The OSCE offers a limited number of places for interns which are filled subject to current needs and facilities of various Departments. The internship usually lasts between two to six months. An internship does not constitute a commitment to future employment with the OSCE. The OSCE is not in a position to provide financial assistance to the selected interns.

Interns can support the work of the following offices in the Secretariat in Vienna and the OSCE Office in Prague:

• Office of the Secretary General (Vienna):
  Press and Public Information
  Legal Services
  Internal Oversight
  External Co-operation Section
  Gender Issues
• Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings
• Strategic Police Matters Unit (SPMU)
• Action Against Terrorism Unit (ATU)
• Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA)
• Conflict Prevention Centre (CPC)
• Department of Management and Finance (DMF)
• Department of Human Resources (DHR)
• OSCE Documentation Centre (Prague)

and of the following institutions and field operations:

• Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR),Warsaw, (Democratization Department, Human Rights Department, Tolerance and Non-Discrimination Department, Roma and Sinti Contact Point). Email: recruit@odihr.pl
• Office of the Representative on Freedom of the Media (FOM) (Vienna)
• High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) (The Hague)
• OSCE Presence in Albania
• OSCE Office in Yerevan, Armenia
• OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
• OSCE Mission in Kosovo (follow procedure under "contacts" / OSCE Mission in Kosovo)
• OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje (for an internship with this Mission, please apply online; link on the right column)
• OSCE Mission to Moldova (interns require working knowledge of either Russian or Romanian)
• OSCE Mission to Serbia (please check the Mission website for a current open vacancy)
• OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine
• OSCE Centre in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

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