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CEDEFOP
Traineeship at CEDEFOP
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 aims of in-service training at Cedefop are:
- 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.
Work carried out by the trainees would be equivalent to that given to junior executive-grade officials e.g. writing minutes of meetings, research on a particular topic, assist the supervisor or the head of unit in his/ her activities. The Translation Service of CEDEFOP also offers the possibility for in-service training. Trainees applying for a placement in the Translation Service go through the same selection procedures.
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.
Applications for in-service training must be submitted via the on-line application form.
Training grants: The grant is currently EUR 1005.05 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 753.79 per month.
Deadline: was 20 August 2010.
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