AIESEC General Report 1954 by AIESEC International

ST A T U T ES O F A IESEC A IM S O F A IESEC s ESEC l Art 1: A1

I ndependent,

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no n

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o nalo r a n i ti calan d I nte rnati i ch has g ratio n w hi po l ati o ns betw ee n the m e m bers ri end l an d f y rel .

M EM BERSH IP

acu l ti es o r SEC are student associatio ns at u niversity f E b ers o fAI m em as bl e l i i : E 2 A rt g cs o r busin ess adm in istratio n es o feco n o m i e r g raduate studi raduate andl er un d t e o r h s f o o l g sch ty ofthe Co n ress af e m aj o ri sim pl te r E C i s decided u po n b E S g f A1 y i o ers h em b M p A rt 3: ve fthe N C does not intro duce the Pro specti C) I N C o m m ittee ( ati o na l N t h e b ti o n d uc i ntro y te r f u rther in f o rm ati o n b the s required af aj o rity of the C o ng ress i y 3 m 2 P M er em b / M ( ) e sam e nati o n al i ty as the PCC s o fth PCC)and ln case the PM i ttee ( n g Cou ntry Co m m i Presidi ttee ( ACC) i shed by the A ssistant Co u n try Co m m i e f ur n u l d b s o t o n h rm a i f o s in thi lreceive ESEC an y Prospective M em ber shal el ecte d m em ber o f AI f o re bein .

A rc

ri o d o fo ne

alpe o r a tri the status o fPro batio nary Mem ber f o r m em catio n f i 5: T o ether w ith the appl A rt

year

bership the PM m ust send a re po rt to the g s at l east o n e m o nth n their scho o l es i o rm atio n a bo ut the stu di nf s an d i ldetail PCC giving al lm eet The PCC m ust su bm it a re po rt o n the new m em be rs to gether o re the Co ngress w il bef ve N C s to the C o ngress th a re po rt by th e respecti w i ESEC w il l ng to the statutes o fAI 6: A ny m e m ber ado pting an attitu de n ot acco rdi A rt 3 o f the Co n gress ow ing a decisio n o f 2/ o ll ts m e m bershi l ose i p f .

O F A IESEC

O RG A N IZA T IO N

ng body: s di vi ded betw e e n : The C o n gress, the dec[dl ESEC l 7: The activity o fAI the ex ecutive bo dy; T he A ssistant C ou ntry PCC) , di ng C o u ntry Co m m ittee ( The Presi ttees ( NC ) e ac h , ve m atters : The N atio nal Co m m i ng i n ex ecuti di ACC) ttee ( Co m m i , a i es ng bo di nde pendent w o rki onai bod y;T he M e m bers, i co u ntry a regl

A rt .

C O N G RESS 8: T he

Art

egates o fo ne o r m o re m em C o ngress co nsists o fdel

bers

ofeach co m m ittee.

o rity o fthe co m m ittees o n su pported by a m aj has o n e vo te , a n d a p ro positi o n o fthe C o ngress s val i d as the d ecisi re presen te d at the Co n g ress i c and ects a pCi ol l ow ing year, e l o r the f 9: T he Co ngress lays do w n the pro g ram m e f A rt

Each Co m

m ittee

o w ing Co n gress ol l decides o n the d ate o fthe f ed al lbe cal l nary Co ng ress sh A rt 10: Ex trao rdi o f2/ 3 o fthe N C .

on the request o fthe

PCC

ty o r a m a o ri

TT EE PRESID IN G C O U N T RY C O M M I

PCC) (

n i tsel fa P A rt 11: The PCC co nsists ofall m em bers in o ne co untry and appoints w ithi si de nt an d a Secretary lm easu res ty o fAI ESEC andtake at nate the activi ate andco o rdi lstim u l A rt 12: The PCC shal d be co nsu l ted m porta nce the A CC sho u l tali n case ofvi co nsid ere d n ecessary I ts or l e to th e Co ng ress f s respo nsib l lre po rt to the m e m bers and i A rt 13: T he PCC shal strati on adm in i r

TT EE A SSISTA N T C O U N T RY C O M M I ves A rt 14: The ACC gi .

A CC) (

or any hel p asked f

by the PCC

M EM BERS o ns, a r r a n ge ti sto su pp l nf o rm atio n o n stu dy co n di o n ofthe m em bers I uncti A rt 15: The f yi si to rs, undertake ex change acil i ti es f or student vi trainee ex change , provide co ntacts an dother f vi sits o f stu de nt gro u ps d or l ts ow n co rrespon dence Trainees an d stu y A rt 16: Each m em ber co ve rs the ex penses f ,

gro u ps

FIN A L ST IPU LA TIO N 2 3 of ow ing the d ecisio n o fthe m a ority o f i df ol l change o fthe statutes ls val

Art 17: A .

the C o n gress

PREFAC E The I nce rnati o nal

Chmbero fCo m m e rce

has f ro m the outset f ol l o w ed w i thI nterest the acti vi ties o fthe students w h o taa k part I n th ef o undati on and dev el o m ent o fth e AT ESEC The I p nternati onal Cham ber o fCom m erce be l i eves that the student exch an es o r ani zati on c g g zed by this o rgan i tribute tow ards internat i o nalunderstandi ng an d are a usef ulf acto r I n the co nstructio n o f a w o rl d eco no m y based o n the f ree devel o pm ent o fi nternati o nalex ch an es o f m en g go o ds m o ney and services .

