CCOE Internships

The CCOE internship has three main objectives:

  • To provide interns with an opportunity to learn from working in an international environment and enhance their educational experience through practical work assignments, research or studies, as well as with additional staff resources;

  • To provide the organisation with access to the latest theoretical and technical knowledge that the intern can apply through practical work assignments, research or studies, as well as with additional staff resources;

  • To expand understanding of CIMIC and CMR and expand the network on both sides.

Interested? - Then fill out the registration form!


You can find the form on the right bar. Get more information by clicking at the the specific documents.


Current Interns at CCOE

Julia Wijnmaalen

Julia Wijnmaalen Ms. Julia Wijnmaalen (NLD) is working in the Planning and Coordination (P&C) Branch as well as in the Concepts, Interoperability and Capability (CIC) Branch. She will conduct her internship at CCOE from 01 February until 15 July 2010. She has obtained a Bachelor in International Relations, a Bachelor and a Master in Psychology and a sponsored Master in Humanitarian Action at the Humanitarian Aid department of the European Commission (ECHO). All of these degrees are obtained at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. At the University of Louvain (Belgium) she started specializing in CIMIC from a humanitarian point of view. During her time at the CCOE she will co-develop questionnaires which can be used in the debriefing process in identifying Lessons Learned from missions. She will also research and co-develop a profile for CIMIC personnel regarding skills, behaviour, knowledge, attitudes and motivation.


André Odenthal

André Odenthal Mr. André Odenthal (DEU) is working in the Concepts, Interoperability and Capability (CIC) Branch. He has been studying Sociology and Political Science at the Heinrich-Heine-University in Düsseldorf with emphasis on Rational-Choice-Theory and peacekeeping measures. Dilemmas of Cooperation and their implications on the stability of the social order belong to his area of specialization. He has obtained a Master degree in Sociology and is now working on a project concerning the importance of Good Governance as an element of Advanced Cultural Competence. He is doing research, in accordance with the latest NATO Doctrine Draft (AJP-9), on this NATO CIMIC relevant topic within a Comprehensive Approach.