Issue 18 - October 2009
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A Historic Meeting; Creating Progress
Helmut Berg

On the 25th September a meeting was held in the New Cavendish Club in London. For the second year running, EuRA invited a representative from each of the European RMC’s. The purpose was to keep them informed about the current activities of EuRA with regards to our ongoing quality management projects and how we can make these initiatives more visible to both members and clients. This was a historic meeting: 13 representatives from 13 RMCs took up the invitation and made the meeting a success in itself.
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4 Hours in Palma
Dominic Tidey

Palma is a city best explored on foot. The central area, incorporating the ancient and modern city of Palma, is easily explored in half a day. Start your tour with a coffee looking over the magnificent view of the bay of Palma from the terrace café of Es Baluard, the Museum of Contemporary and Modern Art of Palma. This 21st century gallery is built inside the Renaissance walls of the ancient city and incorporates the restored remains of the 11th century Moorish tower. Mallorca is a very design conscious island, and Es Baluard exemplifies how important art and design are to the Mallorquin.  For the full article,
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EuRA/Oxford Brookes Coaching Programme
Booking Forms Now Online

It's ready!
Booking forms are now online for Programme One in our "Coaching Connections" programme, consisting of three online modules.
This November, the first of these modules in our four year, cultural coaching programme will be available online, followed by modules two and three in December and January. This is a revolutionary approach to training, focussing on the impact of using coaching skills when working with expats and transferees. Combining core coaching and psychological competences with cultural understanding, we are delivering a programme that will be relevant for professionals operating in all areas of relocation.  For full details and a booking form,
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Quality Seal Training
Webinar Recordings Online Now

We now have a set of six webinar recordings by our EQS Project Manager, Martina Scharwey, taking you through the requirements for putting your Quality Management programme in place in readiness for the EQS audit.  These are available to be played at any time, that suits your schedule best, at a cost of €100 for all six webinar recordings.  This programme is the best first step on the ladder of becoming EQS qualified.  For full details and a booking form,
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Please Note:  We make take profit from this programme.  All profits are ploughed back into continuous development of the EQS.

Member Focus
Regina Karner, irema Germany

"It is a pleasure to have the opportunity to tell you a bit about the history of irema.  Back in the early 1990s, a friend told me about her new job duties as a relocation consultant and my first thought was: "This job has my name written all over it!" I had the perfect background: I had moved 21 different times myself, I studied law with a concentration in tenancy law and immigration law, I had many years of experience in property management and overseeing construction projects and I knew the city inside and out thanks to my student job as a taxi driver. It took two more years for me to give up what I was doing at the time and, in 1996, I became the head of the Berlin office for a relocation service based in Frankfurt. So, pretty much everything about this job, particularly working with international employees, is enjoyment pure and simple and doesn't feel like work at all."
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CERP3 Case Study
Free Training Webinar Online Now

Many of our members have now gained 450 points towards their EARP qualification and just have the Case Study to complete before being awarded CERP3, the highest level of training in relocation. 
The Case Study is externally graded by the University of Leuven in Belgium.
A free training webinar is now online.
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Activities Update
October 2010

This edition:

  • Council Meeting October 2009
  • Real Estate Update
  • RMC Meeting
  • Berlitz Research Project
  • EuRA/Oxford Brookes Coaching Training
  • Webinar Programmes
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Holiday Dates
EU and USA 2010

Want to know when Italy closes for business?  Need to check Easter dates in Greece?  When Columbus Day falls in the US?  Whether each Spanish Region shares the same holiday dates?  What day Chanukkah falls on?  Then our total guide to EU and US vacation dates will be an invaluable tool.
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Printed EuRApean
Out October

The next hard copy edition will be landing on the desks of relocation professionals around the world in the first week of October.  This edition focuses on EuRA's work over the past two quarters as well as looking in depth at the issues facing children during the mobility process.  If you would like to receive a copy,
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Movers & Shakers
October 2009

  • Tony Baldassrro joins LSS Relocation
  • Change of Role at Quintus Consultants
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