Internship Opportunities in Geneva

The following is a list of international organizations based or with offices in Geneva, Switzerland. Where possible we have provided a direct link to information on specific internship opportunities. However, not all organizations have information available on-line. If you are interested in pursuing an internship with an organization listed below, we encourage you to contact that organization directly.

Also, please be aware that we have been advised by many Wisconsin alumni that finding housing in Geneva can be very difficult. While we cannot endorse the following site, we have been told that International Geneva Welcome Centre will assist interns in finding appropriate accommodation: you can learn more on its Housing/Real Estate and Provide Housing for an Intern pages. We have also learned of the following discussion board -- the Geneva Intern Network. It is a new site (17 January 2006) but might very well be worth exploring.

And if you happen to secure an internship with one of these organizations, please let us know: you could share your experiences with your colleagues as our next Badger Abroad.

Advisory Council on WTO Law (ACWL)

• Av. Giuseppe-Motta 31-33, 1202 Geneva
• Tel 41 22 919 21 21
• Fax 41 22 919 21 22
• Email info@acwl.ch
• Web (home) www.acwl.ch

American Citizens Abroad

• Rue Liotard 5, 1202 Geneva
• Tel 41 22 340 02 33
• Fax 41 22 340 04 48
• Email acage@aca.ch
• Web (home) www.aca.ch

Amnesty International

• Av. Gare-des-Eaux-Vives 9, 1207 Geneva
• Tel 41 22 735 85 00
• Fax 41 22 700 51 46 / 791 03 90
• Email hr-education@hrea.org
• Web (home) www.amnesty.org
• Web (internship) web.amnesty.org/jobs/internships

Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal

• United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), International Environment House, Ch. des Anémones 11-13, 1219 Châtelaine, Geneva
• Tel 41 22 917 82 19
• Fax 41 22 797 34 54
• Email sbc@unep.ch
• Web (home) www.basel.int

Centre for Applied Studies in International Negotiations (CASIN)

• Av. de la Paix 7bis, 1202 Geneva
• Tel 41 22 730 86 66
• Fax 41 22 730 86 90
• Email casinfo@casin.ch / agcatrade@casin.ch / secretariat@casin.ch
• Web (home) www.casin.ch

Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE)

• Rue de Montbrillant 83, 1202 Geneva
• Tel 41 22 734 10 28
• Fax 41 22 733 11 26
• Email cohre@cohre.org
• Web (home) www.cohre.org
• Web (internship) www.cohre.org/usbody02.htm

Centre for International Environmental Law (CIEL)

• Rue des Savoises 15, 1205 Geneva
• Tel 41 22 789 07 38
• Fax 41 22 780 05 00
• Email geneva@ciel.org
• Web (home) www.ciel.org
• Web (internship) www.ciel.org/Join/Join_Internships.html

Conference of European Churches (CEC)

• Ecumenical Centre, Rte de Ferney 150, 1202 Geneva
• Tel 41 22 791 61 11
• Fax 41 22 791 62 27
• Email
• Web (home) www.cec-kek.org

Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna & Flora (CITES)

• United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), International Environment House, Ch. des Anémones 15, 1219 Châtelaine, Geneva
• Tel 41 22 917 81 39 / 40
• Fax 41 22 797 34 17
• Email cites@unep.ch
• Web (home) www.cites.org

Defence for Children - International (DCI)

• Rue de Varembé 1-3, 1202 Geneva
• Tel 41 22 734 05 58
• Fax 41 22 740 11 45
• Email dci-hq@pinq.ch / dci-hq@pinqnet.ch
• Web (home) www.defence-for-children.org - No longer accessible (17 June 2005)

European Free Trade Association (EFTA)

• Rue de Varembé 9-11, 1202 Geneva
• Tel 41 22 749 11 11
• Fax 41 22 733 92 91 / 740 14 37
• Email
• Web (home) secretariat.efta.int

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

• Palais des Nations, Av. de la Paix 8-14, 1202 Geneva
• Tel 41 22 917 12 34
• Fax 41 22 917 00 65 / 917 01 23
• Email info@fao.org
• Web (home) www.fao.org
• Web (internship) www.fao.org/VA/vol_en.htm

Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP)

• Av. de la Paix 7bis, 1202 Geneva
• Tel 41 22 906 16 00
• Fax 41 22 906 16 49
• Email info@gcsp.ch
• Web (home) www.gcsp.ch
• Web (internship) www.gcsp.ch/e/about/Jobs/internship.htm

Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF)

