Verification is what makes the record worth anything

The English version of this document is the controlling version.

Host organization verification

• Legal name, registration details, sector and website are checked before approval.
• Contact ownership is confirmed on a domain or verifiable business channel.
• A named supervisor with real responsibility, and a stated plan for supervising remotely, must be attached to every project.
• Verification can be suspended or revoked at any point if standards slip.

Remote delivery standards

• Every published project is 100% remote. Forsa does not publish on-site or hybrid roles, and hosts cannot require an intern to travel or relocate.
• A video kick-off call and a recurring check-in cadence are mandatory, so no intern works unsupervised in isolation.
• Hosts must state which tools are used and provide access; interns are never asked to buy software or equipment.
• Working hours are agreed in writing and respect the intern's own time zone and study commitments. Always-online expectations are not permitted.
• Any request to meet in person outside a scheduled, optional and clearly flagged event is a reportable breach.

Project quality review

• Scope, tasks, deliverables, hours, duration and a remote supervision model are all mandatory.
• Listings that are vague, purely observational, or effectively free labour are rejected.
• Compensation is labelled honestly. Unpaid work must be genuinely developmental.
• We reject requests that push an intern into unsupervised commercial delivery.

Anti-exploitation commitments

• Applying is always free. Forsa does not charge interns to apply, and no payment affects selection.
• No unpaid overtime, no unagreed scope creep, no substitution for a paid role.
• Agreed weekly hours are a ceiling, not a starting point.
• Interns may withdraw. Retaliation by a host is grounds for removal from the platform.

Host obligations

Host organizations must supervise interns lawfully and respectfully. Hosts confirm that the work is genuine, that no fee is ever charged to an intern, that no personal financial information is requested, and that all work stays inside the Forsa platform and the agreed weekly hours. Forsa may suspend a host or remove a project at any time when a safety, conduct or data protection concern is raised, before any investigation is complete.

Intern data protection

• CVs and identity documents are stored in restricted storage and are not publicly readable.
• Host organizations see only what is relevant to selection and supervision.
• Institutional reporting is aggregate unless the intern explicitly consents otherwise.
• Consent is recorded with a timestamp and can be withdrawn.

Reporting, intervention and rematch

• Any intern or supervisor can raise a support case at any stage.
• We investigate, document the outcome, and act on the host or the placement as needed.
• Where a placement fails through no fault of the intern, we prioritise a rematch.
• Serious breaches result in suspension and removal of published projects.

Fair, explainable matching

• Matching is rule based and shown to the intern in plain language.
• Protected characteristics are never inputs to matching or ranking, and an intern's location is never used to exclude them.
• Paid packages never influence ranking or selection.
• Hosts always make their own selection decisions, with reasons recorded.

What we do not promise

Forsa provides structured work-based learning and employability support. Participation does not guarantee employment, income, investment, or acceptance by a host organization.