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The European Commission has recently announced a new application round for traineeships in October 2012. These traineeships provide a unique opportunity to get to know the European Commission and how the various EU institutions operate.
The traineeships last from 1st of October 2012 to end of February 2013 and last between three and five months and the Commission provides a basic grant for the selected trainees.
In general the candidates are selected from EU member countries and pre-accession strategy countries. However – a limited number of places are offered to non-Europeans based on resource availability. The candidates are expected to have completed university education and have no prior experience in EU traineeship programmes. In addition, candidates from EU member countries are expected to know at least two Community languages on a good level (including one working language: English, German or French). Non-Europeans are expected to have a good proficiency of at least one of the three working languages.
If you are interested in Community matters, this is a wonderful opportunity to build a network of acquintances and while there is no guarantee of further employment, high quality trainees can be recruited after completed traineeship following the general guidelines for employment. Read more about the regulations for traineeship here.
Application deadline 30.01.12
The application can be submitted here, and additional information about the traineeship system selection procedures can be found here.
