Funded traineeship for young graduates at the EU Delegation to Türkiye

A traineeshipof 6 months within the Trade and Economy Section of the EU Delegation to Türkiye, starting in April 2025.

The Delegation of the European Union in Ankara represents, promotes and advances the interests and values of the European Union in Türkiye.

The Trade and Economy Section of the EU Delegation is a policy section, responsible for representation, policy dialogue, and monitoring, analysis and reporting in the areas of Section’s responsibility in relation to the EU-Türkiye bilateral economic and trade relationship, Türkiye domestic and foreign policies and its alignment with the EU acquis.

The Section’s 9-strong team covers the following broad thematic areas of competence: Economy and economic governance (including Industrial Policy, Digitalisation and Economic Aspects of Green Deal including Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism); Trade and Customs Union; Agriculture policy (including food safety, veterinary and phytosanitary policy) and agri-food trade.

The Trade section develops and maintains relations with Turkish private sector and business community and acts as a focal point in the Delegation’s dealings with private sector associations.

Main tasks:

Research on and analyse areas covered by the Section’s work and assist in preparing thematic analytical notes, background notes, presentations, briefings;
Gather data and information on economic and trade indicators;
Monitor news outlets of relevance and contribute to Section’s newsletter;
Participate in and report from internal and external meetings/events;
Provide assistance to the team in the different tasks related to communication and visibility such as seminars, conferences, website updates, etc.
Assist the Section for a smooth operation of its daily activities.