WTO Young Professionals Program
WTO Young Professionals Program (YPP) 2025 (Fully Funded)
WTO launches call for candidates for 2025 Young Professionals Programme. The WTO Young Professionals Program (YPP) is a technical assistance program designed for young graduates to gain valuable hands-on
experience related to international trade. It is a one–year program in the WTO Secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland. The selected professionals will be given a salary of CHF 3,500, medical cover, and travel costs. The program will start in January 2025.
General Information
- Country: Switzerland
- Location: WTO office, Geneva
- Duration: One year
- Benefits: Fully Funded
- Deadline: 2nd April 2024
Benefits
The benefits of Joining a World Trade Organization as a Young Professional:
- A salary of CHF 3,500.
- Medical cover
- Travel Cost to Switzerland and from Switzerland to your home country.
Areas of Work
The areas of work may include
- Accessions
- Agriculture
- Dispute settlement
- Intellectual property rights
- Government procurement (GPA)
- Competition policy
- Market access
- Rules, Trade, and Development
- Trade and environment
- Trade in services and investment, Trade facilitation, Trade policy analysis, and trade-related technical assistance.
Eligibility Criteria
- Be a national of a WTO member state. The list of members is available here.
- Have an advanced university degree in law, economics, and other international trade-related subjects relevant to WTO work.
- have a minimum of two years’ relevant experience.
- be fluent in English.
- The age should not be more than 32 years.
- Applicants must submit a letter of motivation along with the completed online application.
Also Check: World Trade Organization Internship 2024 (Switzerland)
How to Apply
You need to apply online through the WTO external jobs platform. The system provides instructions for online application procedures. The link to the official website is given below.
