On-the-job training
NADEL organizes on-the-job trainings around the world. MAS students from high-income countries will complete their on-the-job training in low- and middle-income countries. MAS students from low- and middle-income countries will complete their on-the-job training in Switzerland. Students work as junior professional officers (JPO) and get to know the complex reality of development work. The duration of a JPO assignment is eight months.
NADEL cooperates with 30 renowned development organisations including the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), Swiss Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), Caritas, Swiss Red Cross, Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation, Swisscontact, Swiss TPH, SolidarMed, Biovision, Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Terre des Hommes, the World Bank or UN organizations. The travel and basic living expenses on-site as well as additional insurance coverage are financed by the SDC.
"The MAS at NADEL offers a great mix of theory and practice. I did my on-the-job training in Peru for the Better Gold Initiative, which aims to improve social and environmental conditions in small-scale gold mining. Thanks to this assignment, I had a great insight into project implementation, which shaped my further professional career.”
Nils Krauer, Deputy Head of Cooperation, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) Burundi and NADEL graduate
Impressions from past project assignments
Our MAS students share their favourite songs that they discovered during their time as Junior Project Officers in 2023.
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