Want to be an organizational host to a YEP Young Expert?
Young Expert Programmes’s (YEP Programmes) mission is to create a young, renewed, inspiring international network and build professional expertise in the fields of Water and Agrofood through Dutch organisations, operating in developing countries and emerging markets. Together we contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Note: YEP Energy ran from 2020-2025, and is currently no longer part of our programmes.
We offer Dutch young professionals, as well as young professionals from developing countries and emerging markets the opportunity to kickstart their careers in an international environment and to work on their personal development for a period of 1 or 2 years.
The Young Experts are supported by YEP Programmes with training and coaching sessions and gain access to the YEP Global Network where they can exchange knowledge, experiences and opportunities with other (alumni) Young Experts.
YEP Programmes is investing in the development of human capital. The Programmes are established to ensure the continued availability of Young Experts and their expertise for the Dutch Water and Agrofood ssectors within (the context of) International Development.
To achieve this, Dutch organisations (companies, knowledge institutions and NGOs) can submit a proposal for an international development aid and trade project for the deployment of a Young Expert in one of the YEP-countries.
YEP Programmes gives both national and Dutch Young Experts the opportunity to further develop themselves into managing positions. In the long term, this creates a ripple effect of the creation of more local job opportunities and more intensive long-term collaboration with Dutch organisations.
To ensure expertise and professionalism in international cooperation for the long run, investing in young international talent is of great importance. Our contributions:
- Start a career through training and coaching
- Build an international network
- Work for one of the various parties linked to our Programme (inter alia knowledge institutions, NGOs, business)
- Create (job) opportunities in countries with a ripple effect (alumni Young Experts hiring new Young Experts)
YEP Programmes believes and invests in creating local opportunities and empowering Young Experts all over the world to create a better and more sustainable world. It gives Young Experts the tools to develop, grow and become leaders in their own countries and inspire their environment to create a more sustainable future.
From 2023, YEP would like to receive all project proposals online:
- Complete the form in the link with general information about your project proposal
- After submission of this form, you (the contact person) will receive an email with instructions to upload all required documents
- In addition, the supervisor and mentor will receive an email with a link to sign our Privacy Statement and GDPR Data Privacy Policy
- After submitting documents, you will receive a confirmation by email, and more information about the next steps
Deadline for submitting project proposals for new YEP Water and/or YEP Agrofood positions is 15 February 2026.
In case you would like to apply for more than one YEP position, please submit a separate application for each YEP position. You can submit your new project proposal at any time. However, the YEP Programme Bureau collects all new submissions after the above mentioned deadline, and we will get back to you then.
Please note that each batch is limited to a maximum number of YEP positions (divided over the YEP divisions Water/Agrofood). The project proposals received per batch ofter exceed the number of available positions. All proposals will be assessed, the proposals with the highest scores will be granted access to the new batch first. For review criteria, please check the document Guidelines Organisations, paragraph 8.4 on page 24, and article 7P on page 10 of the ‘subsidiebeschikking‘ (in Dutch only).
For questions about the proposal procedure contact info@yepprogrammes.com.
For more information about criteria and conditions, financial support, responsibilities and YEP positions, please read the document Guidelines for organisations.
