The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) offers paid internships for a period of six months from 1 April to 30 September 2024.
The Internships scheme aims at providing trainees with work experience in the administration of co-operation in the field of fundamental rights at the European level in order to gain an insight into FRA’s objectives and activities, and to put their learning into practice.
 

Eligibility criteria:

• participants are nationals from Member States of the European Union (27), EEA EFTA States (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway), EU candidates (Albania, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova and Ukraine) and potential candidate countries (Georgia and Kosovo*);
• trainees must have completed the first cycle of a higher education course (i.e. university education) and obtained a full degree or its equivalent by the closing date for applications;
• candidates must have very good knowledge of English and another EU language. Candidates from candidate countries must have very good knowledge of English
• candidates should not have had any kind of training or employment within an EU institution or body.

Candidates of Romani background and/or with a recognised disability are encouraged to apply.

Internships are offered in the following FRA Units:

• Corporate Services (CS)
• Justice, Digital and Migration (JDM)
• Equality, Roma and Social Rights (ERSR)
• Communications and Events (COMMS)
• Institutional Cooperation and Networks (INST) 
• Data Protection Office (DPO)
• Director’s Office (DIR) .

Trainees are awarded a monthly grant corresponding to one quarter of the grade AD5-step1.Trainees with disabilities may receive a supplement to their grant equal to a maximum of 50% of the amount of the grant.

Deadline: 13 December 2023, at 13.00 CET.

All detailed information can be found here.