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International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR)

  • Type: IGO
  • Field: Education
  • Region: Europe
  • Location: Paris, France
  • Internship Title: Project Assistant
  • Duration: 6 months
  • Number of Interns: 1
  • Special Requirement: N/A
  • Application Status: Available
  • Remote Internship: Acceptable
ABOUT
The International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR) is an independent intergovernmental organisation. It is the only one in the world to gather scientific and technical knowledge in every sector of refrigeration. 
Founded in 1908, it has developed a worldwide network of leading experts.

MISSION
The IIR is committed to disseminating knowledge of refrigeration to improve the quality of life for all, while respecting the environment and taking into account economic imperatives.
The IIR has resolutely stepped up its efforts to become a major global player taking action to implement sustainable refrigeration in all its uses. This is evidenced by the report on the IIR’s 2021 actions according to the UN Sustainable Development Goals available.

NATIONAL, REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS
Over the past 10 years, the IIR has been a key consortium partner in international, European and national funded projects. These projects further support the core mission of the IIR to disseminate knowledge on refrigeration in order to improve the quality of life in a cost-effective and environmentally sustainable manner.
As the communication leader, the IIR promotes and disseminates the outcomes of international, European and national projects throughout its worldwide network, activities and services and in this framework:
● Develops and implements communication strategies (traditional and digital)
● Organises and facilitates project workshops at IIR conferences and co-sponsored conferences
● Facilitates the publication of academic papers in the International Journal of Refrigeration (IJR)
● Disseminates project news through IIR digital communications supports and social media
● Promotes projects at trade exhibitions, international meetings and conferences
● Creates and disseminates final project outcomes.
Project for an Informatory Note on employment in the refrigeration sector
The intern will be responsible for the preparation of an Informatory Note on employment in the refrigeration sector.

Description of Informatory Note:
This Informatory Note should present both the different professions that make up this sector as well as the qualifications and certifications corresponding to these professions in the main countries. Figures on employment in the refrigeration sector should be provided at global level and in the main countries.
This different information may be obtained from bibliographical research and through contacts with experts from the IIR’s international network.
A detailed Annex to this Informatory Note will also be prepared: it will detail all the results obtained as part of this work, which will be synthesized in the Informatory Note (qualifications and employment figures by country, etc.)

Suggested contents for the Informatory Note
(1) Generalities: 
● The role of the refrigeration sector
● Domains: industrial, commercial, domestic refrigeration, air conditioning,
heat pumps, food refrigeration, health, cryogenics, liquefied gases…
(2) Careers:
● Research, design, development
● Sales, after sales service
● Management of projects, installation
● Servicing, maintenance, repair…
(3) Qualifications
● Educational level and diplomas: engineer, technician…
● Qualifications, certifications (standards, regulations for the main countries: USA, China, main European countries (at least one or two countries per continent)
(4) Employment figures
● Employment figures in the refrigeration sector at the global level and for the main countries
● Direct and indirect jobs should be distinguished.

IIR Informatory Notes: Rules and procedures to follow
IIR Informatory Notes (INs) are summarizing documents written in a clear and concise manner with the primary goal of providing policy makers with objective information and recommendations on important current refrigeration issues.
Typically, an IN consists 6 to 8 pages on average and 10 pages maximum per language, including figures. It represents 3000 to 5000 words maximum, excluding figures.
The IN shall include an introduction and a conclusion section. 
It shall also include a short summary (140 words maximum), which will be presented on the first page, and the “IIR recommendations” (200 words maximum), which will be presented on the last page.
In addition to the IN itself, a shorter document (1 or 2 pages maximum) entitled “Summary for Decision Makers” will be prepared for non-specialist audiences and disseminated to representatives of ministries and embassies, along with national refrigeration associations.
All factual information (including figures) shall be supported by complete references (publication, author, date) to the examined literature (peer-reviewed articles).
All illustrations, graphs and images should, where possible be provided in good quality (high definition) and sources should be clearly stated, whether created by the author or not.
The draft Informatory Note will be reviewed by representatives of the IIR Science and Technology Council for validation before publication.

