subject: AIESEC – Connecting People. Good Environment for Young Leaders [print this page] In our time of globalization and consolidation a lot of organizations aim at making the international communication better. AIESEC is one of the very special organizations which unites more than 45 000 students from over 107 countries. Primarily being a students' community created to bring together the students from the countries of post-war Europe, it quickly grew into a large and numerous organization with its representatives in 1700 universities located in all parts of the world. The title is an acronym from French "Association International des Etudientes en Science Economique et Commercial" the official name adopted in Stockholm in 1949. Within 60 years AIESEC has become the world's largest youth-managed organization.
All its members attend seminars and trainings on different subjects and take responsibilities in certain spheres they find appropriate. It can be organization of international internship, conferences, economical or social projects etc.
The general goals of this international association are as follows:
1.Cultural and professional international internship for students
2.Making positive contribution to the life of the native country and the whole world
3.Developing the leadership potential of the members
4.Integration of students from different countries
5.Learning more from diverse ways of life and opinions existing in the multicultural society
6.Striving for excellence in all activities
7.Enjoying enthusiastic participation in the organization
8.Taking care about the needs of society and future generations.
AIESEC is a non-political, non-commercial and independent association run by students themselves. Its participants gain a really valuable experience of taking responsibilities and internship in many world-known enterprises. Among its global partners there are such companies as Microsoft, Electrolux and Price Waterhouse Cooper and many representatives of these companies have been the members of AIESEC when studying at college.
AIESEC Connecting People. Good Environment for Young Leaders
