Call for Applications: Council of Europe Internships for Young Roma

With financial support from Roma Initiatives, the Council of Europe offers three-month internships to young Roma students and professionals at the Council of Europe headquarters in  Strasbourg, France. The aim of the program is to train young Roma in administration and civil service and to familiarize them with work in the intergovernmental sector. 

The program is open to young Roma from the following Council of Europe member states: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the  Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Ukraine.
 
Applicants must have completed secondary education, preferably at the university level, and have a good command (written, read, and spoken) of French and/or English.

2009 Internship Sessions

January–March
Application deadline: December 10, 2008.

April–June 
Application deadline: February 10, 2009. 

September–December
Application deadline: April 10, 2009.

Further Information

For more information, please see the program guidelines and application.