Often the period will coincide with an academic semester or the summer vacation. Train office, carrying out their assignment under the supervision of a staff member. Interns are not paid. Costs of all travel to Geneva, insurance and accommodation, as well as living expenses, are the responsibility of interns or their sponsoring institutions. Therefore, candidates for internship must show proof of valid regular as well as major medical insurance coverage.
Interns are also responsible for obtaining the necessary visas for their entry into Switzerland.
Train Internship Programme is not connected with employment, and there should be no expectancy of such. Interns must keep confidential any and all unpublished information obtained during the course of the internship and not publish any reports or papers based on such information.