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EUROPEAN COMMISSION AND THE BRITISH COUNCIL/ EU SCHEME FOR YOUNG PROFESSIONALS IN THE WESTERN BALKANS

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Deadline: 25-09-2016 Location: Western Balkans Back


Background


The European Commission and the British Council, announce the opening of the call for applications to the “EU Scheme for Young Professionals in the Western Balkans”, the pilot action for a regional executive training programme and exchange component for young civil servants from the six countries of the Western Balkans (Bosnia & Hercegovina, Montenegro, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo*, Serbia and Albania), which is currently managed by the European Commission and implemented by the British Council.

Successful applicants will be offered the opportunity to attend an intensive 3 weeks (15 days) training at Science Po in Paris (France) named “Executive Certificate in Management and Public Policy”, aiming at building professional capacity and preparing the next generation of public administrators and policy makers in the six Western Balkan countries who will be in charge of the accession process, as well as to participate at the second part of the action, foreseeing a 2 weeks Regional Exchange Programme to promote the regional cooperation element of the EU integration process at the level of civil service by making cross-border connections between these leaders and agents of change.

Eligibility:

  - Civil servants with between 2 and 5 years of working experience in Public Administration in one of the six countries of the Western Balkans.
  - Civil servants involved in policy formulation within the Prime Ministers’ Office (PMO), Ministry ofFinance, planning and strategic units of the
    Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of European Integration.
  - Citizens with a valid passport issued by the National Authority in one of the 6 Western Balkan countries. 
  - University graduates holding a valid BA and/or MA/MSc degree.
  - Fluent in English with at least an upper-intermediate level (B2).


Deadline: 25 September 2016 

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