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The European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training (CEPOL) is launching a call for applications for its traineeship programme for a period of six months for an intake in September 2025.

CEPOL's traineeship scheme targets university students or recent graduates with the interest in the work of our Agency.

The aim of the traineeship scheme is to benefit both parties – the Agency and the trainees – by giving university students or recent graduates their first experience of working for an EU body and assisting in the completion of specific tasks which are useful to CEPOL.

Trainees shall be nationals of the Member States of the European Union, Schengen Associated Countries or candidate countries benefiting from a pre-accession strategy.

Applications are invited for the following positions in Budapest and Brussels:

• Liaison Office trainee (Brussels)
• Communications trainee (Budapest)
• Archivist and records management trainee (Budapest)
• Learning management system trainee (Budapest)
• Training needs analysis trainee (Budapest)
• Higher education, research and innovation trainee (Budapest)

In our vibrant and respectful multicultural environment, we foster meaningful learning and development experience for our trainees by involving them in daily and project work under the responsibility of a supervisor. Learning by doing and learning from others are at the root of your future paid traineeship experience!

Who can apply: University graduates, who are nationals of the Member States of the European Union and Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein (parties of the EEA agreement). Candidates should have a thorough knowledge of two of the official languages of the European Union.

Duration: 6 months (possibility for further extension up to six months).

Paid: Yes, 1.493,36 EUR/month.

Starting Dates: September 2025.

EDA annually runs a Traineeship Programme aimed at recent university graduates who want to transition to the world of work in an organisation at the heart of defence cooperation in Europe.

Duration: 1 year

Monthly allowance: 1.476,34 EUR

Additional “lunch” allowance: 100 EUR/month

ECHA is looking for newly qualified graduates who are willing to contribute to the everyday work of the Agency.

There are up to 20 graduate traineeship opportunities per year in scientific fields such as chemistry, toxicology, biology, environmental science, and technologies, as well as in administrative fields such as law, communications, finance, human resources, and ICT. The traineeships usually start in the beginning of March or September.

The trainee scheme is designed for:

• Recent university graduates and holders of a technical or professional qualification of an equivalent level in fields relevant to applicable chemicals legislation or other fields relevant to the administration tasks of an EU institution
• Public or private sector employees engaged in graduate-level work in fields relevant to applicable chemicals legislation.

Duration

Traineeships last six months and may not be extended beyond this period.

Grants

The graduate trainee scheme offers a grant of approximately €1632.

Trainees who continue to receive remuneration from their employer, or any other grant or allowance will only be entitled to a grant from ECHA if the amount they receive is less than the one indicated above. In this case, trainees will receive an amount equal to the difference between their income and the level of ECHA's grant.

Trainees in employment must provide a declaration of remuneration, expenses and allowances signed by their employer.

Eligibility Criteria

To apply for a graduate traineeship, you must:

• Be a national of a Member State of the EU or a national of the European Economic Area (Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein). Nationals of candidate countries benefiting from a pre-accession strategy can also be accepted according to the availability of budgetary resources and the ECHAs capacity to host them. A limited number of nationals of non-Member States may also be accepted.
• Be able to communicate in English as this is the working language of ECHA.
• Have obtained a university degree or equivalent or you are engaged in graduate-level work in fields relevant ECHA.

You will be invited for a telephone interview if you are selected.

Trainees do not benefit from sickness insurance. Before the start of your traineeship, you must prove you are covered by a sickness and accident insurance valid in Finland.

Traineeships are not offered to applicants who have already been a trainee in a European institution or body, employed by a European institution or body, or worked for ECHA as an interim staff member, researcher or in house expert for more than eight weeks.

The EBA is an independent European Union Authority established on 1 January 2011 by Regulation (EU) No. 1093/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 20102.

The EBA is offer you a unique hands-on experience into the heart of a European Union Agency whose mission is key in safeguarding the integrity and robustness of the banking sector to support financial stability in the EU.

Duration:   6 months with possible further extension up to 18 months. 

Paid: 2023.18 EUR/month 

Traineeship regime Work life balance with teleworking options.

Are you a dynamic and proactive young professional looking for an enriching experience in a truly international working environment? Are you curious to explore a career path within an European Agency and contribute to protecting human life and health, taking account of animal health and welfare, plant health and the environment?

