UNCTAD - United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
Sede
Ginevra, Svizzera
Durata
3 mesi
Indennità
Non retribuito
L'offerta scade il
08/10/2026
Area professionale
Economia e finanzaGiuridico/LegaleScienze politiche e affari internazionali
Attività
Support the Branch in the implementation of technical assistance to strengthen productive capacities holistically in various developing countries, as well as sectorally, in the area of Blue Economy, agricultural value chains and value addition strategies;
Support the preparation of Holistic Productive Capacities Development programmes based on National Productive Capacities Gap Assessments.
Assist in collecting and synthesizing information and prepare summary notes as input to broader sectoral studies, both country-based and global, using official databases to look for reliable quantitative data and qualitative information, triangulate and verify data, provide summaries, briefing notes, analyses and presentations;
Support project proposal development to assist in productive capacities development in African countries, LDCs and other target regions. The intern will assist in synthesizing relevant information and analyses to assist in the development of project proposals. S/he will identify and map potential funding partners based on areas of activity.
Requisiti principali
Applicants to the programme must at the time of application meet one of the following requirements:
(a) Be enrolled in, or have completed, a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher); or,
(b) Be enrolled in, or have completed, the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum bachelor's level or equivalent).
(c) have graduated with a university degree (as defined above) and, if selected, must commence the internship within a one year period of graduation.
For this position the University degree must be in the area of economics, development, law, political science or other social sciences deemed appropriate.
Should be computer literate in standard software applications;
English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. Fluency in spoken and written English is required for the internship. Knowledge of the French, Arabic and/or Portuguese languages is an asset.
