Deadline: 15 May 2014
Open to: people with disabilities who are nationals of a EU Member State or of an applicant country
Remuneration: a monthly allowance of EUR 1,130.56 and a coverage of the trainees’ additional costs directly related to the disability up to a maximum of 50% of the amount of the monthly scholarship
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 familiarize 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; and to contribute to raising the general awareness of disability among Parliament staff, helping to remove barriers to the integration of people with disabilities.
Eligibility
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;
- be able to certify that they have a disability/ies (medical certificate or disability card/certificate issued by a national authority).
Remuneration
The monthly allowance for trainees is EUR 1,130.56 . Trainees’ additional costs directly related to the disability may be covered up to a maximum of 50% of the amount of the monthly scholarship. Trainee will have a reimbursement of travel expenses incurred at the beginning and end of the traineeship.
Trainees will be covered by the compulsory Accident and Health insurance.
How to apply
The closest deadline for applying is 15 May 2014 (for the traineeships that are to start on 1 October).
Candidates can only apply using the online application form for the traineeship for persons with disabilities.
For further information, please visit the official website.