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I ncrease, f ew I m p o rtant e m s, e s ec[ [ pro bl atin to econo m i c p al y those rel g m atters, can be so l ved oth erw i se th an o n the internati o nal [ ev ej [ t i s .

theref o re im

po rtant that the eco no m ic circl es in o ne co untr sh d be y o ul f ul l nted w ith the s eciat ro bl y acquai em s f acing trade secto rs I p p n oth er countries By arran i or f utu re eco no m i sts an d business m en f g ng f ro m di f f e rent parts o fthe w o rl d to m egt o ne another the AI ESEC devel o s p I n them f ee l i ngs o f co nf i dence and I nterdependence, thus f avo uri ng eco no m i c principl es pro ductive of peace and pro sperity .

I ti s theref o re ofreali m p o rtance that m e m bers ofthe AI ESEC sho u l d recei ve a w arm w el co m e f ro m at tthose I nterested i n th e alm s oftheir o rgani zati o n and particu l arl f o n to tak e on f oreign y ro m firm s in a positi or a students f o d oftral nlng during the sum m er pe ri ,

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Pie rre Va sse u r Secretary Generalof the I nternati o nal Cham ber ofCo m

Paris, February 1954 .

m erce

A lESEC by Prof Kaorl o Hi l den, Dean -

sinki SchoolofEcono m i fthe Hel cs ( Ka up korkeakoul u)

Du ring the

ESEC has co m e to i ncl ude w i past years AI thi n i ts o rbi t an ever i ncreasin s o feco no m i g num ber ofco u ntries an d scho o l cs W i thi n a sho rt s ace o fti m e i th as b eco m e a si ni p cant i nternati onalo r ani zati g fi on g Thi sf i ne devel o pm e nt is m ost gratif ying Fo r w ithin the fram ew o rk of the ex chan e o ftrainees AI ESEC of f ers i ts m em bers certain advanta es g , g w hi c h be o nd do u b t are ofparam o unt i m p o rtance f y o r al lthose engaged i n practical business l i f e : bro ad h o ri zo ns, know l edge of l anguages ac aintance w i th the co m m erci al co ndi q ti o ns the cul ture habi ts and i ari ti es ofother co u ntries and tho se f pecu l ri endshi i f e so ps that m ake l m uch the richer And f urtherm o re : thi s exchan e not o nl be nef i ts the g y trai nees them se l ves but al so serves hi her aim s the f osteri ng o f int g nati o nat u nderstandi ng acro ss the barriers o f l an ua e i ti cs and g g po l rel i on gi -

N ow that the representatives of AI ESEC are gathered together i n co nf e rence i i n F nl and s capi tal the f nd them sel ves i n a co u ntr y i y w here stu de nts o feco no m i cs have am acil ti i es provided b pl y m ade use o fthe f y the o rgan i sati on f o r the ex ch ange oftrainees W e can cl aim w ith pl easure that Fi nl and ranks am o n rst i n nu m ber o ftrainees Hundreds of g the fi sh co m m erci Fi nni alstudents have v i si ted vari o us Euro ean co untri es b p y thi s sche m e and i m bi bed usef u lknow l ed e and ski l l ex periences and g i m pressi o ns '

The great pl easu re f el tb ng abl e to w el com e y Finnish students In bei the m em bers ofthe co nf erence i s sh ared b b y o th the Finnish and the ng Sch Sw edi shspeaki oo l s of Eco no m i cs o f Hel sinki O n b eh al fofthe nni sh sch oo tI w i sh the co nf e rence eve r success in i Fi ts im po rtant task y enef i t of student yo uth f o r the b -

A IESEC by Prof Oda lSto di Svenska cs ( ch oolofEconom i w edi sh S us Dean ofthe S an i Hel sing ors) Handel sh 6gs\ : ol f .

