INFORMATION BOOKLET AIESEC in Chulalongkorn University 2013-2014 More Info: Auraya Lertwatchara auraya.l@aiesec.net
WHAT IS AIESEC Present in over 124 countries and territories and with over 86,000 members, AIESEC is the world's largest student-run organization. Focused on providing a platform for youth leadership development, AIESEC offers young people the opportunity to be global citizens, to change the world, and to get experience and skills that matter today.
AIESEC in Numbers 124 Countries and territories 780 Local Offices 2,400 Universities 86,000 Members 20,000 International Internships 24,000 Leadership Roles 8,000 Partners/sponsors 500 Conferences annually 1,000,000 Alumni 65 years of experience
PROGRAMME DESCRIPTION
Taking up a cultural internship, or Global Community Development Programme, is the most intense learning experience that AIESEC offers and links together our global network. Each year we provide over 60,000 AIESEC members the challenging opportunity to live and work in a foreign country in areas of Community Development. To increase youth impact in the world, we see that society needs leaders who are entrepreneurial, culturally sensitive, and socially responsible and take an active part in their own learning. To gain a holistic experience AIESEC offers you the opportunity to take on a leadership role before or after your Global Community Development Programme. Learn how to lead a team, manage large projects and run a local or national organization along with people from all over the world! One of the best ways to develop what it takes to be a leader is to take up one of 20,000 leadership roles involved in running AIESEC at local, national, regional and global scale, as well as trainings in soft skills and functional areas in over 470 conferences and thousands of activities each year.
Global Community Development Programme Global Community Development Programme is an international Programme for Internship in Social Project or NGOs with 63 years of experience. Last year over 16.000 students and recent graduates had the opportunity to choose an internship in our global network.
The participants have the opportunity to work within an NGO, in a social project or educational institutions. The scepter of activities includes: • To deliver trainings on soft skills • To deliver presentations about your home country • To work with kids • To teach English for pupils or students In Global Community Development Programme, the exchange participants usually will work voluntarily with Local NGOs and Communities, internships usually relate to a wide variety of issues in community development. During the Global Community Development Programme, participants are working in mixed teams up to 10 young people from different countries and the language of communication is English. The participants have the opportunity to choose the project, time and duration of the Global Community Development Programme. The duration of the Global Community Development Programme can be chosen depending on the university schedule but the most required and available periods are summer and winter holidays. The internships last from 6 weeks to 8 weeks. Accommodation mostly covered by the country where the participant goes (except for several countries).
General information Duration
Global
Community
Development
Programme is usually 1.5 - 3 months (6-12 weeks). Salary
Global
Community
Development
Programme usually does not offer salaries/allowance but accommodation is mostly provided. Starting date
Global Community Development Programme is available during whole year.
Countries
Poland, Ukraine, Russia,
Indonesia,
The Philippines, Malaysia,
Vietnam,
Cambodia, Mainland of China, Taiwan, Turkey, India, Mauritius, Kenya, Egypt, Lebanon, Brazil, Italy, and other developing countries Languages
Good English required.
Intern profile
Undergraduate
Student
/
Master
Degree / Doctoral Degree Students or Graduated Students (Not older than 30 years) Time for preparation
We recommend contacting
AIESEC
about 4-6 months before the start date of
your
Global
Community
Development Programme. Finding an internship and Visa Process will take about 2-3 months. Program Fee
Global
Community
Development
Programme: 10.500 Baht. These fees cover the Document Application and Interview
Selection,
Induction to
AIESEC and Program, Rights as AIESEC
Members
and
Outgoing
Preparation Seminar (OPS). Please keep in mind that THE FLIGHT TICKET, and Legal Documents (Visa, Insurance, etc) should be covered by the Exchange Participant itself.
PROGRAMME PROCESS
Info Session
Application
Interview
Sign Contract
Raise& Match
Preparation Camp
Exchange
1. Contact the AIESEC Committee To go on Global Community Development Programme you have to get in contact with the AIESEC Committee In their University (AIESEC exists in Assumption University, Thammasat University, Chulalongkorn University, and Bangkok University) to get the application form. And if they/you are a student outside those universities / there's no AIESEC In your university, you can contact auraya.l@aiesec.net or register yourself in our online registration in http://bit.ly/AIESECCUXchange2013 Once you got the application form, you have to fill it and submit it.
Reintegration
2. Selection and Application After joining and understanding AIESEC, you can enter a review process to assess your experiences and motivation for going on an AIESEC exchange. This is a physical process consisting of Application/Documents and interview selection. The selection process aims to ensure that everyone participating in an AIESEC exchange is suitable and will have a positive experience while on exchange. It is comprised of at least 1 stage: Selection Review Board - a board that will interview you to assess your suitability to become an exchange participant in several areas. The interview will be held in English and they have to pay for the Registration Fee (total 500 Baht).
