This batch stretches from a village makerspace in rural France to a clean-hydrogen research team in Seoul, and it carries three very different kinds of ambition with it. You could be running language games with Polish kindergarteners, teaching circus skills to teenagers, sitting inside an EU government-relations law firm in Brussels, editing a European policy journal, or strengthening budget transparency for children's education with UNICEF in Mozambique. Fifteen opportunities, eight countries, three continents.
Ten of these are fully funded ESC volunteering placements — travel, accommodation, food, insurance and a monthly pocket money allowance all covered. The other five are internships and positions: three at the heart of EU policy in Brussels, one on clean energy at a global institute in South Korea, and one in international development with UNICEF. Many open "as soon as possible," and the rest close by 5 July 2026 — so momentum matters here.
What's in this batch:
10 ESC Volunteering Placements · 3 EU Policy Internships · 2 Global Development Roles · 8 Countries
🌱 ESC Volunteering Opportunities
🇫🇷 France — Developing a European Youth Education Network 📱
📅 Deadline: As soon as possible!
Join an organisation coordinating the first European network dedicated to the quality, impact and visibility of international youth and European education. Help expand and coordinate the network of member organisations: identify and contact potential partners, develop online content, and manage the network's social media. Open to applicants from 26 countries across Europe — strategy-level work on how youth education itself is built.
🇵🇱 Poland — Reading Promotion and Media at a Town Library 🎥
📅 Deadline: As soon as possible!
Support a town library bringing culture and education to people of every age. Run its TikTok and Instagram, help with excursions, workshops and concerts, host language cafés, STEM and handicraft sessions, promote reading among children, and shape your own intercultural projects. Open to applicants from 29 countries across Europe — a content-creator's dream wrapped in a community role.
🇬🇷 Greece — Promoting Women's Entrepreneurship and Empowerment 🎙️
📅 Deadline: As soon as possible!
Join a team supporting a women entrepreneurs' association to promote entrepreneurship, empowerment and inclusion. Meet members and entrepreneurs, create awareness campaigns, and produce podcasts, short videos, interviews and digital content telling women's stories, strengthening the visibility of initiatives that use entrepreneurship as a tool for empowerment. Open to applicants from 65 countries worldwide — one of the most globally open placements in this batch.
📋 New to ESC volunteering? Everything you need to know — how it works, who can apply, what costs are covered — is in one place. Read the complete guide →
🇵🇱 Poland — Culture and Language Games with Kindergarten Kids 🧸
📅 Deadline: As soon as possible!
Weave an intercultural spark into daily life at a municipal kindergarten for 3 to 6 year olds in a small northern Polish town. Assist the teachers, share your culture and language through playful workshops and presentations, and teach English the fun way through games and exercises. Open to applicants from 27 countries across Europe — the youngest, most joyful classroom in this batch.
🇵🇱 Poland — Performing Arts and Circus with Youth 🎭
📅 Deadline: As soon as possible!
Join a vibrant space where circus, theatre and movement inspire young people through creative expression. Choose your path: become the social media creator, a circus tutor assistant working with kids, or stage technical support handling lights and props, with plenty of freedom to run your own workshops and ideas. Open to applicants from 29 countries across Europe — where else does "circus tutor" go on your CV?
🇵🇱 Poland — Mountain Team Adventure and Community Work 🌲
📅 Deadline: As soon as possible!
Spend a month in a highland village near the breathtaking Tatra Mountains, perfect for nature and outdoor lovers. Lead intercultural and language workshops for kids in schools, support eco-initiatives maintaining tourist trails with the national park, and team up with a local scout centre to organise community events. Open to applicants from 30 countries across Europe — the mountains are the office and the reward.
✍️ Last-minute motivation letter? Here's how to write one that actually gets read — and remembered. Read the guide →
🇫🇷 France — Maker Culture at a Rural FabLab 🛠️
📅 Deadline: As soon as possible!
Spend a year immersed in a village makerspace where local people of all ages come to learn, create and fix things together. Run open FabLab sessions, bring the maker spirit into school classrooms, join intergenerational exchanges with a seniors' makers group, and dive into the green transition through Repair Cafés, upcycling and a shared garden. Open to applicants from 65 countries worldwide — hands-on making with a green-transition purpose.
