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UNESCO. International Exchange Service
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- UNESCO. Service des échanges internationaux
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- IES
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Dates of existence
1961- 1965
History
The International Exchange Service was created in 1961 as approved in the 11 C/5 Programme and Budget. It continued the activities of its predecessor, the Exchange of Persons Service (EXP), along with new added responsibilities for the briefing centre for international experts at Bois du Rocher. In 1965, as part of larger organizational changes, the Service and the Department of Mass Communications were merged to form a unit initially called Mass Communication and International Exchanges. In the Proposed Budget and Programme, the Director-General explained that international exchange was a form of communication by movement of persons and that the two units had similar ancillary activities such as adult education and publicity work to spread knowledge and understanding of the work of the organization. At first there was a separate Department of International Exchanges (IE), but in the following biennium when the Sector for Communication was more fully established, IE disappeared and there was an Office of Free Flow of Information and International Exchange with an International Exchanges Section which performed research and clearing house activities on international exchange. Fellowship administration was performed by a newly created Office of Training Abroad and Fellowship Administration until this function was transferred to the Education Sector beginning in 1967.
William D. Carter was Chief and then Director of IES from 1961 to 1964. Following the merge into the future Sector for Communication, the post of Director was vacant, with A. Elliot continuing as Chief of the Division of International Relations and Exchanges (1965) and I. Dandolo continuing as Chief of the Division of Fellowship Administration (1965).
IES and IE had the following units: Office of the Chief/Director (1961-1965); Division of Promotion of Study, Training and Teaching Abroad (1961-1962?); Clearing House (1961-1964); Travel Grants to Workers, Youth and Women Leaders for Study Abroad [unit?] (1961-1965); Division of UNESCO Fellowship Administration (1961-1965); Briefing Centre (1961-1962?); Division of International Relations and Exchanges (1963?-1965).
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Created by AWT 02/04/2013.
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-UNESCO. General Conference, 14th Session. (1966). Draft Programme and Budget for 1967-1968. 14 C/5. UNESCO Archives, AG 4 General Conference Documents.
-UNESCO. General Conference, 13th Session. (1964). Draft Programme and Budget for 1965-1966. 13 C/5. UNESCO Archives, AG 4 General Conference Documents.
-UNESCO. General Conference, 11th Session. (1960). Proposed Programme and Budget for 1961-1962. 11 C/5. Accessed online in UNESDOC 28/03/2013: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0016/001605/160500eb.pdf
-UNESCO Archives, Archive Group 6: Secretariat Documents, Staff Lists.