Promoting global citizenship

Become or hire a Junior Expert

Junior experts working together in during a workshop

Give meaning to your talents! 

The Junior Programme offers the opportunity for talented young people of various origin, gender and education backgrounds to contribute professionally to international solidarity projects.

We hire and support young professionals to become ambassadors for the Sustainable Development Goals

The Junior Programme is a Belgian project implemented by Enabel, the agency for international cooperation of Belgium’s federal government. It is funded by the Belgian governmental cooperation and promotes sustainable international solidarity.  It gives the opportunity to young European talents and young talents from the 14 partner countries of the Belgian governmental cooperation to contribute professionally to an international cooperation project for a maximum of 2 years. By working in projects managed by Enabel or by one of our 28 partner NGOs the participants develop new competences and demonstrate the impact of their commitment as global citizens.

⚠️ ️The last junior expert positions were posted at the end of March 2025. We are waiting for news about an extension of the Junior Programme so that we can start recruiting again in 2027 at the earliest. Follow us on social media to stay up to date.

In a nutshell

Our mission

Hire and supervise young professionals in international solidarity interventions.

For a maximum of two years the young Junior Experts are hosted by a project implemented by Enabel or by a partner NGO. What we do contributes to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Our target groups

The Junior Programme is becoming more inclusive by extending its target groups. The Junior Programme used to target European nationals but it now is opening up to young people from the 14 partner countries of the Belgian bilateral cooperation.

  • Nationality
    Young European professionals and professionals from our 14 partner countries
  • Education
    Holder of at least a professional bachelor’s-level degree or an academic master’s degree recognised as equivalent by the competent Belgian authorities
  • Age
    Under age 31

Our values

  • Global citizenship
    Young talents who are responsible, committed to the SDGs, supportive, respectful, idealistic and empathetic and who have a social and intercultural focus.
  • Professionalism
    Young talents who demonstrate their team spirit and reliability. They are an added value for the project and they are results-oriented. They are rigorous, diplomatic and passionate.
  • Personal development
    The key words for the young talents are learning, openness, flexibility, adaptability, autonomy and critical thinking.

Contact us

A question? You can contact us at the following email address: juniorprogramme@enabel.be

Our impact

633

talents hired since 2006

59%

of young experts pursues their career in international solidarity

85%

of them remains engaged with achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

Our partners in Belgium

The Junior Programme is coordinated by Enabel, the Belgian development agency. In a partnership with 28 Belgian non-governmental organisations

 

Non-governmental organisations

Each non-governmental development cooperation organisation that is approved by the Belgian State may apply for affiliation to the Junior Programme. This allows an NGO to host Junior Expert in its project in one of the 14 partner countries of governmental development cooperation.

The partnership with non-governmental organisations, which began in 2009, is growing year by year. Currently, 28 Belgian NGO are affiliated to the Junior Programme. In 2019, Autre Terre, Kiyo and Memisa joined us. Then Echos Communication joined in 2020 and Search For Common Ground in 2022.

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