INTERN - ECONOMIC AFFAIRS (TRADE POLICY)

United Nations - UN •Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

Internship Closes 18 Oct 2026 18 days left

Overview

This internship focuses on trade and trade policy, providing capacity building and direct experience in research, analysis, training, and advisory services for governments and stakeholders in the Asia-Pacific region.


Key Responsibilities
  • Contribute to policy research on trade, digital trade, e-commerce, global value chains, trade agreements, and trade-related regulations.
  • Undertake literature analysis and draft background documents and policy notes.
  • Support the preparation of presentations and training materials.
  • Assist with data work, including source identification, collection, analysis, and database maintenance.
  • Edit and format papers.
  • Support the organization of online or onsite events, including substantive, administrative, logistics, communication, and dissemination tasks.
Required Experience
  • Experience (through study, work, etc.) in international trade or development policies or Laws (trade-related or international laws).
  • Experience in data management, data analysis and programming (e.g.excel, R, Python, web scraping, SQL).
  • Experience in regulatory analysis or trade agreement analysis.
  • Strong media and communication skills (e.g. Infographic, video, presentations, social media, copywriting, editing, formatting).
Qualifications
  • Be enrolled in, or have completed, a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher); or, Be enrolled in, or have completed, the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum bachelor’s level or equivalent).
  • Economics preferred.
Other Details
Languages Required
Fluency in spoken and written English is required for the internship.
Languages Preferred
Knowledge of an additional official UN language is an asset.
Contract Duration
6 months
Work Modality
remote and onsite
Remuneration
Interns are not financially remunerated by the United Nations. Costs and arrangements for travel, visas, accommodation and living expenses are the responsibility of interns or their sponsoring institutions.
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