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AIESEC´s Values
Main activities:
Internships and study tours
Mission:
Improve international understanding
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History 1950-1990: expansion of AIESEC
• 1955- more than 1000 internships
• 1957- USA joins AIESEC
• 1958- South Africa joins AIESEC as first African country and Venezuela as first in South America
• 1961- establishment permanent secretariat in Geneva
• 1963- AIESEC extends to Asia with inclusion of Japan and Korea
• 1965- Australia joins AIESEC. AIESEC now in all inhabited contenents
Czechoslowakia joins AIESEC as the first country behind the „ Iron curtain“
• 1989- The highest number of internships ever recorded (7029)
• 1992- AIESEC was involved in almost every UN conference as one of youth sector representative.
Main activities:
• Internships and study tours
• Social based projects
Mission:
• Improve international understanding and cooperation of countries and communities
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History: Today
2015-AIESEC’s youth leaders from 126 countries in collaboration with
the Office of the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth gathered at the
United Nations Headquarters to promote and drive youth participation
in implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
July 2015- AIESEC was recognized for the 9th time on the WorldBlu
list of "Most Freedom Centred Workplaces„
Janez Drnovšek, President of Slovenia (2002-2007) Martti Ahtisaari, President of Finland (1994-2000), a Nobel Peace Prize laureate
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