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IAESTE ANNUAL REVIEW 2009
IAESTE INTERNATIONAL employer award
William Clements Chemicals Ltd and the Department for
Regional Development (Roads Service) Northern Ireland were
awarded the International IAESTE Employer’s Award to recognise
their long standing support as Employers participating in the
IAESTE programme. The awards were presented by Mrs Pauline
Ferguson, General Secretary, IAESTE A.s.b.l. at the annual
IAESTE Summer Reception in Northern Ireland hosted by the
Department for Employment & Learning, which took place on
Wednesday 23 July 2008 within the grounds of
Belfast Castle and was attended by all the IAESTE
trainees based in Northern Ireland for the summer
of 2008 and their host Employers.
Mr Tom McCourt
DRD (Roads Service)
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Mr Raymond Farley
Wm Clements Chemicals Ltd
IAESTE INTERNATIONAL INDIVIDUAL AWARD Dr László Becker, Hungary
On the occasion of the celebration of the 60th anniversary of
IAESTE, held at the Annual Conference in Jordan, 26 January
2008, the IAESTE International Award was presented to Dr László
Becker for 24 years of outstanding co-operation and service to
the IAESTE Association worldwide.
In his professional career, Dr Becker, as an Associate
Professor, spent 17 years lecturing at the Technical University
of Budapest. In 1993 he moved to the State Administration and
held various Managing Director posts as a civil servant at the
State Privatisation Agency, the Ministry for Environment and the
Ministry of Economy and Transport. Currently he is working as
the Chief Engineer for implementation of major infrastructure
investment projects assisted by EU financing at the Municipality
of Budapest.
Dr Becker was introduced to the IAESTE
International family back in 1984 as the newly
appointed National Secretary of Hungary by the
Youth Organisation of the Technical University
of Budapest with the mission to develop a
constant, reliable National Organisation for the
Exchange programme, IAESTE. His mandate
was supported by the Central State Youth
Committee and the Ministry of Education as
well. Financial contributions from UNESCO
and the SOROS Foundation helped to extend
that activity in the country so that four years
later all major Engineering Universities and
Colleges participated through their Local
Committees in the IAESTE exchange. The Annual Conference
held in Budapest in 1987 helped a lot in achieving a rapid growth
in exchange figures from 20 to 200 during that period. Those
results were acknowledged by the Central Youth Organisation
which presented him with the ”Youth Award” in 1988. He was
appointed as International Advisor to the Pro Rector of the
Technical University of Budapest to broaden its International
co-operation with major European Universities such as TU Delft,
Trent Politechnic Nottingham and Imperial College London.
Dr Becker served as a member of the IAESTE Advisory Committee
in the years 1990-1993, in times of fundamental change in the
history of Central and Eastern Europe, which affected the tasks
and activities of the AC as well. But those days brought changes
in the life of IAESTE Hungary too – the students founded and
registered the independent Association of
Hungarian Engineering Students to fulfill the
duties of the National Committee of IAESTE
in Hungary. Since then Dr Becker has served
IAESTE Hungary as Chairman of the Advisory
Board. In this capacity he advises the elected
Presidents and Board of IAESTE Hungary on
International affairs, fund raising and in particular
on participating in the International IAESTE
exchange. His active co-operation with the
students enabled him to participate regularly at
the Annual Conferences of IAESTE and IAESTE
Hungary is very proud that his work has been
recognised by the International IAESTE Award.