The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Immersion Program 2025 for young graduates.

Application Deadline: August 31st, 2024

Applications are now open for the 2025 Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Immersion Program. The program is a one-year internship geared to ensure interns contribute to the professional integration of young graduates, by offering them the opportunity to get to know ECOWAS programs better, at the same time for the Interns to offer their contribution for efficient implementation of programs and activities of the institutions.

Eligibility Requirements

Eligible candidates for the 2025 ECOWAS Internship Program are those who meet the following criteria;

• Young graduates from ECOWAS Member States, not more than 32 years of age.
• Be a citizen of an ECOWAS Member States;
• Hold a Certificate, at the Bachelor (BSc), Master, PhD or equivalent certificate

Benefits

The internship program offers the following;

• The possibility of an immersion in the services of the regional institution (Institutions, Agencies, Departments, Resident Representations);
• Create a framework that allows young graduates to contribute to the implementation of major ECOWAS programs within Departments, Agencies,  Representations and Institutions.
• The Immersion Program for young graduates in ECOWAS institutions lasts one    year over a period of 12 months maximum {Non-renewable};

Required Documents for ECOWAS Immersion Program

• a request to the ECOWAS Commissioner in charge of Human Development and Social Affairs which describes the motivation of the candidate with expression of his centers of interest, the choice of the profile requested, the desired location of the immersion, as well as the candidate’s commitment to respect the terms and conditions of the program;
• a Curriculum vitae (pdf);
• a copy of a national identity card or passport (ID) (pdf or jpeg);
• a copy of the academic certificates or its equivalent (pdf). 

• The program positions are defined with ECOWAS Departments and reception structures before each Program, which allows the candidate to apply according to the need expressed by these structures;
• 100 internship positions are expressed for the year 2024 according to the attached
  list;
• The selection of the beneficiaries of the Immersion Program is made by a
  Technical Selection Committee;
• Only the selected candidates will be contacted for the rest of the process.
  
  CONDITIONS OF THE IMMERSION PROGRAM
• All program conditions are defined in the Terms of Reference attached to this call for applications.
• Young graduates acquire professional experience through their immersion in ECOWAS programs, for their career development.
• Young graduates contribute to the implementation of ECOWAS programs.
• The Program is carried out in the Departments, Agencies, Permanent Representatives and Institutions of ECOWAS, or any other place duly designated by ECOWAS;
• At the end of the program, the young graduate beneficiaries, produces a report in three copies, one copy being sent to the HDSA Department, second copy to the user department and the third copy for the individual record of the young graduate in person;
•  The practical modalities of the program will be defined in connection with the reception structure;
• Selected young graduate will be required (mandatory) to participate in person or online (for those not living in Abuja) in any information or program feedback meeting convened by the Program Coordination accordingly.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Immersion Program