FAQ
Below are the most frequently asked questions, and the answers. If your question is not listed here, or if you want to receive further information that is not listed on the site, you are always welcome to contact us.
Potential Young Experts
No, national (non-Dutch) Young Experts are recruited by the organisation submitting the project proposal or their local counterpart. National candidate Young Experts should therefore approach Dutch organisations to employ you, or be approached by a Dutch organisation. A list of Dutch organisations is available at the Dutch embassy in your country, or take a look at the Young Experts in your country and check the organisations they work for. The selection process of Young Experts can be found here.
You will not automatically receive a placement, since this depends on the available projects. Following recruitment and selection, the YEP programme bureau will propose a few suitable candidates to the Dutch employers. It is possible that your profile does not match any of the available positions. If this is the case, your profile will be registered in a pool of candidates for a period of one year. Candidates in this pool are notified when new YEP positions become available.
No, you will be employed by the Dutch submitting organisation or the local counterpart, and will therefore be covered by the terms of employment of this organisation. A special placement agreement will be added to your contract for the purpose of this placement.
No, unfortunately the criteria are fixed: you must have a diploma in a relevant university study (MSc/BSc/MA/BA) or relevant higher professional education study (Dutch HBO or equivalent) before you can start in a YEP position. A full list of the criteria can be found in the document Guidelines Young Experts.
The vacancies are posted online several times a year. During this time it is possible to apply for any of the vacancies, or submit an open application. The page ‘Application’ where you can find the vacancies will only be available during these periods. You can find an overview of relevant dates here.
Yes, it certainly is! There are different types of projects, so we certainly do not only need technical Young Experts. However, you must be strongly motivated in your wish to participate, as the type of placements vary per round. Whether you will be able to find a position depends on the type of projects that are available.
Employers
All steps are described in the submission process page. Project proposals should be submitted through our project submission page. After completing the form in this page, you will receive instructions by email to finalise your submission.
A full page with the necessary forms on making a request and further information can be found here, which includes all of the relevant documents necessary before submitting a proposal.
Not necessarily, as there are two possibilities to employ a Young Expert. Organisations can employ either a Dutch Young Expert, or a national Young Expert. The Dutch Young Expert must always have the Dutch nationality, and they are expected to be fluent in both English and Dutch. The Dutch Young Expert can be stationed in any of the YEP countries.
It is also possible to employ a national Young Expert. This Young Expert should always have the nationality of the country where the project is based (e.g. a Kenyan national in Kenya and a Colombian national in Colombia). The same YEP countries applies. All of the Young Experts must be fluent in English. More information on the criteria can be found in the guidelines.
It is important that the organisation's contribution to the Young Expert position is not funded by the Dutch government: this must be arranged by the organisation or the local counterpart organisation. It is possible that the project itself is financed by the Dutch government, as long as the YEP position is funded by other means.
Yes, the applicant organisation must be registered with the Dutch Chamber of Commerce (Kamer van Koophandel).
Yes, the organisations have a great responsibility when it comes to the training of the national Young Experts. Prior to the kick off, the national Young Experts follow their own introduction programme at their Dutch employer, arranged by their Dutch employer. An MBTI meeting will be planned before the start of the YEP Training Programme.
Yes, during the training weeks the Young Experts follow trainings together in their batch. A batch consists of both Dutch and national Young Experts.
Besides this, the YEP programme aims to have both national and Dutch Young Experts working together on the same project within organisations, if that is possible.
No, an exemption is made for subsidies: VAT does not apply to the YEP contribution.