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    • 14 February 2024

    Criticism of dif­fe­ren­ces in the quality of traineeships

    The European Court of Auditors criticises the different conditions for trainees across the EU and refers to the evaluation of the related Council Recommendation.

    For incre­a­sing numbers of teenagers and young adults, trai­nee­ships are an important pre­pa­ra­ti­on for working life and help them enter the labour market. In a recent report, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) cri­ti­cis­ed the still con­sidera­ble dif­fe­ren­ces in the con­di­ti­ons under which trai­nee­ships are carried out across the EU. This has a number of con­se­quen­ces for the quality of intern­ships in terms of legal requi­re­ments, demands and even the payment of trainees. The ECA also refers to the eva­lua­ti­on study of the European Council Recommendation on a Quality Framework for Internships (QRP, 2014) published in 2023, to which 3s experts con­tri­bu­ted.

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    Contact: Mariya Dzhengozova, Monika Auzinger

    Client: Europea

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