Court of Auditors Traineeships

The European Court of Auditors organises three traineeship sessions per year in areas of interest to its work.
Traineeships are granted for 3 to 5 months maximum. They may be remunerated (1350 €/month) or non-remunerated depending on the budgetary appropriations available.

In order to be eligible for a traineeship, applicants must:
be a national of one of the Member States of the European Union, except where an exception has been granted by the appointing authority;
either hold a recognised university-level diploma giving access to the AD function group(*) as defined in the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union, or have completed at least four semesters of university study in an area of interest to the Court;
wish to obtain practical training related to one of the Court’s areas of activity;
not already have benefited from a traineeship (paid or unpaid) at any EU institution, body or agency, including the European Central Bank and the European Investment Bank;
state that they have a thorough knowledge of one official EU language and a satisfactory knowledge of at least one other official EU language;
not previously have been or are not, at the time of application, employed in an EU institution, body or agency as a member of the temporary staff, contract staff, auxiliary contract staff, employment agency staff, as a national expert on secondment to an EU institution, body or agency, or as an assistant to a Member of the European Parliament.