Deadline: 25 April 2013
Open to: Nationals of EU Member States and of candidate countries benefiting from a pre-accession strategy
Remuneration: 1030.85 EUR per month
Description
CEDEFOP, the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, offers one nine-month period of in-service training (stage) for young university graduates but also to PhD students, without excluding those who in the framework of lifelong learning have recently obtained a university diploma and are at the beginning of a new professional career. The training period involve work experience in one of the departments of CEDEFOP and run from 1 October to end of June each year.
The total number of trainees for the 2013 will not exceed 10. Along with the various traineeships in the following Areas:
- Research and Policy Analysis
- Enhanced Cooperation in Vocational Education and Training and Lifelong Learning
- Communication, Information and Dissemination
- Resources
The main aims
- to give trainees a general idea of the objectives of and problems associated with the development of initial and continuing professional training within the framework of European integration;
- to provide them with practical knowledge of the working of Cedefop departments;
- to enable them to acquire personal experience by means of the contacts made in the course of their everyday work;
- to enable them to further and put into practice the knowledge they have acquired during their studies.
Eligibility criteria
- 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 pre-accession countries must have a very good knowledge of at least English.
How to apply
Applications for in-service training must be submitted via the on-line application form. The deadline for applications is 25 April 2013.
Remuneration
The grant is currently EUR 1030.85 per month. In order to facilitate equal participation, disabled trainees may receive a supplement of 50% of the basic grant. Trainees resident in Thessaloniki prior to the start of their in-service training receive EUR 773.14 per month.
