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AEIDL -European association for information on local development

NGO, Brussels (Belgium)
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Type of internship offered: onsite and online

Partner since: 2017

AEIDL is a multicultural not-for-profit organization based in Brussels, offering first-rate consultancy and development across very different contexts (fisheries/coastal, urban, rural, mountains, islands and ultra-peripheral) and a range of policy themes (environment, and climate change, employment, inclusion, social innovation, social economy and entrepreneurship, migration, regeneration, agriculture and rural development, evaluation, etc.). AEIDL has 30 years of experience in working with the European Commission. Currently, AEIDL is part of four major joint ventures: FARNET, running the fisheries community platform - for DG MARE across 21 Member States; NEEMO , monitoring LIFE projects and communicating about the LIFE programme; and a joint venture, providing technical assistance to DG Employment on the European Social Fund EU-level platform. In addition, AEIDL is currently coordinating a Horizon 2020 grant to carry out the Social Innovation Community and a COSME grant to implement the European Migrant Entrepreneurship Network.The list of European and international projects in which AEIDL is involved can be found at the following LINK.

Testimonials on the Internship

The topic of the internship in AEIDL was particularly interesting for me. I mainly worked on a project for the creation of a set of good practices about Gender-responsive public procurement, and I enjoyed seeing the creation process of an innovative topic on which no previous comprehensive study has been conducted. My tutor, Valentina Caimi, was responsible of giving me tasks and she shared her experience with me. She was my main connection and handed me both practical and more complicated tasks. I was particularly interested in the work with tenders, having observed how to deal with the demands of the clients by assisting my tutor in her management of the project. It was an integration and fulfilment of the Master course classes, which were more focused on grants and the main funding programs. I also had the chance to participate in meetings among different departments of AEIDL, to have an overall understanding on the internal procedures of the organisation.

by Federica G. (Italy)