The EUDA is one of the European Union’s decentralised agencies. Based in Lisbon, it is the central source of comprehensive information on drugs and drug addiction in Europe.
Traineeship offer
The trainee will be allocated within the Public health unit, and the selected candidate will be reporting to the Head of sector Trends and analysis. The main aims of traineeships within the European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA) are:
a. to give recent university graduates the opportunity to experience the general objectives and process of European integration;
b. to provide trainees with practical knowledge of the workings of a European agency;
c. to enable trainees to acquire practical experience and knowledge of the day-to-day work of the EUDA and its units;
d. to provide trainees with the opportunity to work in a diverse and multilingual environment, contributing to the development of mutual understanding, trust and tolerance;
e. to enable trainees to put into practice the knowledge they have acquired during their studies or professional careers.
Main duties
The successful applicant will be requested to perform the following main tasks and responsibilities:
- Support the EUDA Threat assessment team and actively contribute to the health and security threat assessments launched by the EUDA;
- Support the activities related to the analysis of data on HIV, HCV, and HBV among persons who use drugs, and data on syringe residue analysis (ESCAPE project), and other analytical projects in TAS;
- Support members of TAS in managing networks of experts and data collection processes;
- More generally to provide support to TAS sector expert meetings, webinars, publications etc. The jobholder may be required to contribute to other areas of work, according to the needs and priorities of the EUDA.
