COMMITTEE OF EASTERN EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RELATIONS IN COOPERATION WITH THE FEDERAL MINISTRY FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT/ INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME OF THE GERMAN BUSINESS

Background

Within the framework of the Internship Programme of the German Business, young graduates and students from the Western Balkans complete three to six months long internships in leading German companies and they get an insight in German business culture. After their stay in Germany, the students will use their experience and contacts to support the reconstruction in their home countries. The program serves to intensify the regional reconciliation, economic relations and create a cross-sectoral network of young, cosmopolitan professionals in the region. The programme was established in 2003. The Programme is managed by the executive board of the Eastern Committee of German Economy. Local partners are the Fund dr Zoran Djindjic, the Delegation of German Economy in Serbia, the German-Croatian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Delegation of German Economy in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Representative office of German Economy in Macedonia, the German Agency for technical cooperation (GTZ) and the German Embassy in Tirana and the German Embassies in Pristina and Podgorica.

Goals

The goal is that the trainees use their gained experience to strengthen economic reconstruction in their home countries and to strengthen the economic co-operation in the region. Know-How from Germany will be transferred to the economy in these countries and the image of cooperation in the region will be encouraged publicly.

Eligibility

     - Education: mainly studies with focus on business or engineering.
     - Level of education: Students from the higher semesters and postgraduates with first job experiences.
     - Age: The candidates should not be older than 30 years.
     - Languages: very good command of English and /or German.|


Deadline: 27 November 2011

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