Selection of confidential counsellors - EIB

Prior-checking Opinion regarding the selection of confidential counsellors at the European Investment Bank (case 2017-0136)

Confidential counsellors become active in informal anti-harassment procedures, a topic on which the EDPS has published Guidelines. The selection of such counsellors, in this case by the EIB, is subject to prior-checking by the EDPS because it involves an evaluation of the applicants' ability to perform the function, and possibly processing operations related to health. In the case at hand, the EDPS recommended spelling out the modalities of the procedure leading to the selection of confidential counsellors in rules of normative value, including which information on individual counsellors will be made available and which criteria apply to their selection.