ECOWAS Immersion Internship Program For Young Graduates

Application Deadline:  31st August, 2024

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) launches the immersion program for young graduates in ECOWAS institutions, Batch 2025.

The program is open to young graduates from ECOWAS Member States, aged 32 or less.

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES
  • Contribute to the professional integration of young graduates, by offering them the opportunity to better understand ECOWAS programs, at the same time as they give their contribution for efficiency in the implementation of these programs.
  • Specific objectives:
    • Offer a possibility of immersion 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, Resident Representations and Institutions.
EXPECTED RESULTS
  1. Young graduates acquire professional experience through their immersion in ECOWAS programs, essential for their career;
  2. Young graduates make their contribution to the implementation of ECOWAS programs.
SELECTION CRITERIA
  • Be a national of an ECOWAS member country;
  • Hold a Bachelor’s, Master’s, Doctorate or equivalent degree;
  • Submit :
  • a request to the ECOWAS Commissioner for Human Development and Social Affairs (DHAS), which describes the candidate’s motivation with expression of their interests, the choice of the requested profile, the desired immersion location, as well as the candidate’s commitment to respect the terms and conditions of the program;
  • a Curriculum vitae (pdf);
  • a copy of the national identity card or passport (pdf or jpeg);
  • a copy of the academic diploma(s) or its equivalent (pdf).
SELECTION TERMS AND PROCESS
  • The program positions are defined with the ECOWAS Departments and host structures before each Program, which allows the candidate to apply according to the needs expressed by these structures;
  • 120 positions are expressed for the year 2025 according to the attached list;
  • The selection of beneficiaries of the Immersion Program is done by a Technical Selection Committee;
  • Only selected candidates will be contacted for the rest of the process.
IMMERSION PROGRAM CONDITIONS
  • All program conditions are defined in the Terms of Reference attached to this call.

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