As indicated in our previous communiqué EPSO is giving priority to retesting sessions for the Economics and Crisis management, migration and internal security competitions. However, some rescheduling was likely, including as regards CAST-P selection procedures. The reasons behind this are mainly logistical and are linked to the important number of candidates being given the opportunity to retest. We can now announce the following, with immediate effect: The retesting session for the Economics competition will take place on Monday, 13 November 2023, and not on Friday, 20 October 2023, as initially planned. Important: candidates already invited to attend the retesting session on 20 October 2023, will receive a cancellation e-mail from EPSO’s external contractor in due time. EPSO does not know exactly when this message will be sent out, but we can already confirm that the retesting session of 20 October 2023 is cancelled. The retesting session for the Crisis management, migration and internal security competition will take place on Friday, 24 November 2023 and not on 25 October 2023, as initially planned. The CAST-P ‘testing window’ will take place on 6 and 7 December 2023, and not on 29 and 30 November 2023, as initially planned. The CAST-P ‘testing window’ of 23 and 24 October 2023, remains the same. There are no changes to this planned ‘testing window’.

EPSO is working hard to publish the results of the latest CAST-P exams. If you took part in this recent testing session, rest assured that your results will be published soon and at the latest by Friday, 6 October. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

EPSO is always looking for ways to improve the candidate experience. We will switch to automated remote proctoring for our tests, starting with CAST exams between 13-14 September 2023. Instead of using human proctors, proctoring will now be fully machine-assisted. This innovation will offer candidates a smoother testing experience (e.g. a simple ID check and confirmation, no personal checks, no interruptions by a proctor during testing), whilst maintaining the necessary security requirements (candidates will be recorded while testing).