Dates: October 2024-March 2025
Duration: 6 months
Location: Strasbourg (FR)

The Assembly of European Regions (AER) is the largest independent network of regions in wider Europe. Bringing together regions from 35 countries, AER is the political voice of its members and a forum for interregional cooperation.

Profile
Candidates should have a general understanding of European policies, an interest in regional policymaking, analytical skills, be interested in what creates effective learning experiences, and have a strong capacity in organisation with the aptitude to work in a multinational team.

Good IT skills are needed: our team is spread in different locations and we use cloud-based applications for most of our work. You will need to be able to very quickly master the different tools.

The AER working language is English. A proficient level of English and excellent writing skills are required.

Duties
The selected candidate will have to deal with some daily organisational work required in the office of the AER Secretary General as well as public policy work.
The main tasks asked will be:
– administrative work (20%)
– background research on specific policies (40%)
– news articles, drafting of briefings (20%)
– help in the liaison with members, support the organisation of events (20%)

Conditions
For all internships within AER, a contract must be signed by AER and the student’s home University/School/Institute. Please note that this is compulsory.
The internship is remunerated according to the legal requirements in France. The student meets their travel and living costs.

Application

Please check the following links to get acquainted with policy & knowledge transfer work at the AER:

A Mutual-learning Community
Working Group on the Bioeconomy: https://aer.eu/tag/wg-bioeconomy/
Working Group on Mental Health: https://aer.eu/tag/wg-mental-health/
Working Group on Green Hydrogen: https://aer.eu/tag/wg-green-hydrogen/

Short-listed candidates will receive an answer on Thursday 30 May in the evening at last, and will be invited for interviews to take place between 4-10 June 2024. By Thursday 13 evening, all short-listed candidates who went through the interview process will have a final answer on this internship offer.

Check our work before applying! We expect you to be able to

• understand who we are in the European landscape
• what the purpose of policy and knowledge transfer is in this context
• situate yourself in this work and imagine what you could bring that ChatGPT cannot

Photo credits: photo by Vincent NICOLAS on Unsplash