German Parliament Internship, Germany

Deadline: ongoing
Open to: graduates from the USA and Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe with good knowledge of German
Remuneration: monthly allowance of covered 450 € and covered travel, accommodation, insurance expenses

The German Bundestag collaborates with the Humboldt University in Berlin to run its International Parliamentary Scholarships (IPS) scheme. This gives well qualified young people with a strong interest in politics from the USA and Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe the opportunity to gain first-hand experience of Germany’s system of parliamentary government.
The scheme involves fifteen-week placements with Members of the German Bundestag. The participants are introduced to the wide variety of tasks carried out in a Member’s office. For example, they may find themselves drafting speeches, articles and letters or doing preparatory work for plenary sittings.
The exchange programmes of the German Bundestag are conceived of as exciting ways of teaching young people about the significance of friendly cooperation based on shared political and cultural values.
Would you like to work at the German Parliament?
The German Bundestag invites you, in cooperation with the Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, and Technische Universität Berlin, to apply for an International Parliamentary Scholarship (IPS) to spend five months in Berlin. The IPS program is aimed at highly qualified young men and women who are interested in politics and who wish to play an active and responsible role in shaping the democratic future of their country. The German Bundestag, the German Parliament, offers young people the opportunity to get to know the German parliamentary system and political decision-making processes and to gain practical experience of parliamentary work during a 15-week work placement with a Member of the Bundestag. The scholarship-winners are chosen by the German Bundestag’s independent selection panel.

Eligibility

The scholarship open to well qualified young people, under the age of 30 at the start of the scholarship, with a strong interest in politics from the USA and Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe with a university degree, a very good knowledge of German.

Remuneration

The scholarship covers the accommodation, insurance and travel expenses and provides a monthly allowance of 450 €.

Application

Interested students can apply to the German Embassy. Further information and application forms can be found at the homepage of the IPS programme (in German).
Important Note: The German Member of Parliament Mr. Alexander Ulrich will give a presentation on the IPS-programme the 7.10.2011, 11.30 at the Skopje University (Fakulty of Philology ). Since the scholarship requires good knowledge of German, the presentaion will be in German as well.
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