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March<br />
Traineeship<br />
October<br />
Traineeship<br />
Opening date of<br />
online applications<br />
mid July<br />
around<br />
3 January<br />
Closing date of online<br />
applications<br />
around<br />
1 September<br />
around<br />
31 January<br />
What is the Blue Book?<br />
The Blue Book is a large database containing information on all the<br />
people who have advanced to the second round of the European<br />
Commission’s traineeship application process.<br />
Commission officials will look through this database to get an idea of<br />
your academic background, language skills and interest areas. Based<br />
on this information they will decide if you are suited to working in<br />
their department.<br />
Tip: Brussels time is one hour ahead of Irish time<br />
The majority of people who apply to the European Commission stage<br />
programme have qualifications in law, politics, international relations<br />
and economics. That said, the Commission is also looking for people with<br />
qualifications in other fields ranging from aerospace engineering to<br />
sports management and nursing.<br />
Note: You can only apply for one type of traineeship<br />
per cycle (either the administrative traineeship or<br />
the translation traineeship).<br />
Useful Websites:<br />
For more information on stages in the Commission, and to view the<br />
online application form, visit the website: www.ec.europa.eu/stages<br />
The term ‘the Blue Book’ has become synonymous with EU traineeship<br />
applications. Many other institutions also use this name in their stage<br />
application processes, even if they don’t use a book that is blue.<br />
I’m in the Blue Book: What Next?<br />
If you make it into the Blue Book, contact EU officials in the<br />
departments in which you’d like to spend your traineeship,<br />
to tell them that you’d like to work for them. This is a time<br />
when being a part of the Irish network can work to your<br />
advantage. There are plenty of Irish people in the Institutions.<br />
Get in touch and they might be able to help you.<br />
If you need help finding out to whom you should be<br />
talking within a particular sector, you can always contact<br />
European Movement Ireland or the European Commission<br />
Representation in Ireland (http://ec.europa.eu/ireland/<br />
home_en) for advice on who to approach!<br />
Find the answers to frequently asked questions about the traineeship<br />
application process here:<br />
http://ec.europa.eu/stages/information/faq_en.htm<br />
page number 28<br />
page number 29
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