The Open Society Roma Initiatives offer 5 five-month internships in the European Commission. This internship begins on October 1, 2012 for young Roma university graduates from new EU member states, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia.
The Open Society Roma Initiatives offer 5 five-month internships following an agreement with the European Commission, for young Roma university graduates from all new EU member states (excluding Cyprus and Malta), Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia. The training period involves work experience in one of the Commissions’ Directorates-General.
The internship has the following main aims:
- To give Roma interns a general idea of the objectives and problems of European integration
- To provide them with practical knowledge of the working of the Commissions’ Directorates-General
- To enable them to acquire personal experience by means of the contacts made in the course of their everyday work
- To enable them to enrich and put into practice the knowledge they have acquired during their studies or professional careers
- To promote the active citizenship of young Roma in Central and Eastern Europe by exposing them to advocacy and community service work.
Profile of interns:
Nationals from all new EU member states (excluding Cyprus and Malta), Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia who are of Roma origin.
- Candidates should demonstrate willingness to return to their home country after the internship and complete a community-based service project
- Applications from women are encouraged
- Candidates must have completed a course of university education and obtained a full degree or its equivalent (for minimum national education qualifications required, see Annex 1 of the application form) by the closing date for applications. Applications are only accepted if they are accompanied by a photocopy of the candidate’s degree certificate (or, in the absence of this document, an official statement from the university confirming the degree result; see Annex 2 for list of university degrees sought by the EC services)
- Preference will be given to candidates with proven experience in civil society work
- Working knowledge of at least English or French, and the ability to draft reports in one of these languages. Other languages would be appreciated
- Basic computer literacy
- The maximum age for interns is 25. However, the Selection Committee may, if there is a good reason, make exceptions to this age limit at the candidate’s request (in which case, a cover letter should be submitted with the application form). As the Commission’s in-service training program addresses young graduates at the beginning of their careers, this age limit should not be considered to be discriminatory
- The internship scheme at the Commission is open to candidates who have not yet benefited from in-service training in another European institution or body
Submission deadline: June 29, 2012
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