Applications are open for the European Commission Blue Book Traineeship Programme 2026. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
About European Commission Blue Book Traineeship Programme
Opportunity Details
- Date Published: July 16, 2025
- Application Deadline: August 29, 2025
- Category:
- Oppotunity Locations: Belgium
Luxembourg
The Blue Book Traineeship programme is a five-month paid internship offered by the European Commission, providing graduates from around the world with hands-on experience in EU policymaking and administration. Trainees work in a multicultural environment, develop professional skills, and gain insights into the operations of EU institutions.
The European Commission proposes two types of traineeship: an Administrative Traineeship or a Translation Traineeship with the Directorate-General for Translation (DGT). Trainees work all over the European Commission, its services and agencies, mostly in Brussels, but also in Luxembourg and elsewhere across the European Union.
Duties
- Attending and organising meetings, working groups, and public hearings
- Researching, drafting and editing documentation - including reports and consultations
- Answering citizens' inquiries
- Supporting the management of projects
- Translating, revising translations or researching terminology
Benefits of European Commission Blue Book Traineeship Programme
Grant
• A €1,493.36 grant will be given to selected trainees.
European Commission Blue Book Traineeship Programme Requirements
The Blue Book Traineeship programme is open to university graduates who:
- have completed a standard 3-year higher education degree (minimum EQF 6 level), corresponding to a complete Bachelor’s cycle, or equivalent. Only if you have a certificate or official confirmation from your university that you have such a degree will you be eligible to apply.
You will have to provide the following documents:
- have no prior work experience of any kind, in excess of 6 weeks in any EU institution, body or agency, delegation, with Members of the European Parliament (MEPs), or Advocates General at the Court of Justice of the European Union (EUCJ)
- have a very good knowledge of languages:
- For the administrative traineeship – you must have a very good knowledge of two EU official languages, one of which must be a working language: English, French or German at C1 or C2 level as per the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages and a second one at B2 level at least as per the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
For non-EU nationals, only one procedural language is required at C1 or C2 level.
- For the translation traineeship in the Directorate-General for Translation (DGT) - you must be able to translate into your main/target language (normally your mother tongue), from two other official EU languages (‘source languages’*).:
- your main/target language must be one of the official EU languages
- your first source language for translation must be a working language of the EU: English, French or German (C level or mother tongue)
- your second source language can be any of the official EU languages with at least B2-level proficiency
Application Date and Process
- Click on the link to the application website to apply.
Application Deadline
29 August, 2025
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