The International Year of the Secretary and Administrative Assistant: YOTSA 2014

 

Lite intressant läsning för oss som arbetar med administration.

The year 2014 will be dedicated to to the Secretary and Administrative Assistant - to be known as 
The International Year of the Secretary and Administrative Assistant: YOTSA 2014
The initiative was thought of in the year 2010 by Ana-Maria Valente of CareerSuccess magazine, when the first preparations were put in place. It was officially launched as an initiative in 2013 at PAFSA’s annual meeting (on Saturday 2nd March 2013).

Background:The catalyst for this was the observation by the Professional Association for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants (PAFSA) that in 1984 such an international celebration was organised by a US based secretarial body known as PSI (now IAAP) and that 2014 would mark its 30^th anniversary.

PAFSA decided that the anniversary should be celebrated and contacted close to 100 secretarial associations worldwide to inform them that South Africa would like to organise an international celebration of the profession for 2014. A task team to head this initiative has been established and its members are Anel Martin, Charlotte Massey-Hicks and Audetta Skosana.

Says Anel, “It is an honour to be part of the task team taking on this project; we are very proud that PAFSA and South Africa are spear-heading this initiative internationally. We hope that this anniversary will strengthen the ties of friendship between South African office professionals and other associations around the world. Most importantly we are striving to raise the profile and visibility of the profession at home and abroad”.

You can read more about IYOTSA 2014 in the FAQ and on www.iyotsa.com – please note that the homepage opens in 2014.