Since 1988 the Foundation for the Promotion in Asturias of Applied Scientific Research and Technology (FICYT) has been managing educational activities at International level. FICYT, the entity that coordinates and executes the ARGO GLOBAL Program, relies upon a team of experts to carry out the management of ARGO GLOBAL grants 2009-2012.

 We offer you:

• The possibility to integrate in your company, for a period between 3 and 12 months, Spanish university graduates with high degree qualifications, updated academic knowledge and wide language skills. 
• Flexibility during the selection of the future ARGO GLOBAL Intern. Within the framework of the program, we will previously make a pre-selection to offer you the profiles which most accurately match the requirements requested by your company. 
• The opportunity to improve the International dimension of your company. By incorporating a Spanish speaker grant holder in your organization, you will be able to promote your company’s relations with other Spanish and Latin American companies or organizations.
• The incorporation of academic profiles other than those found in your country.

The companies or organizations that would like to welcome university graduates from Spain and which are able to offer quality internships with a formative working program, all in accordance with the field of studies of the intern and clearly intended to complement its background.

Collaboration commitments of each participant are established as follows:

• Assuring the quality of the internship
• Preselecting beneficiaries on the basis of clearly defined and transparent criteria
• Establishing acontract whose contents are transparent for all parties involved
• Helping interns in collaboration with partner organizations in the practical, professional and cultural aspects of life in the host country, in particular and if necessary, through language training focused to meet their occupational needs
• Assisting and informing the intern about the stay
• Evaluating with each participant the personal and professional development achieved through participation in the ARGO Project
• Contracting a multirisks insurance policy (against accidents, civil liability and travel assistance)

• Helping the grant holder in his/her integration process by facilitating him/her, as much as possible, the search for an adequate accommodation as well as  his/her integration in the mentality of the country
• Assigning tasks and responsibilities to beneficiaries in order to match their knowledge, skills, competencies and training objectives, and ensure that appropriate equipment and support is available
• Identifying a tutor in charge of the grant holder, who will manage the progress and the development of the work program in a continuous way and by carrying out changes, when necessary
• Sending to the FICYT the Intermediate Report in the middle of the internship and the Final Report as well as a copy of the Internship Certificate at the end of the internship
• Giving the intern the Internship Certificate 

 The grant holder receives from the ARGO GLOBAL Program the following economic package:

• A monthly payment for accommodation and living expenses which varies depending on the geographic area where the internship takes place: Click here to see the frame with more economic details. Even if the grant holder is the one in charge of looking for accommodation, it would be very supportive if you could assist him as far as possible.
• Accident, civil liability, health and travel insurance. You will soonly be able to  access a summary to the policy conditions by clicking here: EUROPE - REST OF THE WORLD.
• Reimbursement of the entire journey. The outward journey must be undertaken within the 15 days before the grant starts and the return journey must be undertaken within the 15 days following the end of the grant.
• Visa processing and formalities costs (except expedition costs in presence of the authorities of each country) in the specifically appraised circumstances. 

Securing visas is an essential part of the ARGO GLOBAL Program because countries involved —the United States, Canada and Asia— require the interns to hold the appropriate visas.

To participate in ARGO GLOBAL, the first step your company has to do is to register by filling in the form (click here). Through this operation, your data will be recorded into the data base of the project. Then you will receive a mail with a user name and a password that will allow you to access the company section of the system by clicking the button "Intranet".

To supply every concerned part (grant holder /  company) with the best profiles that match the internship offer, the ARGO GLOBAL management’s team will carry out a pre-selection process, respecting the availability and conditions expressed by the companies, and also the skills and preferences indicated by the candidates.

Once the ARGO GLOBAL management team has gathered the best profiles that match a particular internship offer, candidates will be informed of their inclusion in the preselecting process, and will also receive information about the tasks associated with the internship, the destination country and the expected starting date of the stay.

The ARGO GLOBAL management team will notify the company via e-mail when there is a group of candidates available, for it to make the final selection (we will communicate at least 3 candidates). The company will have direct access to the curricula of the candidates at its private profile area within the system.

In addition to the analysis of the CVs, the company can also use additional selection tools: telephone interviews, request for cover letters or any other type of supplementary information.

The company will confirm the selection of its grant holder via the system in its private area of the webpage.

The ARGO GLOBAL management team will be available to companies at any time, to answer to any further questions they should have, or to provide any support they may require through the process.