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Reciprocity of the ExchangeThe IAESTE exchange programme is based on abilateral balanced exchange between members.Most member countries attempt to maintain abalance between outgoing and incomingstudents but an exact bilateral balance is rarelypossible within any given year. Only long-termbalance is sought. This flexibility is needed tosupport the proper allocation of places and theselection of the appropriate students.In 2003, 28 members and co-operatinginstitutions received more students than theysent abroad and this benefited the rest. In total,606 work experience places were involved or13.1% of the total exchange.It is traditional within IAESTE for memberswith a higher Gross National Income per capita(GNI) to receive more trainees than they send.Strict reciprocity is not implemented with newmembers in the early years which allow thosein developing countries and those from smallercountries to gather support within theircountry in order to develop the exchange.Countries with a GNI per capita >12,000 US$provided 87% of these places in 2003.The age of trainees in 2003 ranged from 20 to28 years with the majority (87%) being 20 to 24years old. The average age is just under 23 yearsold.Study fields: In 2003 65% of trainees werestudents of engineering and technology. Theremaining 35% were divided between thesciences, 18%; architecture and applied arts,8%; agriculture, 3% and other fields of study,6%. These figures are quite stable and changeonly by a few percentage points from one yearto the next. (Table 6 and Figure 2)1999 2000 2001 2002 2003Engineering 67 67 63 67 65Science 15 16 17 16 18Architecture andother Applied Arts 7 8 8 8 8Agriculture 5 4 4 3 3Others 6 6 9 6 6TABLE 6 :Training Specialties (%) based on traineesreceived 199-2003Source: IAESTE Activity Reports 1999-2003Profile of the student traineeAge and gender balance of trainees varies littlefrom year to year but differs appreciably fromcountry to country.Participation by male and female studentscompared with previous years (%) is shown inTable 5The first and largest group of engineeringstudents was itself composed of students fromthe major faculties and sub groups. The largestcomponent was mechanical engineering 21%,followed by computer science 16%, electricalengineering 12%, electronic engineering andtelecommunications 9%. The remaining 21%was distributed over miscellaneous engineeringspecialities. For the first time in several yearsthe number of electronic engineering andtelecommunication placements has increasedand this is a very encouraging sign. There wasalso a discernible rise in the number of physicsand biology traineeships on offer during 2003.TABLE 5 : Gender BalanceFIGURE 2 : Training Specialties based on trainees received 2003The percentage for individual members or cooperatinginstitutions varies from 0% to 67%.The gender balance relates to the cultural andeducational traditions in the IAESTE countries.Sub-dividing the engineering and sciencegroups gives us the breakdown between themajor participating disciplines. (Figure 3)6 I A E S T E A N N U A L R E V I E W 2 0 0 4
FIGURE 3 : % Engineering trainees received 2003Nationality: The majority of studentsparticipating in the IAESTE exchange arecitizens of IAESTE member countries. Some arefrom non-member countries and are studyingabroad at educational institutions co-operatingwith IAESTE.In 2003, 230 students with differentnationalities to the sending country receivedplaces on the programme. Of these 42 werefrom the following non-member countries:Bolivia, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Guatemala, Iraq,Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Korea, Libya, Malaysia,Mauritania, Moldova, Morocco, Palestine,Panama, Senegal, Singapore and Vietnam.Five IAESTE countries exchanged 86 studentsdirectly with non-members countries thatincluded Algeria, India, Kuwait, Morocco,Niger, Peru, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Singapore.FIGURE 4 : % change in Engineeringdisciplines between 2002-2003Participating Employers and EducationalInstitutions:In 2003 there was a decrease in the number ofemployers who offered traineeships but therewas a significant increase in the number ofparticipating educational institutions whichreflects the increase in the number of cooperatinginstitutions participating in theexchange in recent years.IAESTE is pleased to acknowledge thecontinued support of employers andeducational institutions in 2003.FIGURE 5 : % Science trainees received 2003Work experience positions on offer in2003The duration of the available positions can beseen in Tables 1 and 2.Most of the training takes place in the periodMay to September and coincides with theNorthern Hemisphere vacation period. In theSouthern Hemisphere, opportunities areavailable between October and April. Morethan 47 of the member countries are now in aposition to offer long term trainingopportunities and 17 members and cooperatinginstitutions offer training throughoutthe year.The majority of work placements areexchanged during the Annual Conference inJanuary on a bilateral basis but thanks to thedevelopment of the IAESTE IntraWeb theexchange can continue after this meeting. Newand unused offers can be put on the IntraWebat any time by members and co-operatinginstitutions and this ensures that IAESTE canaccommodate student placements andemployer offers as they arise.Categories of Offers: IAESTE classifyplacements as Research and Development (D)indicating work of a laboratory nature;Professional (P) is used for professionalactivities, practical design work and similar;Working environment offers (W) indicate workin the industrial area relevant to the student’sbackground and category (X) covers nonspecificoffers.The non-specific (X) offers can be general officejobs, language offers and similar. In all cases itis the responsibility of the receiving nationaloffice making the (X) category offers to ensurethat the working conditions are acceptable,beneficial to the student and in line with thestandards expected of all IAESTE offers.EMPLOYERS INSTITUTIONS1999 3202 9922000 3549 11582001 4195 13012002 3693 13352003 3561 1396TABLE 7 :Participating Employers andEducational InstitutionsI A E S T E A N N U A L R E V I E W 2 0 0 4 7
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