Events and Opportunities for Germans in Florida Including Possibility of Working at German Parliament
Posted: June 7th, 2014 | Author: Chris Jaensch | Filed under: Sarasota Immigrants | No Comments »German immigrants in Florida might be interested in the events and opportunities shared with us by the German consulate. We’ve copied the description of an internship opportunity at the German consulate below.
Please take a look at the full Event Newsletter from June 6, 2014 here.
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 will return home after the program with the determination to play an active and responsible role in shaping their countries’ democratic future. 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. The program takes place from March 1 to July 31, 2015. The selection interviews are held in the United States.
Requirements:
-US citizenship
-University degree
-Very good knowledge of German
-Knowledge of German politics, society and history
-Under the age of 30 at the start of the scholarship
Scholarship:
-Free accommodation
-Insurance and travel expenses
Deadline for applications: June 30, 2014.
Additional information is available online at:
http://www.bundestag.de/bundestag/europa_internationales/internat_austausch/ips/
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