Deadline: 15 July 2019 at 17:00 (CET)
Youth4Regions is the European Commission programme helping journalism students and young journalists to discover what the EU is doing in their region.
The European Commission is looking for participants for the third edition of Youth4Regions – the programme for aspiring journalists.
If you are interested in our fully-funded EU training programme, we encourage you to apply by sending us:
a short original article (400-1000 words), or a short video (2 – 3 minutes) on a project that has been co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund or Cohesion Fund.
The short article or the short video you would like to send to us needs to be original and not published before.
Benefits/ What they offer
- Trainings on journalism and EU regional policy
- The chance to receive mentorship from established journalists from your country
- Working side by side with renowned journalists during the EU Regions’ Week
- Visits of EU affairs media headquarters and EU institutions
- The unique opportunity to take part as a journalist in European Commission press trips to Member States
- Accommodation and travel expenses covered by the European Commission
Eligibility:
- Interest in what EU regional policy is doing in your region
- Background in journalism (studies or experience)
- EU or neighbouring country citizen aged from 18 to 30 years old: These are EU candidate countries (Albania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey), potential candidates (Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Kosovo) and ENI countries (Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine*, Syria and Tunisia, as well as Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine),
- Availability during 6 – 11 October