The United Nations Development Programme, UNDP Brazil, offers a selected group of outstanding graduate-level students the opportunity to acquire direct exposure to the work of a successful multi-cultural international organisation.
The Socialprotection.org
socialprotection.org is an online, member-based, knowledge-sharing and capacity-building platform, open to social protection practitioners, policymakers, and experts, as well as academics and students. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Brazil hosts the initiative socialprotection.org, which is financially supported by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the German Federal Ministry of Economic Development and Cooperation (BMZ).
The platform was launched on 12 September 2015, answering to a recommendation from the G20 Development Working Group in the aftermath of the triple crisis of the late 2000s to foster global knowledge-sharing on social protection policies. Thanks to the contributions of its members, collaboration with stakeholders, and the dedication of the socialprotection.org team, it directs access to the most up-to-date and comprehensive content on social protection, with a focus on low- and middle-income countries. Through these endeavours it has established a global interactive community of social protection practitioners.
It provides free access to a plethora of interactive features, such as searchable databases of social protection publications, audio, slides, infographics, videos, photos, online tools, and legal and policy frameworks—as well as blog posts, news, events, jobs, programmes, and country profiles. Members can connect in the social space and join Online Communities dedicated to prominent social protection topics. They can also access innovative learning tools, such as online courses, webinars, livestream events, and be informed of the latest academic opportunities available in the field, as well as podcast episodes produced by socialprotection.org. In addition, the platform allows for members to upload social protection-related content via the share feature.
Since its launch, socialprotection.org has garnered more than 12,500 members and amassed over 10,000 publications. It has organised multiple webinars and events in cooperation with a wide range of partners, and hosts dozens of multi-language Online Communities.
The Internship Programme for the socialprotection.org platform is designed to complement development-oriented studies with practical experience in various aspects of multilateral technical cooperation, international studies, international development and inclusive growth.
The purpose of the Internship Programme is to provide an opportunity to make substantive
contributions to the office’s work, mostly by providing support to the socialprotection.org Team in its daily activities and in the accomplishment of the goals and tasks that are part of UNDP Brazil Strategy.
This internship opportunity does not lead to further employment with UNDP. Its goal is to offer the intern the opportunity to learn, gather experiences and complement his/her studies.
Therefore, there should be no expectation of employment at the end of the internship.
Status
Interns are not considered staff members. During the internship with UNDP, interns shall be subject to the Regulations Governing the Status, Basic Rights and Duties of Officials other than Secretariat Officials, and Experts on Mission (ST/SGB/2002/9).
Interns shall not be sought or engaged as substitutes for staff and do not encumber authorized posts.
Interns shall not represent UNDP in any official capacity or commit resources on its behalf.
Interns shall not apply for or be appointed to any position during the period of their internship. The internship period shall not be foreshortened for the purposes of allowing an intern to apply for a position.
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