Traineeship scheme of the European Commission

The official traineeship scheme of the European Commission, also known as the Blue Book Traineeship, is a traineeship programme providing official in-service training with the European Commission.[1][2][3][4][5] Aimed at young university graduates,[6] it has been running since 1960 and is the biggest traineeship programme in the world.[7] Traineeships, which start in October or March and last five months,[8] are carried out in a Directorate-General or a service of the Commission, in a Commissioner's Cabinet, or in some of European Union's executive bodies and agencies.[9] The programme is managed by a dedicated Traineeships Office within DG EAC, with an annual budget of €7 million,[7] that runs a selection procedure to recruit approximately 600 trainees (also called Blue book stagiaires) for each traineeship period.[10]

  1. ^ "Rules governing the official traineeships scheme of the European Commission - Traineeships". traineeships.ec.europa.eu.
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  5. ^ Getting an internship (« stage ») at the European Commission August 2009 Archived 2014-08-01 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "About the traineeship - Traineeships". traineeships.ec.europa.eu.
  7. ^ a b "The big stage: 50th anniversary of the Commission's traineeship programme". European Commission.
  8. ^ External evaluation of the European Commission's Traineeship Scheme
  9. ^ "Application procedure - Traineeships". traineeships.ec.europa.eu.
  10. ^ "European Stagiaires Journal: Annemarie Bruggink: "Go for work, go for contacts. And if it does not work, come and see us!"". November 13, 2011.