Fedi Mejri

I completed a traineeship with the foreign affairs team of the European People's party (EPP). My tasks consisted of monitoring and writing reports about the daily news from the Middle East and North Africa region, briefing the team about the developments in this region, as well as working with the senior consultants on individual tasks such as planning (online) conferences, selecting and contacting guest speakers and drafting policy papers.

My tasks included supporting the back office staff in the processing of diploma applications, assessing admissions requirements, registering examination results in the SiS syetem, and handling student petitions at the faculty of business and economics.

• As part of the graduate project "practicing international studies" which aims to bring theory and practice together, I worked on a drafting a consultancy report on the possibilities and prospects of improving Dutch relations with the European Union's southern and eastern neighborhood countries (Armenia, Jordan, Ukraine) through economic diplomacy. The consultancy project was overseen by the Dutch ministry of foreign affairs.

• I completed an internship as part of the Thomas Jefferson Scholarship program awarded by the US Embassy – Tunis, funded by the US Department of State and IREX. My responsibilities included teaching English as a second language and civics classes to refugees in the United States.