• Rue de Chantepoulet 11, 1201 Geneva
• Tel 41 22 741 77 00
• Fax 41 22 741 77 05
• Email info@dcaf.ch
• Web (home) www.dcaf.ch

Geneva Conservatory/Botanical Gardens

• Ch. de l’Impératrice 1, 1292 Chambésy, Geneva
• Tel 41 22 418 51 00
• Fax 41 22 418 51 01
• Email
• Web (home) www.cjb.unige.ch

Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD)

• Av. de la Paix 7bis, 1202 Geneva
• Tel 41 22 906 16 60
• Fax 41 22 906 16 90
• Email lm@icbl.org
• Web (home) www.gichd.ch / www.icbl.org

Humanitarian Accountability Project (HAP)

• Ch. des Crets-de-Pregny, 1218 Grand-Saconnex, Geneva
• Tel 41 22 747 00 88
• Fax 41 22 747 00 99
• Email secretariat@hapgeneva.org
• Web (home) www.hapgeneva.org - No longer accessible (19 July 2004)

Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women (IAC)

• Rue de Lausanne 145, 1202 Geneva
• Tel 41 22 731 24 20
• Fax 41 22 738 18 13
• Email cominter@iprolink.ch
• Web (home) www.iac-ciaf.org

International Air Transport Association (IATA)

• Rue de l’Aéroport 33, 1215 Cointrin, Geneva
• Tel 41 22 770 25 25
• Fax 41 22
• Email
• Web (home) www.iata.org
• Web (internship) www.iata.org/hr/iip

International Bureau of Education (IBE)

• UNESCO, Rte des Morillons 15, 1218 Grand-Saconnex, Geneva
• Tel 41 22 917 78 00
• Fax 41 22 917 78 01
• Email
• Web (home) www.ibe.unesco.org

International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD)

• International Environment House, Ch. des Anémones 13, 1219 Châtelaine, Geneva
• Tel 41 22 917 8492
• Fax 41 22 917 8093
• Email
• Web (home) www.ictsd.org
• Web (internship) www.ictsd.org/about/work.htm

International Commission of Jurists (ICJ)

• Av. de Châtelaine 81a, 1219 Châtelaine, Geneva
• Tel 41 22 979 38 00
• Fax 41 22 979 38 01
• Email info@icj.org
• Web (home) www.icj.org
• Web (internship) click here

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

• Av. de la Paix 19, 1202 Geneva
• Tel 41 22 734 60 01
• Fax 41 22 733 20 57
• Email
• Web (home) www.icrc.org
• Web (internship) click here

International Co-operative Alliance (ICA)

• Rte des Morillons 15, 1218 Grand-Saconnex, Geneva
• Tel 41 22 929 88 88
• Fax 41 22 798 41 22
• Email ica@ica.coop
• Web (home) www.ica.coop

International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH)

• Rue des Savoises 15, 1205 Geneva
• Tel 41 22 700 12 88
• Fax 41 22 735 06 53
• Email fidh.ge@worldcom.ch / bquadranti@fidh.org
• Web (home) www.fidh.org

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)

• Ch. des Crêts 17, 1209 Geneva
• Tel 41 22 730 42 22
• Fax 41 22 733 03 95
• Email
• Web (home) www.ifrc.org

International Institute of Humanitarian Law (IIHL)

• La Voie Creuse 16, 1202 Geneva
• Tel 41 22 919 79 30
• Fax 41 22 919 79 33
• Email geneve@iihl.org
• Web (home) web.iihl.org

International Labour Organization (ILO)

• Rte des Morillons 4, 1211 Geneva 20
• Tel 41 22 799 61 11 / 68 20
• Fax 41 22 798 86 85
• Email internship@ilo.org
• Web (home) www.ilo.org
• Web (internship) www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/pers/index.htm

International Movement against all Forms of Discrimination and Racism (IMADR)

• United Nations Office, Ecumenical Centre, Rte de Ferney 150, 1202 Geneva
• Tel 41 22 791 62 63
• Fax
• Email majordomo@hrea.org
• Web (home) www.imadr.org

International Organization for Migration (IOM)

• Rte des Morillons 17, 1202 Geneva
• Tel 41 22 717 91 11
• Fax 41 22 798 61 50
• Email
• Web (home) www.iom.int
• Web (internship) click here

International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

• Rue de Varembé 1-3, 1202 Geneva
• Tel 41 22 749 01 11
• Fax 41 22 733 34 30
• Email
• Web (home) www.iso.ch
• Indicates that ISO has no funding for internships: www.iso.org/iso/en/aboutiso/employment/index.html.

