As we have already mentioned in previous publications, AIESEC is an organization with more than 60 years of history, founded in 1948 by a group of young French people who wanted to improve relations between cultures to avoid another event such as the Second World War. Since then, AIESEC has spread around the world and provided experiences to hundreds of thousands of people, which we will explain on four levels. And since any action that can be determined without any doubt as an intelligent action , benefits not only the person doing it but also other members of their environment, we will analyze our impact both for AIESEC and its members and for society as a whole.

  • Impact of internships in companies. Through AIESEC, thousands of young people have had the opportunity to have the first work experience of their life, or the first abroad, or the first in an exciting project and accompanied by a team of people whose goal is to develop it as a member of the society. AIESEC has helped integrate thousands of people into the labor market, increasing the productive force around the world with self-aware professionals, determined to work as a team and solve problems in a global world. At the same time, we have allowed thousands of companies to be part of this project while filling vacancies or creating positions that did not even exist since it was viable through us, improving their productivity and their position in the market.
  • Impact of volunteering experiences.Volunteering is an extremely enriching experience for those who do it, even becoming addictive. Many of the young people who travel with us discover parts of themselves that they did not know, set new and more ambitious life goals and become determined to replicate what they did during their experience in their daily lives. Change in the world begins with oneself, and our ability to develop young people with this level of motivation and understanding of the world reflects this in the impact they produce when they return home. At the same time, the places where these young people go receive selfless help, sometimes in very humble ways such as explaining their own culture in a foreign country, small gestures that in a Romanian village where they have never seen a foreigner cause a change in who live it.
  • Impact of being a member of the organization.As AIESEC is an organization of young people, many of them students, without a fixed course in life yet, we are characterized by having a high turnover of volunteers over time. Some arrive and others leave, but for more than 60 years the organization has only grown. AIESEC members arrive with a series of skills and abilities, and in their passage through the organization, belonging to the different departments, facing challenges, solving problems and acquiring more and more responsibility, they acquire new skills that prepare them for real life and in many cases it represents an upward step in your professional career. That is why we consider participation in experiences of going abroad as valuable as belonging to the team, since it is equally beneficial for young people.

Finally, we will highlight the general impact on society and on the planet, which is the ultimate goal of everything we do. AIESEC is a non-profit organization that seeks for today’s youth to be tomorrow’s leaders capable of impacting more and better in their environment. We have among our former members Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary, who reflects very well the type of person we want to develop, capable of understanding the world as one place and working to improve it little by little. These are the type of young people that AIESEC creates.

If you want to be part of this or know more, you can contact us here or visit our Opportunity Portal to see the type of experiences we provide.

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