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SUPPORT SERVICES TO IAESTE
Internet Development Team (IDT)
The IDT, Internet Development Team, was founded in Copenhagen in 1998
by volunteers from five different countries, with the goal to deliver IT
services to IAESTE. Today 15 people from 10 countries are involved in the
IDT.
The services include anything which the organisation requests, such as
web services and e-mail services. The web services include a public website,
www.iaeste.org, a private website, the IAESTE IntraWeb and provides
technical assistance for the Friends of IAESTE Network, FoIN.
The IDT maintains the public Internet pages which provide information
on IAESTE and links to all Members countries’ home pages and contact
details.
Seminar on IAESTE Development (SID)
SID serves IAESTE by bringing together IAESTE Members and Co-operating
Institutions to discuss issues of best practices, administration, organisational
advancement and development. Unlike the General Conference, which
focuses on the exchange of traineeships, SID provides a structured forum
for delegates to discuss ideas and actions to improve IAESTE as an
international organisation. Work groups on specific tasks requested by the
General Conference, IAESTE Board and the Membership at large provide
the topics to be discussed at SID. In addition, a number of ongoing tasks
such as mentoring, General Conference introductory sessions and updating
of IAESTE forms and materials are tackled by SID. The results from the
work groups are refined over the year into recommendations that go back
to the Board and then the General Conference for official voting and
implementation.
Friends of IAESTE Network (FoIN)
More than 300,000 students have been exchanged for technical experience
since the foundation of the Association in 1948. Where are all these
people now, what are they doing and how has IAESTE influenced their
career and personal life? This is the kind of information that the international
IAESTE alumni organisation Friends of IAESTE Network is collecting and
sharing with the members.
Members of the Friends of IAESTE Network receive newsletters about
IAESTE activities, news from other members and reports from students
who have been on IAESTE traineeships. A search function also helps
members to locate the friends they have made through IAESTE.
The network has now more than 7000 members and the number is
increasing by several hundreds every year.
For IAESTE it is important to keep in touch with our alumni to develop the
organisation and generate more placements.
To become a member of the Friends of IAESTE network
simply visit http://www.iaeste.org/friends and sign up.
Kim Jensen
IDT Co-ordinator
Jeff Lange
SID Co-ordinator
Peter Merrild
FoIN Co-ordinator
The IAESTE Ombudsman
The post of Ombudsman was created by a decision of the 2001 General
Conference of IAESTE held in Durban, South Africa. The Ombudsman is
an independent person, to whom students can report complaints about
unfair treatment, with the aim of arriving at a fair settlement. The
Ombudsman reports to the General Conference each year about all
incidents reported to him from students. He also proposes measures to
prevent similar incidents in future.
Bernardo J Herold, the former National Secretary of IAESTE Portugal, is the
IAESTE Ombudsman.
For further information on the Ombudsman
please go to www.iaeste.org or contact him
at either ombudsman@iaeste.org or write to
Office of the Ombudsman
P.O Box 1066
2771-901 Paço de Arcos
Portugal