The Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament Mr Evangelos Meimarakis met with representatives of the German Parliament on the occasion of the selection of eight graduates of Greek Universities for the "International Parliamentary Scholarship (IPS)» programme organised by the Federal Lower House. During the meeting the Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament thanked Mr Drüggelte for this initiative of the German Parliament and for this offer in the difficult times that Greece is going through.
The German embassy in Athens in cooperation with the Goethe Institut and the Hellenic Parliament Foundation for Parliamentarism and Democracy will hold on Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at 15:00 a presentation by the International Parliamentary Scholarship (IPS) in the Auditorium of the Institut Goethe. The event will be held in German.
The German Bundestag collaborates with the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin and Technische Universität Berlin to run its International Parliamentary Scholarships (IPS) scheme.
This gives well qualified young people with a strong interest in politics from the USA, France, Israel and Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe the opportunity to gain first-hand experience of Germany's system of parliamentary government.
The scheme involves fifteen-week placements with Members of the German Bundestag. The participants are introduced to the wide variety of tasks carried out in a Member’s office. For example, they may find themselves drafting speeches, articles and letters or doing preparatory work for plenary sittings.
The exchange programmes of the German Bundestag are conceived of as exciting ways of teaching young people about the significance of friendly cooperation based on shared political and cultural values.
Would you like to work at the German Parliament?
The German Bundestag invites you, in cooperation with the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin and Technische Universität Berlin to apply for an International Parliamentary Scholarship (IPS) to spend five months in Berlin. The IPS program is aimed at highly qualified young men and women who are interested in politics and who wish to play an active and responsible role in shaping the democratic future of their country. The German Bundestag, the German Parliament, offers young people the opportunity to get to know the German parliamentary system and political decision-making processes and to gain practical experience of parliamentary work during a 15-week work placement with a Member of the Bundestag. The scholarship-winners are chosen by the German Bundestag’s independent selection panel.
Requirements:
University degree
Very good knowledge of German
Under the age of 30 at the start of the scholarship
Scholarship:
450 euros per month
Free accommodation
Insurance and travel expenses