Volodymyr Yalovyi, Deputy Secretary General of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, and James Pettit, US Chargé d’Affaires in Ukraine, handed interns i.d cards to 86 Program participants of the 2009-2010 Parliamentary Internship Program.

REGISTERED APPLICATIONS To the participation in the Parliamentary and Executive Internship Program 2009-2010

Executive applicants:

FULL – 96 applicants
PART-TIME – 45 applicants
VOLUNTEER – 17 applicants
Total (executive): 158

Verkhovna Rada applicants:

FULL – 180 applicants
PART-TIME – 95 applicants
VOLUNTEER – 55 applicants
Total (Rada): 330

TOTAL APPLICANTS: 488 applicants
 

Verkhovna Rada Secretariat Chief Valentyn Zaichuk and Charge d’Affairs James Pettit today awarded certificates to 77 graduates of the 2008-2009 Parliamentary Internship Program, including nine who, for the first time in this program, completed internships in Ukrainian executive structures. This is the 14th year of the Parliamentary Internship Program’s operation in Ukraine. Over eight months, students from various regions worked in 28 parliamentary committees and departments.