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World Information Transfer (WIT)

  • Type: INGO
  • Field: EESD
  • Region: North America
  • Location: New York, USA
  • Internship Title: International intern
  • Duration: 3 months
  • Number of Interns: 3-5
  • Special Requirement: N/A
  • Application Status: Available
  • Remote Internship: Unacceptable
World Information Transfer, Inc. (WIT) is a not-for-profit, non-governmental organization in General Consultative Status with the United Nations, promoting environmental health and literacy. In 1987, inspired by the Chornobyl nuclear tragedy, WIT was formed in recognition of the pressing need to provide accurate actionable information about our deteriorating global environment and its effect on human health. 

Our Mission

Since l992, WIT has convened what we believe to be one of the world’s premier forums for the presentation of scientific papers by international experts on the growing clinical evidence supporting the link between degrading environments and diminished human health.
Internship Tasks：
● As WIT’s representatives, our interns attend and summarize relevant United Nations meetings where they also gather information related to health, environment, and sustainable development. 
● These meetings include the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and their functional commissions, standing Committees of the General Assembly, seminars and briefings of the UN Environment Program, WHO, UN Development Program, OHRLLS, UNFPA, and UNICEF. General responsibilities include attending meetings at the UN at least one day per week combined with work in our office as needed; preparing concise meeting summaries; distributing our materials at appropriate meetings; gathering relevant materials from the UN.
● In addition to the responsibilities listed above, our interns will learn and acquire basic skills in Adobe InDesign to assist us in publishing the Conference Proceedings in our World Ecology Report. 
● Our interns also have the opportunity to perform administrative duties, and participate in a speaker series where they will attend lectures on current issues such as the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), and on issues related to global climate change.

Requirements：
can do the internship five days per week from Mondays through Friday；
should send a concise resume, a letter of purpose indicating the candidate’s goals in interning for WIT, and two letters of recommendation from faculty at the candidate’s current or former university.
● Graduate and upper-level undergraduate students studying international affairs/   public health/ environmental science/ business and economics
● A candidate should send a concise resume, a letter of purpose indicating the candidate’s goals in interning for WIT, and two letters of recommendation from faculty at the candidate’s current or former university.
● Fluency in spoken and written English
● Strong interpersonal and English communicative skills
● Proficiency in MS software (e.g. Word, Excel, Power point)
2018-04-27 | New York, NY USA – Annual International Conference on Health and Environment
2017-04-13 | New York, NY USA – Annual International Conference on Health and Environment
2016-04-26 | New York, NY USA – Global partners for global solutions – Chornobyl – 30th anniversary
2015-05-01 | New York, NY USA – Chornobyl – what has changed?
2014-12-01 | New York, NY USA – Our children’s world
2013-12-02 | New York, NY USA – Annual International Conference on Health and Environment / International Conference on Health and Environment
2012-12-03 | New York, NY USA – Annual International Conference on Health and Environment / International Conference on Health and Environment
2011-04-26 | New York, NY USA – Annual International Conference on Health and Environment / International Conference on Health and Environment
2010-04-22 | New York, NY USA – Annual International Conference on Health and Environment / International Conference on Health and Environment
2009-04-15 | New York, NY USA – Annual International Conference on Health and Environment / International Conference on Health and Environment
2008-04-23 | New York, NY USA – Annual international conference on health and environment / International Conference on Health and Environment
2007-04-19 | New York, NY USA – Global partners for global solutions, responding to the climate crisis – asking the right questions
2006-04-19 | New Yrk, NY USA – Global partners for global solutions – living with radiation in the modern world, commemorating Chornobyl, remembering Hiroshima/Nagasaki
2005-04-27 | New York, NY USA – Global partners for global solutions – bridging policies for action on MDGs
2004-04-29 | New York, NY USA – Global partners for global solutions – 25 years window – linking conflict with environment and population
2003-04-24 | New York, NY USA – Global partners for global solutions; water and health – problems and solutions
2002-04-25 | New York, NY USA – Annual international conference on health and environment / International Conference on Health and Environment
2001-04-25 | New York, NY USA – Global partners for global solutions
2000-04-26 | New York, NY USA – Global partners for global solutions
1999-04-22 | New York, NY USA – Global partners for global solutions – environmental challenges to health through key stages of life
1998-04-16 | New York, NY USA – Global partners for global solutions – consequences to human health of environmental disasters trauma
1997-04 – Annual international conference on health and environment
1996-04 – Annual international conference on health and environment
1995-04 | New York, NY USA – Annual international conference on health and environment
1994-09 | Cairo, Egypt – Humans at risk
1994-04-15 | New York, NY USA – Global partners for global solutions
1993-04-30 | New York, NY USA – Global partners for global solutions
1992-06 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Humans at risk
Relations
Relations with Inter-Governmental Organizations
Links with:
E-XE1138 – United Nations Committee on Non-governmental Organizations; T-XT9210 – United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC);E-XE3343 – United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG); 
E-XE7552 – United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV).   
Associated with Department of Global Communications of the United Nations.
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Instrumental in setting up:
K-XK1035 – Centre for Sustainability Studies, Lviv. 
Partner/sister organization:
G-XM7273 – Human Info NGO. 
Links with: 
F-XF4753 – International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN);
E-XE1643 – NGO Committee on Sustainable Development, New York; 
C-XD8357 – World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (WANGO).

Members
Regional Offices in 10 countries and territories:
Member Countries & Regions
Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Rep, Spain, Hong Kong, Italy, Netherlands, Ukraine, USA
Members in 57 countries and territories:
Member Countries & Regions
Argentina, Austria, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bulgaria, Brazil, Belarus, Canada, Switzerland, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Rep, Germany, Dominican Rep, Egypt, Spain, Finland, France, UK, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, China, Honduras, Hungary, Indonesia, Israel, India, Italy, Jordan, Japan, Kenya, Korea Rep, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Moldova, Malta, Mexico, Malaysia, Nigeria, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Philippines, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Singapore, Slovenia, Thailand, Ukraine, Uganda, USA, Venezuela, South Africa