twelve young persons interested in nature conservation the opportunity to carry out an
internship in a European protected area under the following conditions:
• Duration of internship three months from May to August 2008 (approximately).
• Payment 500 EUR per month (1.500 EUR total) through the EUROPARC project.
• The task of the intern includes:
o Introduce and promote the internship exchange in the country the intern
is staying, both amongst organisations which offer internships and
those which search for and arrange internships. (45%)
o Support the protected area in its daily work or taking part in a project in
the protected area. (45%)
o Translation work for the protected area. (10%)
Each intern will be invited to attend one introduction and one evaluation seminar which will
last 2-3 days each. The introduction seminar is scheduled for fall 2007 and aims at
explaining all interns and parks’ representatives (mentors) their tasks. The evaluation
seminar is planned for fall 2008 and will draw the project to an end including a project
evaluation and a collection of recommendations for the further maintenance of the website.
