For more information on our traineeship funds, registration period(s) and the application procedure, etc. please contact: s-d.traineeships@europarl.europa.eu. Please note that we DO NOT accept spontaneous traineeship applications via this email address. Only applications sent via the online system (during the registration period) will be taken into consideration.
All traineeship candidates are entitled to apply for ONE of the specific funds open for applications, or the FRANCIS VALS fund AND a maximum of ONE of the other specific funds open. Should a candidate submit multiple applications for the same fund, we will only consider the most recent one.
For traineeships beginning in September 2025, the following 4 funds are open for applications:
- The Ghilardotti Fund - S&D equality and diversity traineeship
- The Michael Hoppe fund for progressive European communication
- The Francis Vals Fund
- The Fund for young people of Roma origin
Please note: we only accept a CV in the EUROPASS format - please prepare your EUROPASS CV before starting your application.
Please read the internal rules before applying for a traineeship.
For more information on S&D traineeships, please read our FAQs under ‘related documents’ below.
As part of our fight against xenophobia and racism – particularly against Roma communities – the S&D Group created this fund in 2010 to get young Roma people involved in policy-making at all levels and give them an insight into the work of the European institutions.
The candidate of this fund must be part of the Roma community.
General provisions
In order to determine to the department that best suits your profile, you can find out more about the work of each team in our Secretariat.
To apply for a traineeship you must fulfil the conditions specified in Article 3 of the internal rules governing traineeships in the S&D Group and complete the online application form.
When applying online, you have a maximum of 30 minutes to complete each page of the application form. Please note that if you leave your application form inactive for 30 minutes, the data you have entered will be lost. We therefore advise you to read the internal rules before starting to fill in the application form online.
To prevent the system becoming overloaded by a large number of applications, we advise you not to wait until the last day to apply.
The application is submitted in a single operation and cannot be changed once submitted. Therefore, please make sure that it is correct and complete before submitting it. Once you have submitted your online application a confirmation message will automatically be sent to your email address.
Please note that incomplete applications will automatically be rejected.
