World Trade Organisation (WTO) Young Professionals Programme 2026 (CHF 4,000 salary) – YOA

Deadline: April 21, 2025

Applications are open for the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Young Professionals Programme 2026. The WTO Young Professionals Programme was launched in 2016 as an OPPORTUNITY for certified younger professionals from growing and least-developed members of the WTO to reinforce their information concerning the WTO and worldwide commerce points.

The programme goals to draw professionals from members below-represented within the WTO Secretariat. Participants within the Programme can consequently enhance their probabilities of being recruited by the WTO and/or different regional and worldwide organizations. The Programme is part of the WTO Secretariat’s efforts to extend range and broaden the illustration of the membership.

Duties and Responsibilities

The chosen younger professionals are allotted to a particular division of the WTO Secretariat in accordance with the wants and priorities of the group and primarily based on the areas of curiosity of the younger skilled. The areas of labor might embrace accessions, agriculture, dispute settlement, mental property rights, authorities procurement (GPA), competitors coverage, market entry, guidelines, commerce and improvement, commerce and surroundings, commerce in providers and funding, commerce facilitation, commerce coverage evaluation and commerce-associated technical help.

Benefits

• Participants below the programme obtain a month-to-month wage of CHF 4,000. The WTO additionally gives applicable medical cowl and journey prices.

Eligibility

A candidate should:

• be a pure particular person from a WTO member;
• have a complicated college diploma in legislation, economics, and different worldwide commerce-associated topics related to WTO work;
• have a minimal of two years’ related expertise;
• reveal a excessive degree of curiosity in worldwide commerce and dedication to WTO-associated work;
• be fluent in English. An excellent working information of one of many WTO’s different official languages, French or Spanish, could be a bonus;
• be 32 years of age or youthful on the anticipated begin date of the YPP, if chosen.

Preference is given to candidates from WTO members with none illustration on the skilled degree within the Secretariat.  An inventory of below-represented WTO members can be supplied when the request for candidates is posted. 

Application

Applicants should submit a letter of motivation together with the finished on-line application.

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For extra info, go to WTO YPP.