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An internship abroad will give you new skills and increase your chances of finding a job. After all, you gain your first work experience. A foreign internship also ensures that you develop your language skills and that you learn to work with people from different backgrounds.

There are several possibilities to find an internship abroad. You intern in a foreign company, a foreign branch of a Belgian company, a non-profit organisation, an NGO, a school, a foreign department of a government institution, ... In short, there is plenty of choice. An internship is usually part of your studies, but of course you can also do a foreign internship next to your studies.

VIW has a special section dedicated to internships abroad. Click here to access it (in Dutch).

Volunteering

Through volunteering abroad you get to know other cultures and make international friends. Moreover, you help others and learn skills that might come in handy later on.

There are many websites where you can look for volunteering opportunities:

• Stages bij de Vlaamse Overheid
• Stages bij Diplomatie België
• GO Strange
• AIESEC
• WEP
• Bouworde
• Eurodesk
• AFS
• Kilroy
• …

Tip: Need information about paperwork? Go to www.kamiel.info.