l n than

an age w

hi ch seem

ve uenced b s m o re stro ngl y destructi y infl

f o rces

fi nd evidence ofsincere endeavo urs to etw een ng b pro m ote co o peratio n and understandi co u ntries easure f o rds greater pl es and i ndi vi dual s And nothi ng af peo pl o r gi ves greater ho pe than to w itness such striving am o ng the yo uth w h o is destined to m o ul The AI ESEC w as utu re d the w o rl d o fthe f created b the urthering o r th e purpo se o ff y yo uth o fm any co untries f c w o rl d co o peratio n in the fi c research I el d o fco m m erce and eco no m i o thus re presents o ne o fthose co nstructi wh ve f o rces th at dese rve o u r vi t carries o uc hearted su ppo rt Besides the vario us f o rm s o facti ti es i calval ue O n the stre ngth o f pe rso nalex perience 1 are ofgreat practi f cance ofthi s w o rk Ihave m et tw o study can testi y to the great signifi e s co untr under th o rei gro u ps o f f gn students w ho have visited thi y ESEC and during the Sum m er vacatio ns ofthe past auspi ces ofthe AI ange n co ntact w ith o verseas e x ch seven years Iw as nea rl y every day i e im ts o f these have the best possibl students pressio ns of the resu l ex ch anges o fscudents an d to h ave b een i nvi ted to act as Presidi ng nl s a great ho no u r to Fi I ti sin sy ear and to have been e ntrusted w iththe o rgani Co u ntry thi go fthe s as a grati f ng proofthat the active 6th A nnualCongress Itake thi yi n th e w o rko fthi shstudents i s o rgan i sati on n ni ed I n the past by Fi ay part pl has been appreciated s val uabl e o ppo rtu ni ty o facti o rw ard to thi vel ook f O u r stu dents l y ati on and w il deal s o fthe Associ lbe happy to m s and i ng the ai o rtt supp o rei w el co m e f gn students to o u r co untry ESEC and the 6th A nnualCo ngress every success and e AI sh th w i ns i ll eave i s Co ngress w il ho pe that thi pring and happy m em ories in n i t o se w h o take part i earts o fth s and h the m i nd any ti m e in th e

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THE G RO W TH O F AI ESEC by Lauri Ni i sink i Presi dent I n 1 953 54 ykki Hel .

As co m i ti s

m erci aland o the r stu di es

beco m

e m o re and m o re internati o nal

naturalth at the stu dents ofeco no m i cs and

business adm inistratio n w i sh to have ex erience abr o ad i n their student ears I p n m ost cases i t y s a bso l i ute l n ecessar uture w o rk re uires the ac u i y y since f ti o n of q q si l angua e ski l la nd acquai ntance w ith f g o rei n co u ntri es andthei r custo m s g The bro ader v i ew created b w o rk an d stud abro ad i s im po rtant to a l l y y f utu re ex ecuti v es b o th i n theo r and i n practice y .

I n m o st co untri es speci alau ent[ o n o n the s part o fthe gov ern m ent i paid to the e ducatio n of yo ung ecop o m ists an d they are gi ven o ppo rtu n i ti es to stud abroad o n scho l arshi s to uches y ps How ever thi re l ati ve l f y ew students and there are not such o ppo rtunities in a l l co untries The students them sel ves hav e nev erthe l ess been co nsci o us o f the si ni i cance o f the m atter and hav e f o u nded the i nternati g f onal o rgani zatio n AI ESEC w hi ch i n the past year has gro w n to su rprising l dlm ensio ns an d thus sho w n i ts necessity and the co rrectness o f i ts f o u n ders ans AI ESEC i s a co m ete l i ti cal o r an i pl on pl y no n po l g zati f o u n de d an d ru n b v es I ts acti vi ties i ;elude all y the stude nts them se l i nternati o nal practi catstudent ts dev e l o pm ent is sh ow n questio n s and i m ost cl earl n the num ber o fl ts practi calw o rk ex chan es I n the f i rst yi g ts activ i ty the nu m ber o fstude nts w o rki n ess perio d o fi g abro ad w as l than o ne hun dred, and i n the su m m er o f 1954 w e ex ect ove r p i n o ne tho usand suchstudents to be trave l t w as f o u nded g abro ad W hen i AI ESEC had m em bers fro m seven co u ntri es and af ter the Hel sink i es w i l be re presented l co ngress pro babl y eighteen co u ntri .

acto rs o f i ts f avo rabl e and rapi d devel o pm ent have bee n The basic f n the grow thoftheir o r ani nterest o fthe stude nts i the co ntinued i on g zati versi ti es and business f e suppo rt o f un i i rm s E e val uabl speci and th al l y bl e o nl ng o ftrade the ex change o fstudents is possi y by the understandi ove rnm ent and uni o ns The g versi zat[ ty o f alo rg anl f i ci al s and co m m erci ange a f students stud bl e the exch eir part m ake po ssi o n th y tours ttee w o rk o cal co m m i and l .

untilthe

on thout present go tten al gw i tho ut i at and w i ts ow n tfeasury o nal secretari a p erm anent internati at i el arge th t can not f uncti o n so l on i s becom ing so l but the o rgan izati y

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FI NLAND Parti ci pating student

uni ons:

Yt i l o pi askunta, HELSI N KI p K a u p a k o r k e a k o u l u n d Abo Akadem is Studentkr TURKU a Kl ubb en vl Merkantll sh 6gsko l ans S Svenska Handel tudentkr, HELSI N KI un Yl Tu ru n Kau ppako rkeako u l l o ppl l askunta TURKU ,