CEDEFOP, the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, offers 12-month period of in-service training (stage) for young university graduates but also to PhD students, without excluding those who are at the beginning of a new professional career.

Timing and duration of traineeships

There is one trainee intake per year that lasts 12 months, starting in October.

For this intake, Cedefop offers 11 traineeships in the following areas:

• Data Protection
• ICT security & support 
• Communication Content and Support
• Dissemination
• ReferNet
• Future of VET and Qualifications and Credentials
• VET Policies and Systems
• VET Supporting Policy
• VET for Youth
• VET and Skills Statistics and Indicators
• Skills Intelligence and Foresight 

Applicants must

• Be nationals from EU Member States, Candidate Countries, or EFTA
• Not have already benefited from in-service training in another European institution or body.
• Have completed the first cycle of a higher education course (university education, minimum EQF 6 level) and obtained a full degree or its equivalent by the closing date for applications.
• Have very good knowledge (C1) of at least 2 EU official languages, of which one should be English.
• Applications for in-service training must be submitted via the on-line application form.

  Grants

• EUR 1,233.69 per month for trainees from abroad, as well as trainees residing in Greece and living more than 50 km from Thessaloniki.
• EUR 925.27 per month for trainees residing in Thessaloniki prior to the start of their traineeship.

Find out more here.