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Launch your career in EU policymaking. 🇪🇺

‼️ The European Commission's Blue Book Traineeship offers paid five-month internships across 1,000 positions in 🇧🇪 Brussels, 🇱🇺 Luxembourg, and 🇪🇺 EU Member States from October 2026.

You will gain hands-on experience in administration, translation, or scientific research while working alongside EU professionals. EU citizens and a limited number of non-EU nationals, including from Eastern Partnership countries, are eligible to apply.

‼️ You must hold a Bachelor's degree and be fluent in at least two EU languages. ‼️

⏳ Applications close on 7 April. ⏳

Learn more on our website ➡️ https://bit.ly/4rxiibC

Scale your democratic innovation with EU support. 🇪🇺

ScaleDem offers funding, mentorship, and peer learning to organizations from 🇦🇲 Armenia, 🇬🇪 Georgia, 🇲🇩 Moldova, 🇺🇦 Ukraine, and across Europe working to strengthen democratic processes. 💪

The Piloting Programme supports new ideas with up to €100,000, while the Twinning Programme provides up to €65,500 for proven approaches in new contexts. Local authorities, civil society organizations, NGOs, and social enterprises can apply.

⏳ Deadline: 31 March 2026. ‼️

Learn more on our website ➡️ https://bit.ly/4tbxQEa

This week, our Young European Ambassadors had the privilege of representing the YEA network at the CEPS IDEASLab 2025 in 🇧🇪 Brussels - the flagship annual event of the Centre for European Policy Studies and one of Europe's most prestigious forums for high-level policy debate.

🇪🇺 Bringing together EU policymakers, academics, business leaders, and civil society, the two-day event tackled the continent's most pressing challenges - from digital transformation to climate change and EU enlargement.

Our YEAs were there with a clear mission: attend key sessions, including the Day 1 panel on EU enlargement, represent the YEA network at an exhibition stand, and connect with fellow participants.

📸 Photo Credit: François de Ribaucourt