The internship program focuses on providing interns with a substantive work experience and strictly enforces the policy of ensuring that less than 30 percent of their internship role is focused on administrative tasks. As such, interns are an integral part of the regular programmatic and operational activity of the institution: organizing conferences, preparing briefing materials for meetings, drafting memoranda and reports, attending meetings, and experiencing 'hands on' Center activities in the field, such as international election monitoring. The goal of the internship program is to advance a committed, informed, and skilled workforce serving peace, health, and development needs around the world.