Recruiting young professionals from all over Europe to join its team for a short period both reinforces the Centre’s role as a place of international cooperation and promotes an atmosphere of intercultural learning. For the trainees it often represents their first experience of an international organisation.

The scheme which the ECML now offers is the result of a learning process and is adapted to meet the needs both of the Centre and the trainees themselves.

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Duration & Traineeship Areas
The ECML offers traineeships, lasting in general 6 months, twice a year. According to their field of interest applicants can choose the main area in which they would like to be involved (although the tasks will cover a wide variety of areas):
- organisation of events and meetings (Programme);
- documentation and resources (DRC);
- the Centre's website (Website);
- finances and general administration (Administration).

Application deadlines:
- 31 March for the period July to December and September to February for Administration trainees only
- 30 September for the period January to June of the following year
Although we do not systematically follow the careers of our trainees, from our ongoing contacts we see that many have continued to work in the area of international cooperation. We would like to think that their stay at the Centre has influenced their decision in this respect.

Application form
In order to apply for the traineeship, you should use the attached application form. We kindly ask you to describe your language skills in accordance to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. For an explanation on the six levels of proficiency, please, refer to the Council of Europe Language Policy Division's specific site on the European Language Portfolio.