AIESEC University News Letter August 2012
In this issue Excellence Ceremony
N.E.S & Planning Days Executive Board 12-13 Project Yes, We Care! Project Impact Tunisia Tunisia from a Different Eye
Alumni Experience
AIESEC University, Tunisia - Newsletter
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AIESEC in Tunisia was founded in 1962 and celebrated its 50th Anniversary in July 2012. The Ceremony was held on 25 July 2012 in Hotel Ramada Plaza Gammarth where almost 150 AIESEers from Tunisia , France and lots of other countries came to enjoy with each other the celebration and the joy of 50 years together building each year new generations of leaders. In the same time the awards of the term 2011-2012 was distributed to the local committee in an ambiance of fraternity and love and competition. There was five types of awards depending on the departements in AIESEC: - OGX (OutGoing eXchange): Local Committee University - ICX (InComing eXchange): Local Committee Thyna - ER (External Relations): Local Committee Carthage - TM (Talent Management): Local Committee Carthage - IM&COM (Information Management & Communication): Local Committee University & Carthage And for the Best Local Committee Award, LC Carthage and LC University were nominated and the award went to LC Carthage. As for us, LC University, three of our Alumnus recieved other awards: - Malek Belhadj Hmida - Ahmed Mejri - Wael Ben Romdhan
AIESEC University, Tunisia - Newsletter
National Evaluation Seminar National Evaluation Seminar, the last conference in the term and one of the most important. It was during the last days of July (30-31), the 8 Local Comities of AIESEC Tunisia were presents with their EB members. The first day, every LC and the Member Comity present their reports (financial and moral ones), and some discussion circles had place, related to each key area. For the second day, it was dedicated to the LCs membership. After that, the MC decided to add two more days, related to the planification process, to explain the new planification tools, our MC planification and also to fix some points related to each keyarea.
Planning Days It took place on August 2012 in the EP HOUSE of AIESEC university (BARDO) All members of the Executive Board where there to plan for the next term together. After that, We talked about the situation of AIESEC UNIVERSITY and its strategy for the next term. We also worked on some Local projects: ulds , JC , JPO, CSR , 25 th anniversary of Aiesec University , LMS, Impact Tunisia ,mobing week , Dt project , mind share , Summer Camp Project, Green Project, Projet tourisme, Projet ‘creation d’entreprise, Projet ‘Nouvelles Inventions’ We made workshops and we were divided by Key areas to express our contribution to these projects. We will talk about them in details in the next newsletters.
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AIESEC University, Tunisia - Newsletter
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Ahmed Baaziz
Hela Sbaa hakim Chatteli
Samy Nouri
Ghazi Saddem Mahdi Houli
Ghassen Drine Chaima Ben Saaoud
Ameni Aschy
Hind Hachemi Firas Baoueb
Brahim Ayari
Oussama Souayah
Amine Jmel
Farah Ben Jemia
Emira Souissi Ahmed Hadhri Seifeddine Klai
Faten Saadaoui
Khouloud Ben Abid
Omar Damak
Ijlel Boubaker Imen Kedidy Nesrine Dri-
Imen Maaroufi
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AIESEC University, Tunisia - Newsletter
After the revolution of Tunisia which was first and foremost a social revolution, a revolution of awarness, demand equity and return the true values. Now, the man must be central to any program development and investement to lead. The short-termist visions have shown their limits and the time has come to adopt a sustainble and primarily responsible. An approach that relies on Social Responsibly companies. And this is where our proeject comes between education and social, a caravan will take the path of the revolution of Tunisia, Sidi Bouzid until 4 Coint Tunisia. What will this caravan is very simple and citizeship responsible, through the schools and forgotten the old regime to bring them a little joy, many education and a place of cultural exchange.
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AIESEC University, Tunisia - Newsletter
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The humanitarian project of AIESEC University this year will be divided in two parts: the humanitarian part and the exchange part. As part of the humanitarian, open days will be planned following the same approach of the last edition, with stalls and shops in both universities. During these days, we will attempt to reach the maximum audience to make known the Tunisian partner organizations currently operating, with young students who are potential members. Thus, awareness of more and more people are volunteering and are motivated to participate in various humanitarian activities.These associations may include get to know each other and create affinities for future projects. Obviously, our partners will also be able to host conferences at universities to which they have access. While remaining within the spirit of solidarity, a charity concert will take place in a cultural center, and the money raised will be used to provide financial assistance to associations. There will also be an event “flea market� in Greater Tunis, to help the poorest families.
