Fundamental Rights Agency: Internship Programmes, Vienna – deadline 2 March 2015

The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) is offering two one-year paid internships starting 1 September 2015: one open to all applicants and one specifically for Roma candidates. 

The aims of this internship at the FRA are:

• To provide interns an understanding of the objectives and activities of the Agency’s role in ensuring full respect for fundamental rights across the EU.
• To enable interns to acquire practical experience and knowledge of the day-to-day work of FRA Departments and sectors. To provide the opportunity to work in a multi-cultural, multi linguistic and multi-ethnic environment, contributing to the development of mutual understanding, trust and tolerance. To promote European integration within the spirit of new governance and through active participation to create awareness of true European citizenship.
• To enable interns to put into practice knowledge acquired during their studies, and in particular in their specific areas of competence. To introduce these graduates to the professional world and the constraints, duties and opportunities therein.
• To allow interns to contribute to the Agency’s mission in helping to make fundamental rights a reality for everyone in the EU.

The two internships on offer:

1. This internship scheme is addressed mainly to young university graduates, without excluding those who – in the framework of lifelong learning – have recently obtained a university diploma and are at the beginning of a new professional career.
2. Candidates of Romani background who have completed either a post-secondary education attested by a diploma (e.g. bachelor’s degree or equivalent) or a secondary education attested by a diploma and professional experience of min. two years relevant to the work of the Department they apply for.

Rules governing the internships and more details on applying are available from the FRA website.

Click here to apply to the open internship.

Click here to apply for the Roma internship.