There is currently one member of staff from my Department who is working in the EU Commission as a Seconded National Expert (SNE).
SNEs are national or international civil servants who are working temporarily for the Commission. SNEs have a dual role: to bring to the Commission their experience of the issues they are used to dealing with where they normally work and to take back to their home administration the knowledge of Community issues which they acquire during their secondment.
Another available scheme is the National Experts in Professional Training (NEPT) programme. This programme is a bi-annual training scheme where serving civil and public servants can have an opportunity to work in the European Commission for a period of 3-5 months. The scheme provides officials with a first-hand experience of working in the European Commission.