UN FAO Internship Programme for Africa (RAF) 2026 – YOA

Deadline: December 31, 2026

Applications are open for the UN FAO Internship Programme for Africa (RAF) 2026. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) leads worldwide efforts to defeat starvation and to attain meals safety for all and ensure that individuals have common entry to sufficient excessive-high quality meals to guide lively, wholesome lives. With over 195 Members, FAO works in over 130 nations worldwide. They consider that everybody can play a part in ending starvation.

The Internship Programme goals to draw gifted younger ladies and men who’re strongly motivated to share their new views, progressive concepts, and newest tutorial expertise in FAO’s domains. The Programme supplies a studying OPPORTUNITY to the contributors to complement their tutorial information with a sensible work task in a area associated to the work of FAO.

Through the FAO internship expertise, interns will contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goals and FAO’s Strategic Framework to assist the 2030 Agenda by means of the transformation to MORE environment friendly, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agri-meals methods for higher manufacturing, higher vitamin, a greater atmosphere, and a greater life, leaving nobody behind.

Stipend

• FAO supplies a month-to-month stipend to interns if they aren’t sponsored by sending universities or different entities. 

Eligibility

• Applicant ought to be enrolled in an undergraduate, graduate diploma programme in a “bona fide” instructional establishment on the time of application or current graduate. Note that FAO solely considers larger instructional {qualifications} obtained from an establishment accredited/acknowledged within the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a listing up to date by the International Association of Universities (IAU)/United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
• Candidates should focus on a area related to the mission and work of FAO.
• Working information of at the least one FAO language (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian or Spanish). Knowledge of a second FAO language can be thought of an asset.
• Be nationals of FAO Members.
• Candidates ought to be aged between 21 and 30.
• Candidates ought to have the ability to adapt to a global multicultural atmosphere and have good communication expertise.

Application

We strongly suggest that your profile is correct, full and consists of your employment information, tutorial {qualifications}, and language expertise.

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For extra data, go to UN FAO Internship.