What is the United Nations Young Professionals Programme?
The UN Young Professionals Programme (YPP) is a fantastic recruitment initiative for talented, highly qualified professionals to start a career as an international civil servants with the United Nations Secretariat. It consists of an entrance examination and a professional development program for successful candidates.
Who can apply for the YPP?
UN will invite over 60 member states to participate in the 2022 YPP. Invited countries are either un or under-represented in the UN Secretariat. The UN actively seeks talents from these countries since too few or no nationals of these states work in the secretariat.
Notice that only nationals of invited countries are eligible to apply.
Below is the complete member list for the 2022 YPP, check it out if your country is invited!
Participating countries for the 2022 YPP
- Afghanistan
- Andorra
- Angola,
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Bahrain
- Belize
- Brunei Darussalam
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Central African Republic
- China
- Comoros
- Cuba
- Cyprus
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Equatorial Guinea
- Gabon
- Grenada
- Guinea-Bissau
- Haiti
- Hungary
- Israel
- Japan
- Kiribati
- Kuwait
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Marshall Islands
- Micronesia (Federated States of)
- Monaco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Norway
- Oman
- Palau
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Qatar
- Republic of Korea
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- San Marino
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Saudi Arabia
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Turkmenistan
- Tuvalu
- United Arab Emirates
- United States of America
- Vanuatu
- Viet Nam
Find more or all information about the YPP at the official website of the United Nations - Click here to get there.