Financial Sponsorship & Resourcing
Sharing & Contributing to SIETAR & its Members

The discussion area for this group is found at http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/Sietareuropafund/

Actions:

SIETAR and its members must recognise their responsibility to enable the involvement of students and interculturalis from less economically advantaged countries to increase attendance diversity.

Now For Berlin 2004:

1. Add a check box on membership renewal form to show sponsorship of another membership for a student
2. Add Tick Box on congress registration form as above
3. Establish sponsorship fund to pool money from those who can not sponsor someone 100% (+Fund Committee) in collaboration with Young SIETAR Committee.
4. Announce fund on SIETAR web site.
5. Agree sponsorship application criteria and output.
6. Devise partial assistance programme

Future:

1. Mentor and Exchange programme within between young and experienced interculturalists.
2. Corporate funding information
3. Internship programmes; invites students to observe your programmes in exchange for research duties
4. Invite pre/post workshop presenters to donate all or part of fee to fund.

Note that SIETAR membership is =< 10% of consultant daily rate
Congress is =< 2 days consultancy
Polish student lives on 150 Euro a month