Jun 11, 2006

Internship OSCE

Scholarship / Financial aid: none
Date: Between two and six months, annually
Deadline: At least 3 months before the envisaged period of internship
Open to: See 'Requirements'

Announcement follows:

The OSCE offers a limited number of places for interns which are filled subject to current needs and facilities of various Departments. The internship usually lasts between two and six months. An internship does not constitute a commitment to future
employment with the OSCE. Currently, the OSCE is not in a position to provide financial assistance to the selected interns.

Interns can support the work of the following institutions:

- Office of the Secretary General (Vienna):
Press and Public Information
Legal Services
Internal Oversight
External Co-operation Section
Gender Issues
- Anti-Trafficking Asisstance Unit (ATAU)
- Strategic Police Matters Unit (SPMU)
- Action Against Terrorism Unit (ATU)
- Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA)
- Conflict Prevention Centre (CPC)
- Department of Management and Finance (DMF)
-Department of Human Resources (DHR)
- The OSCE Documentation Centre (Prague)
- Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) (Warsaw)
- High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) (The Hague)

and of the following field operations:

- OSCE Presence in Albania
- OSCE Office in Yerevan, Armenia
- OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
- OSCE Mission to Croatia
- OSCE Mission in Kosovo
- OSCE Mission to Moldova (interns require working knowledge of either Russian or Romanian)
- OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro
- OSCE Project in Ukraine

Requirements

Students in the final year of higher education (university or other accredited institution) at graduate or postgraduate level; or recent graduates or
postgraduates, i.e. within one year of graduation. The upper age limit for applicants is 30 years.

Applicants should have a working knowledge of English, both oral and written and computer literacy.

In addition to these minimal requirements, missions may have additional requirements, listed in brackets after the mission name above.

How to apply

To apply, please download the internship application form our website, complete it, write a short essay explaining your motivation and send these by post, fax or e-mail to the institution or mission where you wish to apply for the internship. You can add a CV, but no other documents. We recommend that applications be sent well in advance (at least 3 months) before the envisaged period of internship.

Website: http://www.osce.org/employment/13111.html

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