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Report of the
General Secretary
This report is a summary of the exchange activities between IAESTE members and cooperating
institutions during 2003. The details of these exchanges are presented in the
2003 IAESTE Activity Report published in November 2003. The exchange took place
between 78 members and co-operating institutions from 75 countries and 10 nonmember
countries.
The 2003 IAESTE Activity Report contains the
detail on the bilateral exchanges, study fields of
trainees sent and received by each member and cooperating
institution, the number of participating
employers and institutions, training periods, age,
nationality and gender of the trainees and other
useful comparative information. It includes detail
on the exchange with non-member countries. The
report also contains a summary of the
administrative procedures, reports from members
TABLE 1 : Total trainees sent and average trainee months
TABLE 2 : Training Periods
TABLE 3 : Comparison of length of terms spent by trainees
and co-operating institutions on activity as well as
the names of the staff handling the exchange and
the addresses of the National Secretariats. Readers
interested in this report may order a copy from the
IAESTE National Secretariat in their own country or
from the General Secretary.
Exchange Development in 2003
The total number of trainees exchanged in
2003 was 4633, 284 fewer than in 2002.
However 14 members and 11 co-operating
institutions managed to increase their number
of traineeships to incoming students and this
was very encouraging.
Table 1 shows the number of trainees
exchanged in 2003 and compares this with
placements for the previous four years and the
total average trainee months.
Table 2 shows the
training periods for 2003
with 46% of students on
placements of 6-8 weeks
while a further 26% of
students went for a
period of less than 3
months.
Table 3 The number of trainees to benefit
from long-term placements represents just over
25% of total placements in 2003. This aspect of
the exchange has been in decline since 1999
(the first year to collect these figures).
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