The document summarizes Dmitry Pakhomov's internship at the European Association of Development Agencies (EURADA) from April 21st to June 30th 2016. It provides details of his tasks and responsibilities, which included assisting with the organization of events, meetings, and projects related to regional economic development in Europe. It describes the skills and knowledge he gained, such as communication skills working with European Commission officers and experts in regional development. The internship focused on providing hands-on experience in a professional environment to support his studies in regional economic development.

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Name of the trainee: Dmitry Pakhomov
Name of the receiving organisation/enterprise: European Association of
Development Agencies (EURADA)
Sector of the receiving organisation/enterprise: Public
Address of the receiving organisation/enterprise [street, city, country, phone,
e-mail addressl, website:1210, Avenue des Arts, 12, bte 7, Brussels, Belgium, +32
22LB 43t3, info@eurada.org
Start and end of the traineeship:
from 2L/O4/2OI6 til 30/06/2016
TOTAL N" OF HOURS: 38 per week x l0 weeks : 380 hours
Traineeship title: Policy Officer
Detailed programme of the traineeship period including tasks carried out by
the trainee:
Task of trainee:
- Internal training programme on regional economic development
- Professional development by acquiring practical job skills in a real life working
environment
- The internship took place in Brussels and intern had opportunity to learn how
EU institutions and network work
Detailed programme
- Cooperate on the organization of events for regional development: he
actively supported the preparation of the biggest Eurada event: "Financial
Instruments to fuel Regional Development" AGORADA (May 2016) and

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During his period in EURADA, the trainee attended meetings in Brussels
representing the European Association of Development Agencies to identify
opportunities for members of EURADA.
The trainee contributed to the internationalisation of the activities of the
association making possible, after a meeting with the vice President of Beijing
Electronics and a first visit to CEEVO95 in Cergy-Pointoise (France), to deploy
a clear strategy cooperation with China (June 2016).
The trainee had a meeting in OECD to analise the new EC's initiative of a
budget for results.
Furthermore, the trainee attended a meeting to prepare a bid for the
European Commission leaded by the Dutch consultancy firm ECORYS group in
Brussels (May 2016), the kick-off meeting of the Beyond-EDP project
supported by Interreg Europe Programme in Orleans (June 2016). Moreover,
the trainee participated in the Week of Innovative Regions (WIRE) organised
by DG RTD of the European Commission (June 2016) in Eindhoven (the
Netherlands).
One a daily basis the trainee was cooperate in the analysis of relevant
sources of information for regional development agencies and the
transmission of opportunities to EURADA's members through the special
dedicated communication platform (e-reminders) and social networks.
Knowledge, skills (intellectual and practical) and competences acquired
(learning outcomes achieved) :
The trainee has obtained knowledge and improved his intellectual and practical skills
in terms of communication with officers of the European Commission and other
relevant staff of EU institutions. He has been able to have direct contacts with top
managers of EU Regional Development Agencies, highly recognised experts of
regional development like Christian Saublens and also with prominent researchers
such as Dominique Foray from the Ecole Polytechnique de Lausanne or Kevin Morgan
from the University of Cardiff.
The trainee had a direct access to the direction of EURADA, to the staff and also to
the main stakeholders. Every Monday the trainee was having a meeting with the
Director of EURADA to plan the tasks of the week and evaluate the achievements of
the week.
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Evaluation of the trainee: X very good; ! good; n satisfactory; L not suffic¡en
Date: LL|O7/2016
Name, signature and stamp of the responsible person at the receiving
organisation/enterprise:
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Director of EURADA Esteban Pelayo Villarejo