International Peace Bureau (IPB)

• Rue de Zurich 41, 1201 Geneva
• Tel 41 22 731 64 29
• Fax 41 22 738 94 19
• Email mailbox@ipb.org / gianluca@iihl.org
• Web (home) www.ipb.org / web.iihl.org
• Web (internship) click here

International Service for Human Rights

• Rue de Varembé 1, 1202 Geneva
• Tel 41 22 733 51 23
• Fax 41 22 733 08 26
• Email ishr@worldcom.ch / etp@ishr-sidh.ch / gtc@ishr-sidh.ch
• Web (home) www.ishr.ch
• Web (internship) click here

International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

• Place des Nations, 1202 Geneva
• Tel 41 22 730 51 11
• Fax 41 22 733 72 56
• Email itumail@itu.int
• Web (home) www.itu.int
• Web (internship) www.itu.int/aboutitu/staffing.html

International Trade Centre (ITC)

• UNCTAD/WTO, Rue de Montbrillant 54-56, 1202 Geneva
• Tel 41 22 730 01 11
• Fax 41 22 733 44 39
• Email
• Web (home) www.intracen.org
• Web (internship) www.intracen.org/ipsms/work.htm

International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) - World Conservation Union

• Rue Mauverney 28, 1196 Gland (30 kms outside Geneva)
• Tel 41 22 999 00 01
• Fax 41 22 999 00 10
• Email mail@hq.iucn.org
• Web (home) www.iucn.org
• Web (internship) www.iucn.org/en/about/vacancies.htm

Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)

• Ch. du Pommier, 1218 Grand-Saconnex, Geneva
• Tel 41 22 919 41 50
• Fax 41 22 919 41 60
• Email personnel@mail.ipu.org
• Web (home) www.ipu.org

Mandat International

• Ch. William-Rappard 31, 1293 Bellevue, Geneva
• Tel 41 22 959 88 55
• Fax 41 22 959 88 51
• Email
• Web (home) www.mandint.org
• Web (internship) www.mandint.org/english/cinfovoe.htm

Media Action International - Switzerland

• Villa Grand-Montfleury 48, 1290 Versoix (10 kms outside Geneva)
• Tel 41 22 950 07 50
• Fax 41 22 950 07 52
• Email egirardet@mediaaction.org
• Web (home) www.mediaaction.org - link not operational as of 19 July 2004./ www.alertnet.org

Migrants Rights International

• Rte des Morillons 135, 1202 Geneva
• Tel 41 22 917 78 17 / 788 28 73
• Fax 41 22 788 28 75
• Email migrantwatch@vtx.ch
• Web (home) www.migrantwatch.org

Modern Asia Research Center (MARC)

• Rue de Lausanne 63, 1202 Geneva
• Tel 41 22 908 58 20 / 908 57 00
• Fax 41 22 738 39 96
• Email regnier@hei.unige.ch
• Web (home) heiwww.unige.ch/marc/

Public Services International (PSI)

• BP 9, 01211 Ferney-Voltaire Cedex, France (5 kms from Geneva just across the border)
• Tel 33-4 50 40 64 64
• Fax 33-4 50 40 73 20
• Email psi@world-psi.org
• Web (home) www.world-psi.org

Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO)

• Av. du Mervelet 13, 1209 Geneva
• Tel 41 22 748 48 00
• Fax 41 22 748 48 19
• Email quno@mbox.unicc.org
• Web (home) www.quaker.org

Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

• Rue Mauverney 28, 1196 Gland (30 kms outside Geneva)
• Tel 41 22 999 01 70
• Fax 41 22 999 01 69
• Email keller@ramsar.org
• Web (home) www.ramsar.org
• Web (internship) www.ramsar.org/about/about_internships.htm

Reuters

• Palais des Nations, Bureau 70, Av. de la Paix 8-14, 1202 Geneva
• Tel 41 22 917 37 80
• Fax 41 22 734 8760
• Email
• Web (home) about.reuters.com
• Web (internship) click here & here

South Centre

• Programme on International Trade and Development, Ch. du Champ d’Anier 17, 1209 Geneva
• Tel 41 22 791 80 50
• Fax 41 22 798 85 31
• Email internships@southcentre.org
• Web (home) www.southcentre.org

United Nations Geneva (UNOG)

