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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