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Basics |
The Senior Experten Service (SES) is a
non-profit organisation which, with the help of Senior Experts,
promotes the vocational training, further education and qualification
of specialists and executives in Germany and abroad. The main
areas are technical and economic fields.
The Senior Experts’ activities are oriented towards quick
and pragmatic assistance on the spot, with special emphasis
on help towards self-help, generally combined with the solution
of pressing problems.
In this way, a steadily growing group of retired Experts is
given the opportunity to activate and to transmit their long-standing
experience and skill for the benefit of international cooperation.
The SES operates as a service of German industry who thus demonstrate
their commitment for international cooperation and the promotion
of economic development. |
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Senior Experts |
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The Senior Experts are registered in an
Expert Register (in 2002 more than 5 700 ). They are retired
and work without pay. The Senior Experts´ costs are reimbursed.
A pocket money is paid for small personal expenses.
Decisive factors for expert selection are professional experience,
health, knowledge of foreign languages, experience gained abroad,
economic independence, and the ability to adapt to local circumstances. |
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Assignment Conditions |
Basis of all SES activities are Requests
for Assignments which are evaluated with respect to aims of
development cooperation, degree of know-how transfer, and scope
of training involved; the intended contribution to the economic
development of the host nations is decisive. Important areas
are education of local personnel, productivity increase, and
creation or securing of employment.
The SES ensures as far as possible that the Senior Experts‘
activities do not interfere with protected know-how (e.g. of
German enterprises). In case of doubt, the Senior Experts are
recommended to contact their former company before taking up
their assignment.
Assignments should not last longer than six months. Follow-up
assignments may be carried out. |
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Clients |
Prerequisites for processing of a request
are clear definition of the task and indication of the assignment
goal aimed at.
SES clients are enterprises (in the first place small and medium
enterprises), vocational training centers, and institutions
in the assignments countries. But also public authorities, international
and private organizations can request SES assignments.
Legal base of SES assignments is an assignment agreement concluded
between client and SES as well as an assignment contract between
SES and Senior Expert. There is no contractual relation between
the SES client and the Senior Expert although the latter is
pledged to observe loyalty to the SES client. Any liability
for the Experts´ activities is excluded. |
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Financing |
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Clients are expected
to carry the costs. These comprise costs in the assignment country
(board, lodging, transport, and pocket money), travel costs, and costs
within Germany for assignment preparation and handling.
For assignments of special importance, limited government funds can
be used for given projects in case the client does not have the necessary
means to pay the foreign share. |
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Click here to read the terms SES-Costs.pdf
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