🇵🇱 Poland — Culture, Dialogue and Diversity at a European House 🎭
📅 Deadline: As soon as possible!
Join a cultural institution promoting European cooperation, cultural exchange and international dialogue in a lakeside city in north-eastern Poland. Support cultural and European events, educational workshops, social media, library and visitor services, and youth mobility initiatives. Open to applicants from 26 countries across Europe — European culture as a full-time, lakeside vocation.
💡 What do organisations actually look for in an ESC volunteer? Skills, values, attitude — what makes a strong profile. Read the guide →
🇮🇪 Ireland — Youth Wellbeing and Psychology Support 🤝
📅 Deadline: 2 July 2026
A great fit for psychology students or graduates passionate about supporting young people. Help create safe, welcoming spaces across community youth projects in the Irish Midlands, deliver gentle wellbeing activities, and support a listening service offering a compassionate, non-judgemental ear to students and young people. Open to residents of Ireland — meaningful mental-health work for a budding psychologist.
🇮🇹 Italy — Sustainable Living and Nature Education at a Mountain Hostel 🥾
📅 Deadline: 4 July 2026
A hands-on placement at a hostel in a mountain nature park where sustainability shapes daily life. Help with maintenance and guest reception, design and run creative recycling and environmental workshops for school groups, guide visitors along local hiking paths, and support communication online. Open to applicants from 29 countries across Europe — your commute is a hiking trail.
🗺️ Not sure if your country is eligible? The full list of ESC and Erasmus+ programme and partner countries — including many outside the EU. Check eligibility →
🏛️ EU Policy Internships (Brussels)
🇧🇪 Belgium — EU Lobbying and Public Affairs at a Government Relations Law Firm ⚖️
📅 Deadline: As soon as possible!
Dream of working at the interface of politics, law and economics in the EU? Join Alber & Geiger, a leading EU government relations law firm in Brussels. Gain invaluable insight into a European political law firm and the EU institutions while supporting its day-to-day lobbying practice — a front-row seat to how EU influence actually works.
🇧🇪 Belgium — Research and Editing for a European Policy Journal at a Think Tank 📝
📅 Deadline: As soon as possible!
Love editing, research and European politics? Join the editorial team of the European View, the policy journal of the Wilfried Martens Centre in Brussels. Work with authors, academics and an international publisher to help shape publications on European and international politics — your edits, on a genuine European policy journal.
🇧🇪 Belgium — Policy Assistant, EU Education and Lifelong Learning Advocacy 📋 (€865.90–€1,056/month)
📅 Deadline: 5 July 2026
Passionate about education policy? Join the Lifelong Learning Platform in Brussels as a Policy Assistant. Support the policy team with research, monitor EU legislative developments, and help shape advocacy on lifelong learning in a multicultural environment — a paid entry point into Brussels advocacy.
🌍 Global Development Internships
🇰🇷 South Korea — Clean Hydrogen Research at the Global Green Growth Institute ⚡ ($500/month stipend)
📅 Deadline: 2 July 2026
Passionate about clean energy and the low-carbon transition? Join the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) in Seoul. Within the Hydrogen Team, support the H2G initiative through research, project development and international forums on clean hydrogen — cutting-edge energy work at an international institute in Seoul.
🇲🇿 Mozambique — Budget Transparency and Social Accountability at UNICEF 📊
📅 Deadline: 3 July 2026
Passionate about governance, public finance and children's rights? Join UNICEF in Mozambique. Based in Nampula or Zambézia, help strengthen budget transparency, school accountability and community engagement for better education service delivery — a UNICEF line on your CV and genuine field impact.
Fifteen openings, and three distinct roads out of them. If you want to work directly with people, the ESC placements put you in Polish kindergartens, a French makerspace, an Irish wellbeing service or an Italian mountain hostel — all fully funded. If your ambition points toward institutions, Brussels offers three ways into EU policy, from a lobbying law firm to a think-tank journal to a paid advocacy role. And if your horizon is global, a clean-hydrogen team in Seoul and a UNICEF posting in Mozambique are waiting. The "as soon as possible" roles reward the fastest applicants; everything else closes between 2 and 5 July. Choose your road and start.