• Palais des Nations, Av. de la Paix 8-14, 1202 Geneva
• Tel 41 22 917 12 34
• Fax 41 22 917 02 34 / 01 23
• Email webmaster@unog.ch
• Web (home) www.jobs.un.org / www.unog.ch

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

• Av. de la Paix 5-7, 1202 Geneva
• Tel 41 22 909 51 11
• Fax 41 22 909 59 00
• Email
• Web (home) www.unicef.org
• Web (internship) www.unicef.org/about/employ/index_internship.html

United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC)

• Villa La Pelouse, Palais des Nations, Av. de la Paix 8-14, 1202 Geneva
• Tel 41 22 917 36 00
• Fax 41 22 917 00 69
• Email unccrecruit@uncc.int / unccwebmaster@uncc.ch
• Web (home) www.unog.ch/uncc/start.htm
• Web (internship) www2.unog.ch/uncc/employ.htm

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

• Palais des Nations, Av. de la Paix 8-14, 1202 Geneva
• Tel 41 22 917 12 34
• Fax 41 22 917 01 23 / 907 00 43
• Email info@unctad.org
• Web (home) www.unctad.org
• Web (internship) click here

• Also: International Trade Centre (ITC)

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

• Ch. des Anémones 11-13, 1219 Châtelaine, Geneva
• Tel 41 22 979 95 37
• Fax 41 22 979 90 01
• Email
• Web (home) www.undp.org
• Web (internship) www.undp.org/ohr/Interns/intern.htm

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)

• Palais des Nations, Av. de la Paix 8-14, 1202 Geneva
• Tel 41 22 917 12 34
• Fax 41 22 917 05 05
• Email interns@unece.org / info.ece@unece.org
• Web (home) www.unece.org
• Web (internship) www.unece.org/oes/internships/internship_prog.htm

United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization Geneva (UNESCO)

• Villa des Feuillantines, Palais des Nations, Av. de la Paix 13, 1202 Geneva
• Tel 41 22 917 12 34
• Fax 41 22 917 00 64
• Email geneva@unesco.org
• Web (home) www.unesco.org
• Web (internship) click here

• Also: International Bureau of Education (IBE)

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

• International Environment House, Ch. des Anémones 11-13, 1219 Châtelaine, Geneva
• Tel 41 22 917 82 94/95
• Fax 41 22 917 80 29
• Email
• Web (home) www.grid.unep.ch
• Web (internship) www.grid.unep.ch/about/internship.php

• Also: Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal
• Also: Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna & Flora (CITES)

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)

• Palais des Nations, Av. de la Paix 8-14, 1202 Geneva
• Tel 41 22 917 90 00
• Fax 41 22 917 90 16
• Email
• Web (home) www.unhchr.ch / www.ohchr.org
• Web (internship) www.ohchr.org/english/about/internship.htm

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

• Rue de Montbrillant 94, 1202 Geneva
• Tel 41 22 739 81 11
• Fax 41 22 739 73 77
• Email hqpi00@unhcr.ch
• Web (home) www.unhcr.ch
• Web (internship) click here

United Nations Information Service

• UN Office at Geneva, Palais des Nations, Av. de la Paix 8-14, 1202 Geneva
• Tel 41 22 917 23 17
• Fax 41 22 917 01 65
• Email pbannerjee@unog.ch
• Web (home) www.unog.ch

United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)

• Palais des Nations, Av. de la Paix 8-14, 1202 Geneva
• Tel 41 22 917 15 83
• Fax 41 22 917 01 76
• Email obrenninkmeijer@unog.ch (Olivier Brenninkmeijer)
• Web (home) www.unidir.org

United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)

• Palais des Nations, Av. de la Paix 8-14, 1202 Geneva
• Tel 41 22 917 12 34
• Fax 41 22 917 80 47
• Email info@unitar.org
• Web (home) www.unitar.org
• Web (internship) http://www.unitar.org/diplomacy/internships.htm

United Nations International Computing Centre (UNICC)

• Ch. du Pavillon 2, 1218 Grand-Saconnex, Geneva
• Tel 41 22 929 14 11
• Fax 41 22 929 14 12
• Email callcentre@unicc.org
• Web (home) www.unicc.org
• Web (internship) www.unicc.org/employment/internship.asp

United Nations International Law Commission (ILC)

• Palais des Nations, Av. de la Paix 8-14, 1202 Geneva
• Tel 41 22 917 21 25
• Fax 41 22 917 00 01
• Email
• Web (home) www.un.org/law/ilc/
• Indicates that there are no internships at the ILC: www.un.org/law/ilc/activs.htm.

