August 29th, 2023 at 04:27 am

2024 ECOWAS Immersion Internship Program for Africans

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is excited to announce the introduction of the ECOWAS Immersion Internship Program, which will give recent college graduates the opportunity to get valuable work experience in ECOWAS institutions.

The program is to contribute to the professional integration of recent graduates by providing them with the chance to become more familiar with the programs run by ECOWAS. At the same time, the interns will be expected to make their own unique contributions to the successful operation of the programs.

ECOWAS IMMERSION INTERNSHIP PROGRAM DETAILS

• Sponsor: ECOWAS
• Type of Program: Graduate Program
• Program Location: Members of ECOWAS
• Slots Available: 100 slots are open.
• Minimum Requirements: Young graduates
• Nationalities eligible: Africans

Eligibility Requirements

The following prerequisites must be met in order for applicants to be considered for the ECOWAS Immersion Internship 2024:

• Young graduates from ECOWAS Member States are required to apply.
• Applicants must be 32 years of age or younger.
• The holder must possess a diploma at the Bachelor (BSc), Master, or PhD level, or an equivalent diploma.
• Throughout the course of the program, be fully available.

Document specifications:

• A request to the ECOWAS Commissioner in charge of Human Development and Social Affairs that outlines the candidate’s motivation, centers of interest, preference for the requested profile, preferred immersion location, and commitment to upholding the program’s rules and regulations;
• a curriculum vitae in PDF format;
• a scanned copy of an ID card or passport (pdf or jpg)
• A PDF version of the academic transcripts or their equivalent

N/B: Candidates for immersion may apply for a maximum of two slots.

Application Process

How-to-Apply:

For more information on the roles for which to apply, interested applicants for the ECOWAS Immersion Program should carefully read the terms of reference and the list of positions. Applicants may then proceed to complete an online application on or before the application deadline after reading the aforementioned documents.

Deadline for Applications: August 31, 2023

CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE

About ECOWAS

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) was founded when the heads of state and governments of fifteen West African nations signed the ECOWAS Treaty on May 28, 1975, in Lagos, Nigeria.

With the stated goal of fostering regional economic integration, the 15 Heads of State and Government of Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sénégal, and Togo signed the Treaty of Lagos.

The minister of foreign affairs spoke on behalf of the president of Senegal. In 1977, Cabo Verde acceded to the union. Mauritania, the lone member who speaks Arabic, withdrew in December 2000. In August 2017, Mauritania formally ratified a new associate membership agreement.

The geographic territory known as ECOWAS covers 5.2 million square kilometers. Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sénégal, and Togo are the member states.

ECOWAS was established to promote the objective of collective self-sufficiency for its member states and is regarded as one of the cornerstones of the African Economic Community. As a trading union, it also aims to unite all nations into a single, sizable trading bloc.

The region has a combined GDP of $734.8 billion, and integrated economic activities are those that revolve around industry, transportation, telecommunications, energy, agriculture, natural resources, commerce, monetary and financial issues, and social as well as cultural issues, among other things.

The ECOWAS Secretariat became a Commission in 2007. The Commission, which is led by the President and includes seasoned bureaucrats who are leading this new direction, is also assisted by a Vice President, thirteen Commissioners, and the Auditor-General of ECOWAS Institutions.

AIM

The Community’s mission is to advance cooperation and integration that will result in the formation of an economic union in West Africa, raising the standard of living for its citizens while preserving and enhancing economic stability, fostering relations among Member States, and advancing the progress and development of the African continent.

OBJECTIVES

The synchronization and coordination of national policies, as well as the promotion of integration initiatives, projects, and programs, particularly in the areas of trade, money and finance, taxation, and economic reform policies, as well as human resources, education, information, culture, science, and technology, services, health, tourism, and legal issues;

• the harmonization and coordination of environmental protection policies;
• encouraging the creation of cooperative production enterprises;
• the creation of a common market via;
• the liberalization of trade through the elimination of non-tariff trade obstacles and customs taxes imposed on imports and exports among Member States in order to create a free trading area at the Community level;
• adoption of a shared external tariff and a shared trade strategy with respect to third nations;
• the abolition of restrictions on the freedom to residence and establishment as well as the free movement of people, goods, services, and money among Member States;
• the development of a monetary union and the establishment of an economic union through the adoption of shared policies in the economic, financial, social, and cultural sectors.
• encouraging businesses in the private sector and other business players to form joint ventures, particularly through the ratification of a regional agreement on cross-border investments;

ESSENTIAL CONDITIONS

• Interdependence and equality among Member States;
• solidarity and group independence;
• Intergovernmental cooperation, policy harmonization, and program integration;
• non-aggression pact among members;
• maintaining regional peace, stability, and security through fostering and bolstering good neighbor relations;
• peaceful resolution of problems between member states, active cooperation between neighbors, and encouragement of peace as a necessary condition for economic progress;
• Human and people’s rights are acknowledged, supported, and protected in accordance with the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights;
• Accountability, social and economic justice, and participation of the general public in growth;
• acceptance and adherence to the Community’s laws and values;
• fostering and solidifying democratic administration in each Member State in accordance with the Declaration of Political Principles, which was agreed in Abuja on July 6, 1991;
• reasonable and equitable sharing of the expenses and benefits of economic integration and cooperation.

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