Applicants for a Schuman traineeship must: be aged 18 or over; be nationals of a Member State of the European Union or an accession/candidate country (a very limited number of traineeships to nationals of other countries can also be offered); hold a university level diploma; have a thorough knowledge of one of the official EU languages and a very good knowledge of a second (citizens of non-Member States must have a very good knowledge of either English, French or German); provide an eligible criminal record; not have worked, or have benefitted from any other type of traineeship, for more than two consecutive months in an EU institution, body or agency; not have carried out a study visit at the Secretariat of the European Parliament six months prior to the beginning of the traineeship.
A Schuman traineeship will enhance your education and your vocational training. It will provide you with an insight into the work of the EU institutions and the European Parliament, a crucial forum for decision-making and political debate at EU level. The Schuman traineeships may be undertaken in a wide variety of fields, such as EU internal and external policies, finance, law, multilingualism, administration, infrastructure and logistics, communication or IT.
Requirements for applicants: Citizenship of Ukraine Age 20-27 years High level of English (Upper-Intermediate, Advanced) Experience in youth work
Involvement of youth in practice at the UN, to explore how the UN works from the inside. The program is aimed at intensifying the participation of young people in international politics and spreading the principles of responsibility in society, as well as building a dialogue between the government of Ukraine and young people
Civil society organizations in various organizational and legal forms, registered in accordance with Ukrainian legislation as non-profit
Expand the capabilities of civil society organizations to help victims, record information about war crimes, influence the formation of policies and practices that affect human rights, security and justice
Human rights and other non-governmental organizations, local authorities and local self-government bodies, local mass media, community residents
Monitoring of the provision of human rights by local self-government bodies according to the "Local Human Rights Index" methodology in one or more communities, preparation of analytical materials based on the results of the monitoring of the provision of human rights by local self-government bodies, preparation and implementation of advocacy campaigns on the provision of human rights at the local level, advocacy development of local programs to ensure human rights