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I am studying Islamic Studies MA in Hungary, and before it I made Arabic and Latin, but I was never in an Arabic or even in an Islamic country before. That’s why I choose Tunisia as my destination at AIESEC. And I must say that it was the perfect choice. Tunisian people are so welcoming, and very friendly to foreigners. For me, this internship was a life changing experience because for now I know how the Arabic people live. I was living among them, ate what they eat, did what they do, in their way. It is much different than reading in a book and know about it. Of course I had expectations, and many of them proved to be right, but experiencing it is much more different. We worked with different NGO’s, mainly with the Tunisian Red Crescent, but all of them were humanitarian works. It is so good to help the people, and in this internship I really had the opportunity to do this. For me it was even more fruitful because I could practice my Arabic (and even learned some Tunisian Arabic), and I think this will really benefit my ability of speaking this language. Even I had the opportunity to visit the famous historical places in Tunisia, that I learned about at the university, and it was so wonderful. According to this, for me Tunisia was the best choice, because it has a lot of Roman ruins and it was the centre of the Maghreb too. And the most important thing is that, I’ve found some really good friends. All the members of AIESEC University in Tunis, were most of the time with us, and I found them as really good people. I hope I can see them again. And even the other EPs (most of them from different countries of Europe and some of them from China and Taiwan) became my friends too, whom I really want to see again too. So, to summarize my feelings about this internship, I think it was one of my best, and most beneficial experiences in my life.
“When I chose Tunisia as the place of my GCDP programme, I didn’t expect what was about to happen. I went with the idea of working and meeting new people. But the unexpected became a welcoming reality. Not only I got new friends, I got a new whole family – Tunisian family, AIESEC family. Besides, Tunisia is an unbelievable place to live in even if is for a few months: tasty food, beautiful landscapes – mountains, beaches, desert -, and very welcoming people. I felt privileged for making part of this great experience. Hope someday I can get back to Tunisia, to my second family, to my second home”.
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My name is Mourad Kolsi, student in Financial Software Development Engineering, and AIESEC member since 2007 in LC University and in the Member Committee of AIESEC in Tunisia. Since the first day of my university life, my first professional objective was to work in a progressive and challenging environment at a highly profiled IT international company, where I could apply and use my capabilities, enhance my skills and seek professional growth by making a difference in the company’s success. My first step to attend this objective was joining AIESEC in 2007. I was highly motivated and dedicated to enlarge my learning towards new ventures and experiences. I was delegate in many local, national and international conferences and I didn’t miss any opportunity to learn new things and to meet people from all around the world. In 2009/2010 I held a leadership position in the national committee of AIESEC in Tunisia as National Vice President of Projects, and I seize the opportunity to attend the international congress 2009 in Malaysia. It was one of my best life change experiences. Being exposed to a variety of leadership styles served with concrete models of implementation, enriched my personality and helped me to develop my own approach to impact the world around me. After a rich and intensive AIESEC experience as an active member, I decided to take a new challenge and to be a part of the global exchange program of AIESEC. My choice was to move to Quebec City in Canada for 18 months internship with LGS (An IBM company working on Information Technology and Software Development) to work as analystprogrammer. In the beginning, I thought that it will be difficult to integrate this international environment, and to adapt myself with their way to do, how they organize their projects and how is relationship between team members, but finally I was surprised by the relaxed atmosphere and how people helped me to understand this new system and to be productive just after few days of work. Concerning my new venture in Canada, it was difficult to adapt myself with weather which is totally different compared to Tunisia, where I lived, and where temperatures drop rarely under zero. But, I equipped myself with the suitable Canadian clothes and winter boots, and it was really funny to confront the snow and the wind, and to learn how to walk in icy roads and to avoid slipping. I feel lucky living this opportunity and this experience in my life. Now, I realize that my AIESEC experience is amazingly impacting me. Living and working within an international environment including different points of view, several cultural backgrounds make my experience outstanding. I always said that ‘’Life is not about finding yourself, life is about creating yourself ’’, and AIESEC gave me the right opportunity to do it and to choose my destiny.
Malek Bel Hadj Hmida “I wish that you will have a life full of problems, because with problems you Learn”
Seif Allah Bouneb
“ I believed in AIESEC and AIESEC believed in ME”
Hafedh Dridi “ The POSSIBLE we already did it, The IMPOSSIBLE we are doing it every day, concerning the MIRACLE we believe to achieve it”
Ahmed Ouerghi “ BEAUTY Exists everywhere , try to feel it around and make your life AWESOME , Beauty is Happiness and Happiness is people ,People around you are your own EXISTANCE“
Mourad Kolsi “ The more you give to AIESEC the more you GET”