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traditional housewarming party on arrival
enabling participants the chance to renew
acquaintances and meet newcomers
attending the Conference for the fi rst time.
eight years he would be standing down as
Co-ordinator of the group. Mr Csaba Stoia
will now take charge of IDT. The FoIN
Co-ordinator (Friends of IAESTE Network),
Peter Merrild reported on our Alumni
Association which now has over 10,000
members and introduced his successor
Miss Maryam Farahani as the new FoIN
Co-ordinator for 2006.
Mr Jeff Lange, the SID Co-ordinator (Seminar
on IAESTE Development) presented his
fi nal report to the Conference on the work
which followed the 20th SID
which was held in Ljubljana,
Slovenia in April 2005 and
handed over the reins to
Mr Thomas Faltner as the
new SID Co-ordinator, from
IAESTE Austria.
A comprehensive report was delivered
by the IAESTE Ombudsman, Professor
Bernardo Herold who was thanked for his
dedication to his new post.
As required by the IAESTE A.s.b.l. Statutes,
new members were elected to the Board.
Mr Goran Radnović, National Secretary
IAESTE Serbia and Montenegro, replaced the
outgoing Board member Mr Celso Garcia
who resigned from the post of National
Secretary IAESTE Brazil after many years of
dedicated service to IAESTE at home and at
international level. Mr Jan Konecny, IAESTE
Czech Republic, took the place vacated
by the outgoing Board member Mr Uroš
Kovšca, IAESTE Slovenia who was thanked
for his contribution to the Association during
his term of offi ce.
IAESTE Portugal will host the next Annual
Conference in Lisbon from 20-25 January
2007 and the organisers gave a detailed
presentation of their arrangements for this
prestigious event in the IAESTE calendar.
During the week long Conference
IAESTE Malta provided delegates with
some social events which included the
On the Saturday evening, in spite of inclement
weather, we experienced a Maltese evening
in Razzett I-Antik, Qormi with traditional
fare in a typical Maltese restaurant. The hotel
provided the venue for the International
Evening which was thoroughly enjoyed by
everyone. On Wednesday afternoon all
participants stopped work and enjoyed a
few hours touring the capital Valletta which
included a visit to the magnifi cent St John’s
Co-Cathedral and an amazing view of the
Grand Harbour from the Upper Barrakka
Gardens. The Farewell Gala dinner, held
in the Mediterranean Conference Centre
Valletta was attended by the Conference
Honorary President and Mr Edward Ebejer
from one of the sponsoring Companies,
Maltese Enterprise and proved to be a fi tting
venue for our fi nal event of the Conference.
The GS introduced the two new Members
of the Board, Mr Goran Radnović and Mr
Jan Konency and presented the NS IAESTE
Brazil with a token of her appreciation for
Celso Garcia, outgoing Board member. She
then invited Ms Ginny Arnold, NS IAESTE
Canada to thank the former FoIN Coordinator
Peter Merrild for his contribution
to our Alumni network for the last two years.
Mr Goran Radnović made a presentation to
the NS and Chairman IAESTE Australia, Jacki
O’Connor and Jeff Hill who have worked so
hard to re establish IAESTE in Australia and
whose presence at future Conferences will
be sorely missed. Ms Christina Vakomies,
NS IAESTE UK then had the unenviable task
of bidding farewell to our long standing IDT
Co-ordinator Kim Jensen whose work since
1998 has provided IAESTE with excellent
IT services. The GS then announced
that IAESTE UK was in top position for
Administrators of the Year 2005 as judged
by their exchange partners through the
Questionnaire on Administrative Effi ciency
and presented them with mementoes of
their stay in Malta.
The President, Mr Lucien Seywert thanked
the sponsors for all their support and IAESTE
Malta for their tireless efforts during the
Conference. IAESTE Malta then presented
the General Secretary and the President with
gifts to mark the occasion.
The Board, Members and Co-operating
Institutions extend their special thanks to
IAESTE Malta, in particular to Mr Robert
Cordina, Mr Mark Pace Balzan, Ms Anne
Marie Mayo, NS IAESTE Malta and Ms
Albina Pace, Conference Secretary for all
their patience and goodwill throughout the
Conference. Thanks are also due to the
many helpers for all their support and hard
work during the week.
We also thank the Conference Honorary
President, the Hon. Censu Galea, Minister
for Competitiveness and Communication
for giving of his valuable time to attend the
Opening ceremony and Farewell Dinner.
Our grateful thanks must also go to the
Sponsors who supported IAESTE Malta.
Finally thanks are conveyed to the
management and staff of the Jerma Palace
Hotel.
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