Posted on: Fri 23-09-2022

Call for applications form 

I- CONTEXT AND JUSTIFICATION

• The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) launches the immersion internship program for young graduates in ECOWAS institutions. 
• The program is open to young graduates from the ECOWAS Member States, aged 35 years or less.

II- OBJECTIVES OF THE INTERNSHIP

Overall objective: 

• Contribute to the professional integration of young graduates, by offering them the opportunity to get to know ECOWAS programs better, at the same time for the Interns to offer their contribution for efficient implementation of programs and activities of the institutions. 

Specific objectives: 

• Offer the possibility of an immersion (internship) in the services of the regional institution (Institutions, Agencies, Departments, Resident Representations); 
• Create a framework that allows young graduates to contribute to the implementation of major ECOWAS programs within Departments, Agencies, Representations and Institutions

III- EXPECTED RESULTS 

• Youth acquire professional experience through their immersion in ECOWAS programs, for their career development. 
• Young graduates contribute to the implementation of ECOWAS programs.

IV- TARGET AUDIENCE: 

• Young graduates from ECOWAS Member States, not more than 35 years of age.

V- SELECTION CRITERIA 

• Be a citizen of an ECOWAS Member States; 
• Hold a Certificate, at the Bachelor (BSc), Master, PhD or equivalent certificate; 
• Submit:

1. a request to the ECOWAS Commissioner for Human Development and Social Affairs (HDSA) which describes the motivation of the candidate with expression of his centers of interest, as well as the candidate's commitment to respect the terms and conditions of the internship; 
2. a Curriculum vitae; 
3. a copy of a national Identity card, or passport;
4. a copy of the academic certificate or its equivalent;

VI- MODALITIES AND SELECTION PROCESS 

• Internship positions are defined with ECOWAS Departments and reception structures before each Program, which allows the candidate to apply according to the need expressed by these structures; 
• 90 internship positions are expressed for the year 2022 according to the attached list. 
• The selection of the Graduate Immersion Programme in ECOWAS Institutions is made by a Technical Selection Committee; 
• Only the selected candidates will be contacted for the rest of the process.

VII- CONDITIONS OF THE INTERNSHIP 

• All internship conditions are defined in the Terms of Reference attached to this call for applications. 

VIII- DURATION, PLACE AND TERMS OF THE INTERNSHIP

• The Immersion Program for young graduates in ECOWAS programs lasts one year over a period of 12 months maximum {Non-renewable}; 
• The Program is carried out in the Departments, Agencies, Representations and Institutions of ECOWAS, or any other place duly designated by ECOWAS; 
• The young graduate benefiting from the Program produces a report at the end of the internship in three copies, one copy being sent to the HDSA Department, second copy to the user department and the third copy for the individual record of the intern in person;
• The practical modalities of the program will be defined in connection with the reception department, the Directorate of Education, Science, and Culture, Department of Human Development, and Social Affairs; 
• Selected interns will be required (mandatory) to participate in person or online (for those not living in Abuja) in any information or internship feedback meeting convened by the Program Coordination accordingly.

IX- PROGRAM COORDINATION 

• Coordination of the internship program is carried out by the ECOWAS Commissioner for Human Development and Social Affairs. 
• NB: Please read the attached terms of reference and the list of internship positions in full. The terms of reference give more details on the conditions of the program and the list of positions specifies the expressed need for the position, the location of the program and the level of the certificate required. 
• Opening date of the call: September 12th, 2022 
• Closing date of the call: September 28, 2022

Click on the link below for more details: file:///C:/Users/USER/Desktop/ECOWAS-2022-internship-call-form.pdf 

The link to apply is as follows: ECOWAS INTERNSHIP 2022 APPLICATION/ PROGRAMME D'IMMERSION DES JEUNES DIPLOMES DANS LES INSTITUTIONS ET AGENCES DE LA CEDEAO/ DIPLOMAS EM INSTITUIÇÕES E AGÊNCIAS DA ECOWAS (google.com

NB: An internship candidate is not allowed to apply in more than 2 positions. 

Attached documents: -

Terms of reference

 For further information, please write to the following address: [email protected] 

NB: 

• The coordination team will only respond to questions or concerns not addressed in the Terms of Reference. 
• Additional details on the positions is contained below.

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