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Traineeships at the European Parliament for people with disabilities

Description

The European Parliament is offering paid traineeships to people with disabilities. These traineeships are open both to graduates of universities or equivalent institutions and to people whose qualifications are below university level. The programme offers five-month paid traineeships to disabled candidates, and is run in addition to the other options for traineeships and study visits in the Secretariat of the European Parliament.

The main purpose of the programme is to offer a number of persons with disabilities a meaningful work experience as a trainee in the European Parliament, giving them an opportunity to familiarise themselves with its activities.

Additional objectives are:

• to put the European Parliament’s equal opportunities principles into practice by supporting people with disabilities in gaining professional experience, and thereby enhancing their opportunities for future employment;
• to provide the European Parliament with the contribution and positive experience that disabled trainees will bring to its work and culture;
• to contribute to raising the general awareness of disability among Parliament staff, helping to remove barriers to the integration of people with disabilities.

Eligiblity

Applicants for this programme of paid traineeship must:

• be nationals of a Member State of the EU or of an applicant country;
• be over 18 years of age;
• have thorough knowledge of one of the official languages of the EU and good knowledge of a second;
• not have been awarded any other paid traineeship, or have been in paid employment for more than four consecutive weeks, with a European institution or a Member or political group of the European Parliament
• certify that they have a disability.

Remuneration

The monthly allowance for trainees is EUR 1130.56 . Trainees’ additional costs directly related to the disablity may be covered up to a maximum of 50% of the amount of the monthly scholarship. If need be, trainees will be provided with reasonable accommodation at work to enable them to carry out the essential functions of the job to which they are assigned.
 

How to apply

Candidates can only apply using the online application form for the traineeship for persons with disabilities.

The closest deadline for applying is 15 May (for traineeships starting 1 October).
 

Contact

European Parliament – Traineeship Office

Traineeship Office
European Parliament
PRE 03B026
L- 2929 Luxembourg
phone: +352 4300 3697
fax: +352 43 00 248 82
email: stages@europarl.europa.eu

For further details read Description of the Programme

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