Junior Programme : Stepping stone for an exciting career in Belgium or abroad
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Young graduates who have worked overseas with the Junior Programme of the Belgian Development Cooperation are very satisfied with their experience. They claim the Programme gave a boost to their career. Most of them found work shortly after their return to Belgium. After such overseas experience, more than half of them (60%) keeps working in development cooperation, mostly with an NGO. The Junior Programme is definitely a stepping stone for a career in development cooperation. These are the main conclusions from the survey that the Junior Programme conducted among former Junior Assistants eight years into its existence.
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BELGISCH ONTWIKKELINGSAGENTSCHAP
First professional experience
The Junior Programme of the
Belgian Development Cooperation
provides young people with a first
professional experience in
development cooperation.
Since the Programme's start in 2006
more than 350 young people have
taken advantage of this opportunity.
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THE JUNIOR PROGRAMME
New development workers
The goal of the programme is to train
young professionals and constitute a
new generation of development
workers.
Survey
In March 2014 a survey was conducted
with former Juniors to find out whether
the Junior Programme meets
expectations.
One or two years
Through the Junior Programme,
future development workers can work
with the help of a coach for one or
maximum two years in a project of the
Belgian governmental cooperation or a
Belgian NGO in one of the 18 partner
countries of the Belgian Development
Cooperation.
BELGISCH ONTWIKKELINGSAGENTSCHAP
Young people who have worked
overseas with the Junior Programme of
the Belgian Development Cooperation
are very satisfied with their
experience.
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DOES THE PROGRAMME MEET EXPECTATIONS?
They claim the Programme gave a
boost to their career.
Most of them found work shortly after
their return to Belgium.
After such overseas experience, more
than half of them (60%) keeps
working in development
cooperation, mostly with an NGO.
BELGISCH ONTWIKKELINGSAGENTSCHAP
93% response rate
234 respondents
60% ♀ 40% ♂
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SURVEY
85% BTC
15% Belgian NGO
95% Belgians
French speakers 53%
Dutch speakers 47%
26 age upon departure
Population surveyed
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DIPLOMAS
DO FORMER JUNIORS FIND EMPLOYMENT?
• 50% after two months
• 72% after four months
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60% of the former Juniors who are
employed, are still working in
development cooperation today.
If you want to be employed in
development cooperation, your
first job after the Junior
Programme had better be a job
in development cooperation.
WHERE ARE THEY EMPLOYED?
• 63% in Belgium
• 32% abroad
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85% of former Juniors now work in
Belgium.
(first job after the Junior Programme)
In the long run, the majority of
former Juniors return to work in
Belgium.
WHERE ARE THEY EMPLOYED?
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NGO 50
23 MULTI
20 GOV
Other: 3 | 4th pillar: 2 | Private: 2
WHERE ARE THEY EMPLOYED?
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50
23
20
MEN - WOMEN
• 60% women
• 40% men
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67% of the men find a first job in
development cooperation. Among
the women, only 50% do.
Juniors leaving for the field
In the long run, the percentage of
women working in the South is
even smaller.
SATISFACTION – ADDED VALUE
General satisfaction: 7,7 / 10
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90% of the former Juniors say the
Junior Programme provided added
value in their job search.
The former Juniors appreciate
the know-how gathered and the
two years of professional
experience gained, as well as
BTC's reputation and the
responsibility which they are
entrusted with during their
overseas stay.
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