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.

Every year we subsidise the placement of 72 young professionals

Check the latest results of YEP in our annual report

Our Young Experts

Modibo Traore - YEP Agrofood at Akvo.org in Mali

dutchwatersector

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

Wouter Kleijn

Where is he now? Partnership Manager at HackYourFuture, the Netherlands

History

Young Expert at KIT - Kenya

YEP period 2017 - 2018, batch 10

YEP Role

Youth Employment Expert

Click here for more information about my project.

Skills

Strategy development, project design, commercial smallholder farming

Background

Nationality: Dutch
Education: Journalism (BA), International Relations (MA)

Experience before YEP

Sustainable Development Advisor at the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT)
Various internships (political campaigns, journalism, NGOs/research)

YEP Agrofood

Contact

Email

Skype

Yep Agro

Yep Water