Patricia Brunner

Meet our new board members: Linda James and Goran Rannefors

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During the 21st IAPA Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Tuesday, 17 March 2015 at WETM-IAC in Lisbon, two new IAPA Executive Board members were elected. Full IAPA members were requested to put themselves forward for the two available three-year positions: Treasurer and General Board Member. The candidates were requested to present themselves during the AGM, after which the Full voting members of the assembled membership handed in their anonymous votes, which were then counted by independent tellers. We are happy to introduce you to our new IAPA Executive Board members for the next three years: Linda James, from Au Pair in America, …

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Welcome to Au Pair First as our newest IAPA member

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IAPA is happy to announce Au Pair First from Spain as our newest IAPA Affiliate member. Au Pair First´s main aim is to help as much as possible Spanish speaking au pairs to find a nice family host family abroad and to increase their chances to find a trustful host family. Additionally they are looking to help potential host families to find the best au pair for their family’s needs.

Welcome Au Pair Mallorca SL as our newest Spanish member

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We’re happy to welcome Au Pair Mallorca SL as our newest IAPA Affiliate member. Au Pair Mallorca SL was established in 2009 on the island of Mallorca, Spain. Au Pair Mallorca’s mission is threefold: Helping parents with two more hands at home Helping foreign/Spanish students improve their language skills Having children and au pairs experience and get to know other cultures and languages Au Pair Mallorca is also a member of the Spanish National Association, AEPA.

Welcome Agent Au Pair as our latest IAPA Full Voting member

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Agent Au Pair has been bringing au pairs to the USA for 12-years (since 2003) on a J-1 Visa as a designated sponsor with the Department of State. Au pairs receive a legal 12-month visa and attend university while working 45 hours per week for American Host Families and receiving a stipend plus room-and-board. Agent Au Pair is based in San Francisco, CA and the directors have over 20 years experience in international exchange including living and working abroad in many countries. Agent Au Pair is actively seeking new partner organisations in Europe and South America to fulfil the responsibilities of recruiting and screening au …

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Board elections 2015: Meet our candidates!

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During the IAPA Annual General Meeting on Tuesday, 17 March 2015 at WETM-IAC in Lisbon, the elections for new IAPA Executive Board members will take place. Full IAPA members were requested to put themselves forward for the two available three-year positions: Treasurer and General Board Member. We are happy to now introduce you to our candidates running for election, Michael Gates from InterExchange and Linda James, from Au Pair in America are both running for the General Board member position and Goran Rannefors, from Cultural Care Au Pair, has made himself available for one last term as Treasurer.      Meet our candidates …

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Welcome to our newest member The Au Pair Company

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The Au Pair Company has re-joined IAPA a a Full Voting member. The Au Pair Company is a Mexican organisation established by former au pairs, who believe in the benefits of being an au pair. The company has representation covering all of Mexico, with 37 representatives located in the main cities. The Au Pair Company is committed to give Mexican youth the opportunity to travel as au pair to France, Germany and USA.

Au Pair of the Year 2015 – Meet our three finalists!

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After a thorough review period we have now selected our three finalists for the 11th edition of the IAPA Au Pair of the Year Award. All 59 submissions were of great quality and we got to read a great diversity of host family essays, all describing fantastic experiences with their au pair. From these essays we have now selected our three finalists and we are now in the process of obtaining their stories, to make our final decision. Meet the finalists Terri Abbott (27), South Africa Maja Grüttner (19), Sweden Lena Halberstadt (18), Germany nominated by the Sherr family, USA nominated …

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Invitation to the IAPA 2015 Annual General Meeting

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We would like to invite and encourage all our members to attend our 21st International Au Pair Association Annual General Meeting (AGM), which will be held during WETM-IAC 2015: Date: Tuesday, 17 March 2015 Time: 10:20 – 11:20 Venue: New Orleans 1 and 2, Sheraton Lisboa Hotel & Spa | Rua Latino Coelho, 1 | 1069-025 Lisboa | Portugal During the AGM we will be presenting our activities over the last year and also looking at the business plan for the coming twelve months. We will be ratifying our provisional members who joined since our London 2014 AGM, and we will electing new …

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WETM-IAC 2015: Introducing keynote speaker Rui Ventura

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Join our WETM-IAC 2015 welcome, opening and keynote session on Monday, 16 March to be inspired by Rui Ventura, our keynote speaker. Rui is responsible for Marketing across Europe, the Middle East and Africa at television channel FUEL TV, which specialises in action sports, lifestyle and youth culture programmes. Rui is also President of the APPM – Portuguese Association of Marketing Professionals and guest Professor at IPAM, Universidade Católica and European University, where he teaches marketing, advertising, brand activation and communication. Read more about Rui Ventura > Brand building in the sharing economy There was the time when people needed tools, they bought them. When they needed …

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IAPA Au Pair of the Year 2015 – A record number of entries

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For the eleventh edition of the IAPA Au Pair of the Year Award, we have received a record number of 59 submissions. The nominations were made by host families from around the globe, from Beijing to Alaska and from Hawaii to the Netherlands. The au pairs themselves, male and female, came from South Korea, Germany, Iceland, Jamaica and America. The overall quality of submissions was impressive this year, all referring to their great experience with their au pairs and reaffirming the importance of the au pair programme’s basis: cultural exchange.   “Because we are a military family the cultural exchange …

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