Article 1
Duties of the Office 1. The Office shall organise open competitions with a view to securing the services of officials on optimal professional and financial terms for the institutions of the European Communities. The Office shall draw up reserve lists enabling the institutions to recruit highly qualified staff meeting the needs determined by the institutions. 2. More specifically, the Office's tasks shall be to: (a) organise open competitions at the request of individual institutions with a view to drawing up reserve lists of suitable applicants for appointment as officials. The competitions shall be organised in compliance with the Staff Regulations, on the basis of harmonised criteria laid down in accordance with Article 6(c) and in compliance with the work programme approved by the Management Board; (b) cooperate closely with the institutions with a view to assessing the future staff needs indicated by the institutions and preparing and implementing a programme of competitions to meet those needs in a timely manner; (c) develop selection methods and techniques on the basis of best practice and in line with the skills profiles laid down for the various categories of staff of the institutions; (d) administer and check the use of the reserve lists established on the basis of Interinstitutional competitions; (e) submit annual reports to the institutions on its activities.