Work with ECAS
ECAS is looking for:
- volunteers from all over the European Union to help with the setup of the European Civil Society House (click here)
ECAS has an agreement for internship with two universities:
- Università commerciale "Luigi Bocconi", ITALY
- Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", ITALY
- University of Surrey, UNITED KINGDOM
- University of Leeds, UNITED KINGDOM
New Position
ECAS wishes to recruit a law graduate as a trainee to help launch an exciting new service. As part of its ambitious project
to create a European civil society house ECAS is developing a virtual one-stop shop covering all the ways available to citizens
to raise issues with the EU: complaints to the Commission, access to documents, petitions, requests to the European ombudsman and
European citizens initiatives.(ECIs) The main driver is the new collective right of the ECI, whereby from April 2012 over one million citizens from
across EU member states will be able to ask the Commission to propose a European law. Independent legal advice will be necessary.
Working with the coordinator for the house the successful applicant will have the following tasks:
-providing free legal help to citizens under EU law and where necessary persuading them to group together with others and make use of one
or combination of the different procedures mentioned above. The emphasis is on the more serious cases and problem solving not just providing
first-level information and advice.
-adding to the website with specific questions and examples and developing the FaQ.
-encouraging different language versions of the site and the creation of national contact points.
For this assignment a sound knowledge of the European treaties and secondary legislation especially those aspects which effect people’s everyday life is essential,
combined with a practical sense of extra judicial and judicial remedies. Awareness of the scope and limits of different enforcement mechanisms for
European citizens rights is also necessary. Candidates should have concentrated in their European law studies on such aspects as free movement of persons,
environmental law and the Charter of fundamental rights.
Not only legal skills count for the success of this assignment The successful candidate will be a natural communicator and networker
fluent in English and at least another major European language.
Candidates should send a short CV and letter of motivation to Elizabeth Lasky ,the coordinator for the house who can also provide more information about
the website and tasks involved.
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