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International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience An independent non-governmental organisation (NGO), with 93 members and co-operating institutions in 85 countries in operational relations with UNESCO. The IAESTE name and logo are the registered properties of IAESTE, the International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience. Founded in 1948 on the initiative of James Newby (1893 - 1978) Contents Editorial Our Organisation Annual Report of the General Secretary Annual Conference Report Employers’ Perspectives Anniversary Congratulations Welcome to IAESTE Employers and Institutions Supporting the Exchange in 2003 Support Services to IAESTE IAESTE Members and Co-operating Institutions Published by IAESTE Edited by Pauline Ferguson, General Secretary IAESTE Designed and produced in June 2004 by TH Jordan Ltd Cover illustration by Gabriella Rácz Distributed for circulation to all Member countries. Copies are available from IAESTE National Secretariats in member countries, from IAESTE co-operating institutions or from the General Secretary, IAESTE, Work Placement Centre, Queen’s University, 8 Malone Road, Belfast BT9 5BN Northern Ireland. www.iaeste.org
It is a great pleasure for me to present my first Annual Review, not only as General Secretary of IAESTE, but as the first woman ever to be elected to this position. I was responsible for the IAESTE programme in Northern Ireland from 1989 and as a former teacher of modern languages felt that IAESTE provided a wonderful opportunity to develop our local students, not only professionally, but also in terms of improving their social and communication skills and making them more culturally aware. The Aims of IAESTE, to exchange students and to provide them with work experience relevant to their degree courses, to bring young people, employers and academics together from the nations of the world are played out every year in 85 countries. The results in the short term are obvious. The students receive traineeships pertinent to their studies, perceived cultural barriers are broken down among the many nationalities that live, work and play together over a period of 6-12 weeks. Employers receive bright, high calibre students who can provide new ideas, or complete a specific project in the given time and the young people return home more confident and mature with a better understanding of themselves, other cultures and of their own career choices. In the long term the investments employers have made are real and far reaching – for these are the professionals of the future, industrialists, engineers, and decision makers in their own countries. IAESTE is a partnership with employers and academics – it cannot survive without the support which in 2003 was made up of 3561 employers and 1396 educational institutions. Since 1948 when IAESTE was founded, just over 300,000 students have benefited from an IAESTE placement and with that in mind the Friends of IAESTE Network (FoIN) is dedicated to tracing as many IAESTE alumni as possible. Welcome Dear IAESTE Friends and Supporters, Welcome to the 2004 IAESTE Annual Review incorporating the General Secretary’s Report. This is an exciting project with real potential but requires the support of all our members. At times world events affect the performance of our members and co-operating institutions and 2003 was just such a year but we congratulate those who continued to work hard to ensure as normal a service as possible in what were often very difficult circumstances. In spite of a small decrease in the number of employers offering traineeships there was a significant increase in the number of educational institutions who supported IAESTE in 2003. We would like to thank you all most sincerely for enabling 4633 students to participate and benefit from an IAESTE placement in 2003. IAESTE currently has 93 members and cooperating institutions in 85 countries and since last year’s Review we welcomed 5 new cooperating institutions to the Association from Georgia, Guinea, Iraq, Kenya and Macao. In contrast, we wish to acknowledge the tremendous achievement of IAESTE Portugal and IAESTE Japan who this year celebrate 50 and 40 years respectively as members of the Association. This year the Annual Review includes not only the General Secretary’s Annual Report which summarises the performance of the members and co-operating institutions during the past exchange year but also lists the employers and participating universities who supported IAESTE during 2003. In conclusion I would like to thank everyone who has contributed to this Annual Review and a very special thanks to all the National and Local Committees who have worked so hard to provide a quality service to both customers and clients throughout the world. Pauline Ferguson General Secretary I A E S T E A N N U A L R E V I E W 2 0 0 4 1
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