Zagreb

When I applied for the internship at the Danish Embassy in Oslo I also send out applications for a few other internships among them the political/economic department at the Danish Embassy in Zagreb. Two days ago I then received a rejection of my application, but apparently they do not think that I am completely useless because they asked me to consider an internship in their trade department.  Obviously I am very happy having got the internship at the Danish Embassy in Oslo and I would not trade that for the position in Zagreb not least because I will rather be an intern in a political-economic department than in a trade department. There is though especially one thing that I do find particularly interesting about the position in Zagreb and that is that the internship is 12 instead of the normal 6 months. I can imagine that spending the double amount of time on an internship could be very beneficial for both the intern and the embassy. Anyways it is always a nice feeling to get a somewhat positive response to an application.

Forms

I have today received my dispensation from the Board of Studies and because of that I have been able to return the intern-agreement to the ambassador. I was also supposed to return the personal information form but since the pictures I had taken yesterday are so horrible that I don’t want to use them, I have to wait until I can have new ones taken tomorrow before I can send that.

I also got an e-mail from the International Office today with the form that I need my supervisor to sign before the university can accept my internship so I’ll try to have that signed either tomorrow or Friday, where I have to go to university for a lecture anyway.

The Beginning

I have gotten an internship at The Danish Embassy in Oslo. I applied on the 30^th of March and only a couple of hours after I sent the application I got a positive reply. I was applying for the period from the 1^st of September 2011 to the 29^th of February 2012 but since that position was already taken I was offered the period from the 1^st of March to the 31^st of August. Since the rules for European Studies at Aalborg University are that I have go on an internship on the 9^th semester I had to apply The Board of Studies International Affairs for a dispensation so that I can interchange my 9^th and 10^th semester and write my master thesis before I go on internship. I am expecting a positive answer for my application for dispensation tomorrow.

When I get my dispensation I can go to the next step in getting all the formalities in order. I have to fill out two forms and return them to the ambassador. The first form is an “intern agreement” from The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark that I have to fill out and return by e-mail. The other one is a “personal information form” that is used in the process of granting me my security clearance this has to be filled out printed in two copies and attached a photo before being sent by mail to the ambassador.  I will go the photographer on my way to work today to have the photos ready for sending the form tomorrow.

Read the internship advert (Danish): http://www.amboslo.um.dk/da/menu/OmOs/Praktikant/