Fabio is a head of unit at the European Parliament's Directorate of Human Resources. He is a leg amputee and has been working for the European institutions since 2001.
We asked him if he needed any kind of special arrangements at his job.

"When I can not walk with my prosthesis I walk on crutches, but cannot use my hands. I do not use anything special, I have IT tools (Ipad, fewer notebooks). For my back problems due to the prosthesis, I have a table adjusted in height. I am entitled to parking. It was not difficult to get the amenities. Since I have a motor disability, it is less problematic. I can interact 100%."

Fabio shares his advice for other candidates with special needs applying for an EU Career.

"We must not be afraid, we must give ourselves the means to face a new situation. Do not go in the dark, come here and think that everything will be fine and that the Parliament will take care of everything. No institution in the world will be able to take care of everything. Preparing for a new environment is especially applicable for people with disabilities. Someone with a disability already knows that they have to approach things differently... prepare themselves differently too."

Daniela is an official since 2000. She joined the EU and started working at Luxembourg, after 2 years she moved to Brussels and her career path transformed into a new way of serving the European Organizations. She started in DG INFSO, moved to DG AGRI and finally arrived at DG HOME. In 2005, she started to study transpersonal counseling and in 2010, she moved into another direction. She decided to support colleagues in the European institutions through coaching and systemic healing. She studied in different universities until she got the PCC ICF, professional coaching certificate and discussed her university thesis on master systemic constellation in Belgium.

Daniela keeps a systemic methodology when assisting her clients: she enhances strengths and weaknesses, to empower officials, staff and managers to face fears and improve their own style. Daniela is thriving when coaching, respecting and adapting to her clients' preferences; she keeps an eye on research to improve her understanding of people’s needs, reveal insights, and inspire innovative solutions in future management and leadership research.

She is professor at POLI.design, a branch of Politecnico in Milan. Her program is about empowerment to enhance leadership and creative skills of students of Master Strategic design. Daniela Terrile | Master in Strategic Design

People inspire Daniela; she strongly believes that people have insights and internal resources to be effective and resilient. Coaching is not about the form or fixing a person; coaching is enhancing the potential, to gain the place in society, and become what people deserve and dream to be.

Since 2015, she created a concept “Coaching4all” to support colleagues and human beings in their personal and professional development. Her motto is “my SUCCESS is YOUR SUCCESS”.