The European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP) offers internships for university graduates and PhD students, which have recently received an university diploma. The agency offers you among other things, to get an general idea about the objectives of and problems associated with the development of initial and continuing professional training within the framework of European integration, practical knowledge within the framework of CEDEFOP departments. 

Who can apply:

• Applicants should be nationals from EU Member States and of candidate countries benefiting from a pre-accession strategy.
• Trainees should not have already benefited from in-service training in another European institution or body.
• Trainees must have completed the first cycle of a higher education course (university education) and obtained a full degree or its equivalent by the closing date for applications.
• Candidates from Member States must have very good knowledge of at least two Community languages, of which one should be English. Candidates from candidate countries must have a very good knowledge of at least English.
• Applications for in-service training must be submitted via the on-line application form.

Duration of the internship and subsidy offered:

The training period involve work experience in one of the departments of CEDEFOP and run from 1 October to end of June each year.

– EUR 896.8 per month for trainees from abroad (member states of the EU or candidate countries), as well as trainees residing in Greece who need to move to Thessaloniki for the duration of the traineeship.
– EUR 672.6 per month for trainees residing in Thessaloniki prior to the start of their in-service training.
Travel expenses (within certain limits) are also reimbursed.
In order to facilitate equal participation, disabled trainees may receive a supplement of 50% of the basic grant.

For this round there will be 16 internship places available.

The online application can include a maximum of three projects in order of priority:

• Records management and assistance in the Director’s office (50%) & Support to research in Department for Communication (50%)
• Legal research and assistance (Legal Service)
• Data Protection (Data Protection Officer)
• Press and News service (Department for Communication)
• Graphic Design: infographics and data visualisation (Department for Communication)
• Early leaving from education and training (Department for Learning and Employability)
• Lifelong Guidance (Department for Learning and Employability)
• Web content correspondant (Department for Learning and Employability)
• Finance (Department for Resources and Support)
• ICT security, software evaluation and technology watch (Department for Resources and Support)
• Europass (Department for VET systems and Institutions)
• Vocational education and training policies and systems 1 (Department for VET systems and Institutions)
• Vocational education and training policies and systems 2 (Department for VET systems and Institutions)
• Skills forecasting and sectoral-based system (Department for Skills and Labour Market)
• Skills Panorama webportal (Department for Skills and Labour Market)
• Statistics and Indicators (Department for Skills and Labour Market)

Deadline: 6 June 2016 at 14:00 Greek time (CET + 1).

For more information and online application see this link.