Every year, ASSIST receives e-mail notes and phone calls from alumni requesting information on internship programs. Recently, we wrote to several alumni working in Brussels for the European Union, and we received a very helpful response.
Arnoldas Pranckevicius spent his ASSIST year in 1996/97 at The Montclair Kimberly Academy (NJ) and was later a distinguished scholar at Colgate University (NY). During his senior year there, he was named one of 70 worldwide Rotary World Peace Scholars, which funded his graduate work at the Paris Institute of Political Studies. After completing his Master's Degree, Arnoldas returned to his native Lithuania, where he accepted a position as Domestic Policy Advisor to Lithuania's President. In January 2006, he moved to Brussels after winning an open competition to work in the European Parliament, where he is responsible for relations with Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova.
Arnoldas wrote us the following note, which we hope will be helpful in aiding you to secure internships in the EU.
"As for internship opportunities at the European institutions, they do exist, they are numerous, the competition for them is rigorous, and they have a good reputation of providing valuable professional and social experience. I myself was a trainee at the European Parliament three years ago, and I simply loved it!"
The information about the traineeships at the European Parliament can be found here:
http://www.europarl.eu.int/parliament/public Internships at the European Commission:
http://ec.europa.eu/stages The Council of the European Union:
http://www.consilium.europa.euThe European Court of Justice:
http://www.curia.eu.int/en/infosprat/stage.htm The Committee of the Regions:
http://www.cor.europa.eu/en/presentation/contact_us_traineeships.htmThe European Economic and Social Committee:
http://eesc.europa.eu/organisation/tgj/trainees/index_en.aspThe Council of Europe in Strasbourg:
http://www.coe.int 
