Starting from 2016, the European Court of Auditors will organise three traineeship sessions per year in areas of interest to its work. Traineeships are granted for 3, 4 or 5 months maximum. They may be remunerated (1120 €/month) or non-remunerated depending on the budgetary appropriations available.
The 3 sessions are organised each year starting on:
- 1st February,
- 1st May,
- 1st September.
In order to be eligible to carry out a period of traineeship, applicants must:
-be a national of one of the Member States of the European Union, except where a derogation has been granted by the appointing authority;
-either hold a recognised university-level degree or diploma giving entitlement to the European Union category AD(*) or have completed at least four semesters of university studies in a field of interest to the Court;
-wish to obtain practical training related to one of the Court of Auditors' areas of activity;
-have not already benefited from a traineeship at any EU institution or body ;
-state that they have a thorough knowledge of one official language of the European Union and a satisfactory knowledge of at least one other official European Union language.
For further information please read here.