We know that education in developing countries is far from being perfect but till things change we need to do something about it, after all a lot of people quit school at early age and turned out to be even more successful that those who made it to the end. If you think that this […]
This generation of young people – the largest the world has ever seen – has a historic opportunity to end poverty, combat climate change, create jobs and fight injustice, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told a Youth Forum at UN Headquarters in New York this morning as he called on the participants to get involved […]
The World’s Very Real Need for Cultural Understanding AIESEC emerged from a period in time when cultural understanding was at an all-time low. In the years following the Second World War, the whole of the European continent was ravaged to the ground. Each nation was coping with its own grave losses, and between all countries […]
We live in a world where seemingly small things like intolerance and misunderstanding of people’s differences have caused large-scale conflict, destruction and even wars. World peace can seem like an impossible thing, but we at AIESEC interpret it a little differently. ‘Peace’ should not be interpreted necessarily as absence of a major war. ‘Peace’ symbolizes […]
The societies we live in today are vastly different from what they were twenty, or even ten years ago. The pace of the world is increasing exponentially, due to technology and its effects on the daily life of human beings. The most prevalent of these effects is no doubt the capacity for global connection. TIME […]
We call them lazy and demanding. We judge them and find them narcissistic. However looking at raw data they are not so bad after all. Here are 5 things that millennials care about the most nowadays, according to the YouthSpeak survey powered by AIESEC. 1 . Gaining new skills New gadgets, iPhones and tablets are […]
On Wednesday September 19, 2014 AIESEC and United Nations Millennium Campaign signed a letter of Intent for collaboration. The letter was signed by Vinicius Tsugue, President of AIESEC International and Corinne Woods, Director of UN Millennium Campaign in New York City. AIESEC was established in 1948 in order to achieve peace and fulfilment of humankind’s potential […]
Written by Ivana Gusic, Head of Public Relations and Marketing at AIESEC in Austria Did it ever happen to you that one person changed your life? Did you ever have a wow day without expecting it at all? I want to tell you a story, which took place almost half a year ago. In March 2014, on the […]
With a giant talent pool that transcends borders across the globe, AIESEC is one of the leading non-profits helping several other organizations, firms and workplaces hire international talent. At a glance, it might appear as if an optimized local recruitment is just enough - but there are more than a few convincing reasons why you […]
Lately there have been countless discussions about the benefits of volunteering and about the benefits of traveling. But what happens when you put the two of them together? What happens when you don’t only travel but you dive into a new culture? When you have to work with volunteers from 10 or 20 different countries? […]
