you still remember this movie?
http://www.boreme.com/boreme/funny-2005/disco-elevator-p1.php