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

Sadik Ahnaf Tahmid - YEP Agrofood at Single Spark in Bangladesh

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

Eline Terneusen

Where is she now? Independent Consultant, Tanzania

History

Young Expert at Stichting Spark - Liberia

YEP period 2018 - 2019, batch 15

YEP Role

Programme Officer EULAP.

Click here for more information about my project.

Skills

Interviewing, facilitation, presentation, storytelling, video production

Background

Nationality: Dutch
Education: BA Cultural Anthropology at Utrecht University , MA International Development Studies (Disaster Studies)

at WUR

Experience before YEP

Intern Foundation Max van der Stoel, Intern SPARK Liberia

Contact

Alumna

History

Tuesday, January 22, 2019
Selling the Value Chain Story
In an attempt to merge the critical thinking, attitude of learning and passion for sharing knowledge which is inherent to the Young Expert Programme, I ventured to the Netherlands touch on the issue o...read more

Ignite Conference 2018, Amsterdam

Thursday, January 10, 2019
Design Thinking Comes to Liberia
As part of the European Union funded Liberia Agriculture Programme, SPARK aims to develop agricultural value chains through entrepreneurship. One key component to entrepreneurship is the development o...read more

Monday, October 29, 2018
Entrepreneurship Sensitization
As part of the PARTNERS Programme - funded by the European Union - SPARK has been conducting Entrepreneurship Sensitization Modules. Over the course of the five year programme we are aiming to bri...read more