Requirements:
● Bachelor’s degree (completed/ongoing)
● Good command of interpersonal and English communicative skills
● Rigor, good spirit of synthesis.
● Editorial fluency.
● Proficiency in MS software (e.g. Word, Excel, Powerpoint)
2023-08-21 | Paris, France – IIR International Congress of Refrigeration
2023-07-03 | St Petersburg, Russia – International Conference on Liquefied Natural Gas
2023-07-03 | St Petersburg, Russia – LNG2023 – International Conference on Liquefied Natural Gas
2023-04 | Dresden, Germany – IIR Conference on Cryogenics
2023-04-01 | Shanghai, China – IIR International Conference on the Application of HFO Refrigerants
2022-08-28 | Ljubljana, Slovenia – IIR Conference on Caloric Cooling and Applications of Caloric Materials
2022-06-13 | Trondheim, Norway – IIR-Gustav Lorentzen Conference on Natural Refrigerants
2022-04-11 | Newcastle upon Tyne, UK – IIR Conference on Sustainability and the Cold Chain
2022-04-04 | St Petersburg, Russia – International Conference on Liquefied Natural Gas
2021-10-05 | Dresden, Germany – IIR Conference on Cryogenics
2021-09-16 | Ohrid, North Macedonia – IIR Conference on Ammonia and CO2 Refrigeration Technologies
2021-09-01 | Vicenza, Italy – IIR Conference on Phase-Change Materials and Slurries for Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
2021-09-01 | Vicenza, Italy – IIR Conference on Thermophysical Properties and Transfer Processes of Refrigerants
2021-06-16 | Osaka, Japan – IIR Conference on HFO Refrigerants and low GWP blends
2021-06-06 | College Park, MD USA – IIR Conference on Caloric Cooling and Applications of Caloric Materials
2021-01-13 | Bratislava, Slovakia – IIR Conference on Compressors and Refrigerants
2020-12-06 | Kyoto, Japan – Gustav Lorentzen Conference on Natural Refrigerants
2020-08-26 | Nantes, France – Conference on Sustainability and the Cold Chain
2020-07-27 | Paris, France – Rankine Conference
2019-08-24 | Montréal, QC Canada – Quadrennial Congress
2019-04-01 | Shanghai, China – LNG : Triennial International Conference on Liquefied Natural Gas
2018-09-16 | Darmstadt, Germany – International Conference on Magnetic Refrigeration at Room Temperature
2018-09-02 | Birmingham, UK – International Conference on the Application of HFO Refrigerants
2018-06-18 | Valencia, Spain – Gustav Lorentzen Conference
2018-05-21 | Orford, QC Canada – Conference on Phase-Change Materials and Slurries for Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
2018-04-06 | Beijing, China – Conference on Sustainability and the Cold Chain
2017-09-06 | Bratislava, Slovakia – International Conference on Compressors and Coolants
2017-08-07 | Tokyo, Japan – International Sorption Heat Pump Conference
2017-04-23 | Seoul, Korea Rep – Conference on Thermophysical Properties and Transfer Processes of Refrigerants
2017-04-06 | Bangkok, Thailand – Conference on Sustainable Management of Refrigeration Technologies in Marine and Off-Shore Fisheries Sectors
2016-08-21 | Edinburgh, UK – Gustav Lorentzen Conference
2016-04-11 | Perth, WA Australia – LNG : Triennial International Conference on Liquefied Natural Gas
2016-04-07 | Auckland, New Zealand – Conference on Sustainability and the Cold Chain
2015-08-16 | Yokohama, Japan – Quadrennial Congress / Quadrennial International Congress of Refrigeration
2015-06-12 | Milan, Italy – European Conference on the Latest Technology in Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Industry
2014-08-31 | Hangzhou, China – Gustav Lorentzen Conference
2014-06-23 | London, UK – Conference on Sustainability and the Cold Chain
2014-03-31 | College Park, MD USA – International Sorption Heat Pump Conference
2013-09-04 | Dresden, Germany – Workshop on Cryoprocessing of Biopharmaceuticals and Biomaterials
2013-09-02 | Cast Papiernicka, Slovakia – International Conference on Compressors and Coolants
2013-06-17 | Delft, Netherlands – Conference on Thermophysical Properties and Transfer Processes of Refrigerants
2013-06-07 | Milan, Italy – European Conference on the Latest Technology in Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Industry
2013-04-16 | Houston, TX USA – LNG : Triennial International Conference on Liquefied Natural Gas
2013-04-02 | Paris, France – International Conference on Sustainability and the Cold Chain
2012-10-25 | Valencia, Spain – Workshop on Refrigerant Change Reduction in Refrigeration Systems
2012-09-11 | Dresden, Germany – Cryogenics conference
2012-07-29 | Kobe, Japan – Conference on Phase-Change Materials and Slurries for Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
2012-07-14 | West Lafayette, IN USA – Purdue international compressor engineering conference
2012-06-25 | Delft, Netherlands – Gustav Lorentzen Conference
2011-08-21 | Prague, Czech Rep – Quadrennial Congress / Quadrennial International Congress of Refrigeration 
Relations with Inter-Governmental Organizations
Cooperates with: CIHEAM – International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM)
Cooperates with: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Cooperates with: United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
Observer status with: Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC)
Links with: Agreement on the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs and on the Special Equipment to be Used for Such Carriage (ATP)
Links with: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)(World Bank)
Links with: International Energy Agency (IEA)(through the Heat Pump Centre)
Links with: Organization of American States (OAS)
Links with: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Links with: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Links with: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Links with: United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
Links with: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change – Secretariat (UNFCCC)
Links with: World Health Organization (WHO)

Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Links with national organizations.
Cooperates with: Comité européen de normalisation (CEN)
Cooperates with: International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
Supports: Farming First
Links with: Air Conditioning and Refrigeration European Association (AREA)
Links with: Bureau international des containers et du transport intermodal (BIC)
Links with: European Cold Storage and Logistics Association (ECSLA)
Links with: Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning Associations (REHVA)
Links with: Gas Technology Institute (GTI)
Links with: Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA)
Links with: International Air Transport Association (IATA)
Links with: International Gas Union (IGU)
Links with: International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST)
Links with: Transfrigoroute International (TI)

Members
Governments of 59 countries (each country chooses its own category out of 6 categories of membership):

Member Countries & Regions
United Arab Emirates, Austria, Australia, Belgium, Burkina Faso, Bulgaria, Benin, Canada, Congo DR, Côte d’Ivoire, Cameroon, China, Cuba, Czech Rep, Germany, Algeria, Egypt, Spain, Finland, France, Gabon, UK, Guinea, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, India, Italy, Jordan, Japan, Korea Rep, Lebanon, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Malaysia, Niger, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, USA, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, North Macedonia

Private and Corporate members, including, but not limited to: public agencies; educational and research institutions; manufacturers; professional organizations and associations; research and development companies; refrigeration professionals. Membership countries not specified.