Welcome to the world of IAAS

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Welcome to the world of IAAS

• A short presentation about IAAS

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Outline of the presentation

• What does IAAS mean?
• What do we stand for?
• Who is involved?
• What do we offer?
• Interested in joining?
• Short update on changes in IAAS
• Questions?

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What does IAAS mean?

• IAAS is the abbreviation of the International
  Association of students in Agricultural and
  related Sciences
• It was established in 1957 in Tunis by 8
  countries
• Today, there are more than 45 member countries in
  5 continents involved in IAAS

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What do we stand for?

• Our objective
• To promote the exchange of experience, knowledge
  and ideas, to improve the mutual understanding
  between students in agriculture and related
  sciences all over the world

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Who is involved?

• Young, inovative, open-minded, forward-thinking
  this describes the typical IAAS student
• The association is completely student run and is
  registered as an NGO in Belgium
• More than 100.000 students from all over the
  world can be reached through IAAS

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What do we offer?

• Exchange Program internships in IAAS member
  countries (online exchange system)
• Yearly World Congress (in 2007 in
  Germany/Switzerland),
• Regional Meetings,
• Seminars,
• Travelling, meeting new people and having fun

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World Congress 2006 in Malaysia
...and FUN!
Work...
European Directors Meeting in Poland 2006/2007
On Exchange Program in Togo
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Short update on IAAS changes
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Constitutional Changes

• Main Change
• 5 members in Executive Committee
• President
• VP of Finance
• VP of Partnership
• VP of Communication
• VP of Exchange

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Reasons for change...

• Clearer division of tasks bigger efficiency and
  continuity in the long run
• Workload problems with just 3 members of the EC
  in the past
• Opportunity for more students to get involved

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Organizational Changes

• Headquarters are temporarily dissolved
• Replaced by secretariat of IAAS in same place
  Leuven
• Members of EC live and work in their home
  countries

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Design Changes

• Refreshed logo of IAAS
• Working on updating and refreshing all IAAS
  documents
• An IAAS for the new Millenium profesional,
  efficient and always present to serve the needs
  of members/students

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Contact

• iaas_at_iaasworld.org no longer functional
• NEW CONTACT ADDRESSES FOR FUTURE CORRESPONDENCE
• President Matja Turinek president_at_iaasworld.org
  
• VP of Finance Rachael Cox vpfinance_at_iaasworld.or
  g
• VP of Partnership Julia Koehler
  vppartnership_at_iaasworld.org
• VP of Communication Alicja Ronisz
  vpcommunication_at_iaasworld.org
• VP of Exchange Wouter Geurts vpexchange_at_iaasworl
  d.org

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Interested in joining?

• Visit our website www.iaasworld.org and read more
  about IAAS
• Contact our Vice President of Communication
  Alicja on vpcommunication_at_iaasworld.org

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Questions?