Then look no further and apply for a 12 month-traineeship at European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)! 

EFSA Traineeship Programme offers you a unique opportunity to join a team of professionals from all over the world working together in an international and multicultural environment on Science, Safe Food and Sustainability projects at the heart of European Food Safety activities.  

We are looking forward to welcoming motivated young talents from different academic and professional backgrounds (scientists, communication and legal professionals, IT experts, etc.).

From scientists to communication specialists and the colleagues supporting our daily work, everyone at EFSA has a role to play in achieving our mission to keep food safe in the EU.

EFSA Traineeship programme lasts for up to 12 months and offers you:

• A unique professional experience as part of a team of scientists and business professionals from all over the world, working together on inspiring projects and various tasks in an international, multicultural, and friendly environment;
• An opportunity to get a taste of what an EU career is all about for an extended period (12 months) and experience that can act as a springboard for a number of career paths;
• Exposure to different areas and networks in EFSA, while developing personal and professional competencies;
• A mentoring/advising relationship: as a trainee you will have an adviser who will be your main point of contact and will be responsible for the overall coordination of your traineeship;
• A modern working environment with flexible working arrangements to help balance professional and personal lives: besides working in EFSA’s modern headquarter located in the heart of Parma, as an EFSA trainee you are also offered the possibility to telework up to 60% per week from the distance reachable to Parma within approximately 3 hours. Such conditions will allow you to enjoy working not only from home, but also from the Dolomite Mountains or the Ligurian Sea coast, etc.;
• A monthly grant of €1,463.

The EBA is looking for trainees for the Conduct, Payments and Consumers (COPAC) Unit. The mission of the COPAC Unit is to protect consumers against harm arising from the misconduct of firms, to make retail payments more secure, competitive, innovative and convenient, and to prevent bank runs by strengthening depositors when their bank fails.

Eurofound’s post-graduate traineeship programme is addressed to recent university graduates, without excluding those who – in the framework of lifelong learning – have recently obtained their university qualification and are at the beginning of a new professional career.

12 trainee profiles are offered in 2025 – 11 for placement in Research:

Working life: Industrial relations; Working conditions Survey 2024 – data analysis; Minimum Wage database; Social Dialogue Network; Social Dialogue Network / Communication; Working Time in Europe.

Employment: European Restructuring Monitor databases; Change (anticipating & managing impact);

Social policies: Living conditions & quality of life; Social cohesion & convergence; Surveys.

as well as 1 profile in the Information & Communication unit in the Web team.

Applications are valid until end of 2025. Shortlisted candidates may be contacted for online interviews, throughout the year, according to business needs.

Duration: 6-month traineeships are offered and can be extended up to a maximum of 12 months.

Grants: In the 2025 programme, Trainees are paid a monthly grant of €1,929.58.

Eligibility Criteria:

To apply for a graduate traineeship, you must:

• Be a national of a Member State of the EU.
• have a very good knowledge of at least two EU languages, of which one should be English - the working language of Eurofound.
• Have recently obtained a university degree.

Trainees do not benefit from sickness insurance. Before the start of your traineeship, you must prove you are covered by a sickness and accident insurance.

Traineeships are not offered to applicants who have already been a trainee or an employee in a European institution or body, for more than six weeks.

EIGE is launching a call for applications for traineeships lasting 11 months within its Administration Unit.

These traineeships aim principally to:

• provide on the job training experience in key areas of the Agency's work covered by the Administration Unit, in particular with one of three teams focused on either (i) Audit and HR, or (ii) Finance and Procurement or (iii) ICT and Facility Management;
• extend and apply knowledge acquired in the course of studies or working life;
• provide practical working knowledge of EU agencies and institutions;
• enable trainees to acquire work experience in an EU agency context.

The EIT is now launching a call for application for its traineeship programme for a period of six months for an intake at the beginning of 2025.

The trainee will support the daily operations of the Directorate & Administration as well as the Innovation, Education & Communication and the Knowledge and Innovation Communities Departments.

The place of employment will be Budapest, Hungary, where the EIT Headquarters are located. For the case of the Communication & Engagement Unit, there is a possibility for one of the trainees to be assigned to work from the EIT Liaison Office in Brussels, Belgium.