AIESEC
- A Student Network
AIESEC is a unique and growing network of 50,000
students, typically studying business and technical related
degrees, located in some 750 higher educational institutions in
over 84 countries and territories. AIESEC is the largest student
organisation in the world. Non-political, non-profit, independent
and entirely student-managed, AIESEC's membership is drawn from
every race, colour, sex, creed, religion, sexual orientation, and
national and ethnic origin.
Each year, since 1948, AIESEC has worked to fulfil its mission of developing young people to be individuals able to meet the challenges of the world, our countries and local communities. By empowering them with the necessary skills and understanding of the forces shaping the world around them, AIESEC has created a powerful group of future leaders with a strong sense of social responsibility and a desire to act.
AIESEC develops youth by providing a
series of learning experiences linked to a diversity of
activities in fields such as sustainable development, education,
enterprise and social responsibility. A major component of these
activities is international traineeship exchange, facilitating an
intense intercultural and practical experience in another
society, exposing the trainee and those they meet to an entirely
different culture, community and its issues. Currently, around
5,000 of these exchanges occur annually.
ŠAnkur Jain 1999