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Internship for the Competitiveness & Development Programme

Internship for the Competitiveness & Development Programme

April to September 2013

Closing Date: 31/03/2013

About the Competitiveness and Development Programme

The Competitiveness and Development programme at ICTSD promotes an innovative and comprehensive approach to the relationship between trade liberalization and the achievement of sustainable development goals. It aims to construct a supportive link between trade rule-making and supply-side competitiveness policies, including promoting innovation, enhancing small and medium enterprises, and identifying potential trade-based solutions to structural constraints. The programme’s overall goal is to empower developing countries, particularly the least developed ones, to influence trade negotiations from a sustainable development perspective and reap tangible development benefits from trade liberalization.

Key functions:

- Assist in researching and writing news stories and analysis on a number of topics with regard to Competitiveness & Development, with a focus on Least Developed Countries trade related policies and aid for trade
- Help review papers, documents and articles for publication
- Assist with the preparation of ICTSD publications
- Assist with the organization of meetings and dialogues
- Assist in liaising with partners, meeting invitees, contractors and ICTSD staff
- Help to update and maintain the programme’s mailing list
- Help update, improve and maintain both programme’s pages on the website
- Willing to contribute to other projects/ programmes at ICTSD as needed.

Internship requirements:

- Enrolled student preparing or person holding a university degree in Economics, Law, International Relations or similar
- Ability to work in a multicultural environment, both independently and as part of a team.
- Full-time: 40 Hours per week availability throughout the Internship
- Available April to September 2013
- Good analytical and writing skills in English
- Strong spoken and written English (additional languages a plus)
- Broad understanding of Competitiveness & Development and related sustainable development issues.
- Good organisational and Computer skills

This internship is unpaid

Place of Work: ICTSD, International Environment House 2, 7 Chemin de Balexert, 1219 Châtelaine, Geneva, Switzerland.

ICTSD shall place no restrictions on the eligibility of men and women to participate in any capacity and under conditions of equality.

Please submit a CV, Cover Letter, and a Writing Sample to jobs@ictsd.ch no later than 31st March 2013.