Life after iob
My IOB experience helped me work in
a multidisciplinary environment with
people from various backgrounds and
profiles. This is particularly crucial for my
current job where I have to interact daily
with people from around the world.
Adamon Ndungu Mukasa
GOV 2010-2011| DR Congo
Consultant in the Development Research
Department of the African
Development Bank
(Abidjan, Ivory Coast)
What do IOB alumni think of the IOB educational International, Oxfam, World Vision, Action
Aid), higher education/research (universities,
programmes?
consultancies, think tanks) and bilateral or
The results are very encouraging: an
multilateral donor agencies (e.g. World Bank,
overwhelming majority of our alumni (92%) are
USAID, GTZ).
satisfied with the education they received at
IOB. Four out of five alumni would definitely
encourage others to study here.
Of all IOB alumni, 95% feel that their studies
at IOB prepared them adequately for their
subsequent careers. Most (96%) had (partially)
improved themselves jobwise as a result of
studying at IOB.
Most IOB graduates work (or continue to work)
in the governmental sector (24 %), international
organisations (19%), NGOs (13%) and higher
education/research institutes (13%).
Some of the most common employers among
IOB graduates are within the governmental
sector (e.g. Ministry of Finance, Ministry
of Planning), parliaments, international/
supranational organisations (e.g. United
Nations, African Union, European Commission,
Asian/Africa/Inter-American Development
Bank), national NGOs, INGO (e.g. Transparency
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Would you encourage someone to study at the IOB ?
0 % 0 %
4 %
16 %
definitely would
probably would
maybe
80 %
probably not
definitely not
My IOB experience helped
me realize a lot of
things in life. Actually,
it changed my life! I
came back as a new
person. From all the
wonderful experiences
in the classroom to the
amazing people I met
along the way. It allowed me to
discover more about the world around me, but
more importantly, myself. It also opened up
an entire range of professional opportunities
to me due to the skills and experiences I
gained at IOB. It has been eight years since
I was a student at IOB, but not a single day
goes by where its impact is not felt in my life.
Christine Selda
GLOB 2007-2008 | The Philippines
Results Management Analyst at Asian
Development Bank
The most significant “impact” of IOB’s “treatment” in my life
has been the great friendships that developed from it. I am
privileged in that I met the most talented, kind,
most interesting people from all over the world
during my stay at IOB and I have been lucky
enough to become friends and partners
with some of them. I learned a lot from
different cultures, and that has been
incredibly helpful in making me a better
professional and a more openminded person.
I can say without a doubt that what I
learned at IOB was key in giving me an edge
to get evaluator gigs and for my current job. I had to take
a technical test as part of the selection process and I have
no doubt that I did well because of what I had learnt.
Mateo Porciúncula
DEM 2014-15 | Uruguay
Senior Design Monitoring and Evaluation Officer at the
International Center for Transitional Justice (New York,
USA)
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