Our student members facilitate international
traineeship exchanges and supporting activities that provide practical
learning experiences for thousands of young people as trainees,
and which also provides an incredible learning experience for our
members and involved stakeholders. The power and impact of AIESEC
comes in the diversity of our activities. To help link those different
activities into our global network, a number of global focus areas
have been identified. These are common themes which each activity
will often address. These are areas that AIESEC believes are most
relevant for societal change and are:
Corporate Social Responsibility
Cultural Understanding
Entrepreneurship
Higher Education and Learning
Information and Society
What is common across all of our activities is the exchange process
(or learning process) through which we facilitate the development
of people. We realize that a series of different experiences when
put together can lead to powerful change within an individual.
The greatest of all the experiences we offer is the international
exchange opportunity we give to over 5,000 young people every
year, placing bright students into a position lasting up to eighteen
months in every sector - business, public or civil society. To
enrich that experience further we create opportunities for them
to interact with their local environment and its challenges, supported
by the members of each of our local offices. Our Global Results
help us understand some of the leadership characteristics - skills,
attitudes and values - that our activities develop in young people.
In addition to stronger management capabilities these activities:
Develop socially minded leaders who are able
to perform responsibly with all sectors of the community.
Facilitate interaction and appreciation of
diversity between individuals of different cultures.
Create opportunities for individuals to be
creative and to act in a proactive manner.
Develop individuals who practice active learning.
We define active learning as experience-based and life-long.
Create a learning environment through the
open sharing of information and ideas.
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