YEP Programmes

The main goal of the Young Expert Programmes (YEP), consisting of YEP Water, YEP Agrofood, YEP Energy and YEP Tailor-made, is to offer young Dutch and local professionals the opportunity to take their first steps in an international environment. They are employed through Dutch organisations in a number of eligible countries. The programmes aim to rejuvenate the water, agrofood and renewable energy sectors and ensure the continued availability of expertise for these sectors.

The YEP Programmes are carried out jointly by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Netherlands Water Partnership (NWP), the Food & Business Knowledge Platform and the Netherlands Enterprise Agency.

NEWS

Preparatory training course

Training of the 19th batch starts on 20 January 2020

Organisations: deadline project submission

Deadline for submitting project proposals by organisations (batch 20):

1 March 2020

Candidates: apply for YEP positions

New YEP positions will be available on 23 March

Introduction video YEP

YEP in a nutshell: the new introduction video about YEP Programmes is now online.

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Every year we subsidise the placement of 72 young professionals

Check the latest results of YEP in our annual report

Our Young Experts

Sydney Liwewe - YEP Tailor-made at WaterWorX in Malawi

Click here for an overview of all YEP projects at Akvo RSR

YEP Publications

On this page you'll find more information about YEP Programmes. All publications can be downloaded in the column on this page.

YEP Effect

The YEP Effect magazines cover several stories of Young Experts and the effects they have of had during their work as a Young Expert.

Read the most recent edition. Previous editions can also be downloaded in the column on the right.

Flyer

The flyer gives a brief overview of the most important criteria to be met by organisations as well as candidate Young Experts.

Annual Report

The annual report of 2018 described the achieved results over the course of 2018. The report is designed in a poster with several infographics and tables. The annual report is an annex with the fifth edition of YEP Effect. The print version of the annual report can be downloaded here.

The annual reports of 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 are available as well.