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

Organisations: deadline project submission

Deadline for submitting project proposals by organisations (batch 19):

15 October 2019

Preparatory training course

Training of the 18th batch starts on 25 November

Training of the 19th batch starts on 20 January 2020

Candidates: apply for YEP positions

New YEP positions will be available on 4 November

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

Tigist Gelebo Sengogo - YEP Water at Waterschap Zuiderzeeland in Ethiopia

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

Harold Hoiting

Young Expert at Mott MacDonald - Egypt

YEP period 2017 - 2019, batch 12

YEP Role

Resident Project Manager Sustainable Rural Sanitation Services Programme in Egypt, Project Manager for projects in South Sudan, Project Manager for projects Democratic Republic of Congo.

Click here for more information about my project.

Skills

Project Management
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
Geo Information Systems

Background

Nationality: Dutch
Education: MSc Management, Innovations and Life Sciences at Wageningen University & Research, BSc International Land and Water Management at Wageningen University & Research

Experience before YEP

2014–2016: Programme Officer WASH at Stichting Simavi

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