Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, Mariya Gabriel, launched ten Erasmus projects to test new forms of transnational cooperation between higher education institutions, as outlined in the European University Strategy a year ago. This is an important milestone towards the creation of the European Education Area. The six selected projects will explore, test and […]
Junior Professionals in Delegation Programme
The European External Action Service (EEAS) and the European Commission (EC) have established a high-level traineeship programme which gives an opportunity to highly qualified junior professionals from the EU Members State to work in the EU Delegations worldwide. The programme aims to enable young people to gain a first-hand experience in the work of Delegations […]
Erasmus+ programme for undergraduate students presents new advantages at the UAL
The 2022/2023 call for applications includes a significant increase in the number of places, to over 1,300, and almost half a million euros more in the budget. The new programme innovates with additional grants for travelling to the Netherlands, to UNIGREEN member countries or for using environmentally friendly means of transport. In addition, mobility grants […]
Youth Professionals – World Bank Internship
Programme and objectives The World Bank Group Young Professionals Programme is a two-year leadership development program at the start of a five-year employment contract with the World Bank, IFC or MIGA. Young Professionals (YPs) start the programme in Washington, DC, where they engage in intensive training on-the-job and in the classroom, learning the fundamentals of leadership […]
New European Union program for Latin American companies: AL-INVEST Verde
AL-INVEST Verde aims to promote sustainable development and job creation in the region through the implementation of sustainable practices. Component 1 of the programme is driven by a consortium of institutions, made up of Latin American and European private sector business organisations, led by sequa, a German non-profit development organisation. The programme announced its first […]
New training programme for young people supported by Parliament
Parliament’s Bureau agreed yesterday to strengthen the institution’s support to journalists with a new scholarship scheme and training programmes for young journalists. The aim is to deepen journalists’ understanding of EU affairs, help the participants to gain relevant experience and enrich the European media sector while ensuring editorial freedom. The European Parliament’s Bureau, comprising the […]
NATO Internship Programme
The NATO Headquarters (HQ) organise an internship programme, with the aim to provide a small number of current or recent students with the opportunity to intern with the International Staff at NATO Headquarters in Brussels. There is one call for applications per year, in Spring, with two starting dates, in September and March the following […]
What’s new in the Erasmus+ programme?
The European Parliament approves the new edition of the Erasmus+ programme, the EU’s flagship programme for education, training, youth and sport. The programme, which has demonstrated that it plays a significant role in fostering European identity, will have almost double the funding in 2021-2027 (over 28 billion EUR from different sources) when compared to the […]
New Erasmus+ programme in the European Union
The Commission adopted the first annual work programme of Erasmus+ 2021-2027. With a budget of €26.2 billion, (compared to €14.7 billion for 2014-2020), complemented with about €2.2 billion from EU’s external instruments, the new and revamped programme will fund learning mobility and cross-border cooperation projects for 10 million Europeans of all ages and all backgrounds. It […]