United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)

• Palais des Nations, Av. de la Paix 8-14, 1202 Geneva
• Tel 41 22 917 12 34
• Fax 41 22 917 00 23
• Email ochagva@un.org
• Web (home) ochaonline.un.org

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

• International Environment House, Ch. des Anémones 11-13, 1219 Châtelaine, Geneva
• Tel 41 22 917 12 34
• Fax 41 22 917 02 34
• Email
• Web (home) www.unfpa.org
• Web (internship) www.unfpa.org/about/employment/internship.htm

United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)

• Av. Appia 20, 1202 Geneva
• Tel
• Fax
• Email hrm@unaids.org
• Web (home) www.unaids.org

United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)

• Palais des Nations, Av. de la Paix 8-14, 1202 Geneva
• Tel 41 22 917 30 20
• Fax 41 22 917 06 50
• Email info@unrisd.org
• Web (home) www.unrisd.org

Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)

• Rue de Varembé 1, 1202 Geneva
• Tel 41 22 733 61 75
• Fax 41 22 740 10 63
• Email womensleague@gn.apc.org
• Web (home) www.wilpf.int.ch
• Web (internship) www.wilpf.int.ch/interns/iindex.htm

World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC)

• Ecumenical Centre, Rte de Ferney 150, 1202 Geneva
• Tel 41 22 791 62 40
• Fax 41 22 791 65 05
• Email
• Web (home) www.warc.ch

World Bank - Geneva

• Ch. Louis-Dunant 3, 1202 Geneva
• Tel 41 22 748 10 00
• Fax 41 22 748 10 30
• Email
• Web (home) www.worldbank.org

World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)

• Ch. de Conches 4, 1231 Conches, Geneva
• Tel 41 22 839 31 00
• Fax 41 22 839 31 31
• Email info@wbcsd.org
• Web (home) www.wbcsd.ch / www.csreurope.org

World Council of Churches (WCC)

• Ecumenical Centre, Rte de Ferney 150, 1202 Geneva
• Tel 41 22 791 60 44
• Fax 41 22 791 64 09
• Email lsm@wcc-coe.org / yinfo@ecumenicalyouth.org
• Web (home) www.wcc-coe.org

World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA)

• Palais des Nations, Bocage, Pavillon 1, Rte de Pregny 10, 1292 Chambésy, Geneva
• Tel 41 22 917 32 13 / 39
• Fax 41 22 917 01 85
• Email wfuna@unog.ch
• Web (home) www.wfuna.org
• Web (internship) www.wfuna.org/you/internships/index.cfm

World Health Organization (WHO)

• Av. Appia 20, 1211 Geneva 27
• Tel 41 22 791 21 11
• Fax 41 22 791 07 46
• Email vacant@who.int
• Web (home) www.who.int
• Web (internship) www.who.int/employment/internship/en/

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

• Ch. des Colombettes 34, 1202 Geneva
• Tel 41 22 338 91 11
• Fax 41 22 338 89 99
• Email personnel.mail@wipo.int
• Web (home) www.wipo.org
• Web (internship) www.wipo.int/hr/en/index.html

World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

• Av. de la Paix 7bis, 1202 Geneva
• Tel 41 22 730 81 11
• Fax 41 22 730 81 81
• Email wmo@wmo.int
• Web (home) www.wmo.int

World Organization Against Torture (OMCT)

• Rue du Vieux-Billard 8, 1211 Geneva
• Tel 41 22 809 49 39
• Fax 41 22 809 49 29
• Email dh@omct.org (Dorothea Hoehtker)
• Web (home) www.omct.org
• Web (internship) click here

World Trade Organization (WTO)

• Rue de Lausanne 154, 1202 Geneva
• Tel 41 22 739 51 11
• Fax 41 22 739 42 05
• Email humanresources@wto.org
• Web (home) www.wto.org
• Web (internship) www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/vacan_e/intern_e.htm

• Also: International Trade Centre (ITC)

World YWCA

• Ancienne Route 16, 1218 Grand-Saconnex, Geneva
• Tel 41 22 929 6040
• Fax 41 22 929 60 44
• Email worldoffice@worldywca.org
• Web (home) www.worldywca.org
• Web (internship) www.worldywca.org/young_womens/internship.html

Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF)

• Av. du Mont-Blanc, 1196 Gland (30 kms from Geneva)
• Tel 41 22 364 91 11
• Fax 41 22 364 48 92
• Email dbray@wwfint.org
• Web (home) www.panda.org