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WTO YOUNG PROFESSIONALS PROGRAMME

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Application Deadline: 22 April 2025

LOCATION: Switzerland

The WTO has launched the application process for the next edition of its Young Professionals Programme, a one-year opportunity for early-career professionals from developing economies to gain hands-on experience of trade issues at the WTO Secretariat. The application period is open until 22 April 2025.

ELIGIBILITY:

A candidate must:

be a natural person from a WTO member

have an advanced university degree in law, economics, and other international trade-related subjects relevant to WTO work

have a minimum of two years’ relevant experience

demonstrate a high level of interest in international trade and commitment to WTO-related work

Be fluent in English. A good working knowledge of one of the WTO’s other official languages, French or Spanish, would be an advantage

Be 32 years of age or younger at the expected start date of the YPP, if selected.

Preference is given to candidates from WTO members without any representation at the professional level in the Secretariat. A list of under-represented WTO members will be provided when the request for applicants is posted. 

The request for applications for the Young Professionals Programme is published each year on the WTO external jobs platform. The system provides instructions for online application procedures. Applicants must submit a letter of motivation along with the completed online application.

BENEFIT:

Participants under the programme receive a monthly salary of CHF 4,000. The WTO also provides appropriate medical cover and travel costs.

Duration: One year without possibility of extension

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EUROPEAN COMMISSION BLUE BOOK TRAINEESHIPS

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Application Deadline:  30 August 2024 (10:00 a.m. CEST)

LOCATION: Brussels

At the European Commission’s Traineeships Office, they believe in equality and diversity. Twice a year, the Commission offers 5-month paid traineeship. The  traineeship scheme also welcomes a number of international non-EU trainees for each traineeship session. People with different backgrounds join this traineeship scheme each year and it provides a unique and unforgettable experience. 

ELIGIBILITY:

Subject to eligibility criteria, the traineeship is open to all EU citizens, regardless of age. A limited number of places are also allocated to non-EU nationals.

The traineeship programme is open to university graduates who:

have completed a standard 3-year higher education degree (minimum EQF 6 level), corresponding to a complete Bachelor’s cycle, or equivalent. Only if you have a certificate or official confirmation from your university that you have such a degree will you be eligible to apply.

You will have to provide the following documents:

diplomas or certificates with final grades clearly indicated

and proof of minimum EQF 6 level. Find out more about EQF levels

have no prior work experience of any kind, in excess of 6 weeks in any EU institution, body or agency, delegation, with Members of the European Parliament (MEPs), or Advocates General at the Court of Justice of the European Union (EUCJ)

have a very good knowledge of languages:

For the administrative traineeship – you must have a very good knowledge of two EU official languages, one of which must be a working language: English, French or German at C1 or C2 level as per the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages and a second one at B2 level at least as per the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
For non-EU nationals, only one procedural language is required at C1 or C2 level.

For the translation traineeship in the Directorate-General for Translation (DGT) – you must be able to translate into your main/target language (normally your mother tongue), from two other official EU languages (‘source languages’*).:

your main/target language must be one of the official EU languages

your first source language for translation must be a working language of the EU: English, French or German (C level or mother tongue)

your second source language can be any of the official EU languages with at least B2-level proficiency

BENEFIT:

2 sessions a year

+/- 1,000 traineeship positions available per session

1,376.89€ grant

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