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

Stephen Tungu - YEP Tailor-made at WaterWorX in Tanzania

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

Ndutiye Diane Munezero

Where is she now? Project Coordinator at Aidenvironment, Rwanda

History

Young Expert at Ecological Management Foundation (EMF) - Rwanda

YEP period 2017 - 2018, batch 13

YEP Role

Project coordinator

Click here for more information about my project.

Skills

I have skills in project management and basic research skills regarding data collection and analysis.

Background

Nationality: Rwandese
Education: Master of science in project management, Bachelor degree in Public Health

Experience before YEP

I have been working as a District Project manager at Del-agua health for one and half year here in Rwanda,I have also been working as a livelihood officer at Uwezo youth empowerment and as local researcher for the Research Based and as a data collector for several NGOs in Rwanda.

Contact

Alumna

History

Tuesday, July 24, 2018
R4$ Entrepreneurs and clients
The Rain4sale (R4$) project tests the business case for selling stored rainwater. The project aims to improve access to water in off-grid areas or where piped water is not reliable, in a financially...read more

Monday, March 19, 2018
Progress on construction of rain water harvesting systems
The Rain for Sale project aims to provide water solutions by testing, providing and implementing a business model in Rwanda which involves local entrepreneurs, financing institutions and many other st...read more