3. Sign Contract, Preparation and AIESEC Involvement Once you passed the interview selection, you have to sign the contract and you have to pay 10.000 Baht in the sign contract. Once you already signed the contract, they officially become the AIESEC Member. This step happens before leaving for your exchange experience and actually starts before you have matched yourself to a suitable project. It consists of areas such as: Logistics preparation - Ensuring that you are physically prepared to work in another country. Professional / Community Development Involvement - To help you gain an understanding of issues facing the world and your own community. Cultural and Direct Country preparation - Preparation on the country you will be going to and also how to cope with the pressures of living in a foreign culture. AIESEC preparation - Providing you with knowledge about the exchange programme and the roles of various entities.
The preparation step is critically important to ensure that you are ready to make the most out of your experience in a personal and professional sense. We also see it as an important part in ensuring that the people participating in the exchange programme understand their responsibilities and the role that they play in fulfilling AIESEC's vision.
4. Matching / Find the suitable project By this stage you have been through the selection process and have become an official AIESEC exchange participant (EP). Now you are able to start being matched to a suitable internship. You will be assisted to find the suitable project/internship opportunities. The more flexible you are in terms of geographical preferences the better.
5. Global Community Development Programme Experience The most fulfilling step from here is experiencing the actual GCDP itself. AIESEC will provide you with much more information on what to expect during your internship experience and what kind of involvement you can have with AIESEC and the local environment while you are on your exchange experience in a new country. AIESEC members in your host chapter provide support in receiving you, getting setup while providing opportunities for cultural and social activities.
6. Re-Integration AIESEC supports you in making the readjustment process when you return home. We hope that your experience opens up a world of opportunities to create a better society for us all. Also, if you're interested to continue your AIESEC career, you can try the leadership opportunities available for you in your country.
PROGRAMME TESTIMONIAL
Global Community Development Programme Returnee
My exchange with AIESEC brought me to the city of Bandung in West Java where I met many different, interesting and inspiring people whether in Rumah Cemara and in AIESEC. My coming here has been very eye opening and definitely ―an unforgettable and life changing experience‖—just as AIESEC had promised. With my line of work, I’ve come to understand another facet of life very misunderstood from the general public—me included: the lives of injecting drug users and people living with HIV, all of whom are stigmatized and discriminated
against due to their social status. I’ve come to discover that these are actually very nice and respectable people, even more inspiring than many ―normal people‖. My time with Rumah Cemara has certainly opened a window into a different world in which I hope to explore deeper and develop further in my future career.
Natnaree Uriyapongson Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University Global Community Development Programme To Bandung, Indonesia
After coming back to Thailand, I realized that I learnt a lot from the project that I joined. For example, I experienced teaching kids English, managing classes on my own and dealing with Polish children. I really enjoyed my work
because of my colleagues. Besides, the most worthy thing that I got from this project was FRIENDSHIP! From April until June 2011 I was an exchange participant for a project called ―World Kindergarten‖ of AIESEC Wroclaw LC UE. During this internship I got such experiences which I could never ever forget. I learnt to be a more open-minded person because I had to work with foreigners who have totally different cultural background from me. Not only being more open-minded did I change myself, but also I got crosscultural understanding.
What is cross-cultural understanding? For me it means that to know how to react properly to foreigners, and you definitely need to know what you can or you cannot do or say. I did not make friends with only local people, but also people from all over the world such as Brazilian, Singaporean, Filipino, Chinese, Taiwanese (also Thai) etc. The most incredible thing is friendship will never die! ―The world is a book and those who do not travel read only a page.‖ – St. Augustine. For those who have never been abroad before, you will see the other side of the world, and AIESEC is here to offer us such a great opportunity to discover the world.
It’s worth it!!
Nichakan Buason Student of German Studies, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Thammasat University Global Community Development Programme To Wroclaw, Poland
This project is one of the greatest projects that I have ever participated. There are many factors that made this project as one of my memorable and worthwhile moment in my life. Firstly, it is the staffs or the AIESECers in Poland. They sacrificed and spent a lot of their times with all the interns which are very impressive. Every day, at least 2 of the AIESECers will come and visit us in the apartment. During the time of visiting, we have exchanged so many stuffs such as culture, life, funny stuff and etc. Also, sometimes, we went out together, having fun and exploring the city. I learnt a lot of their culture through these kinds of activities. Apart from the AIESECers, another factor that is so worthwhile to me is the teaching activity. I could see my own development of presenting and communicating skills, day by day. Part of my development has to thank to all of my colleagues or interns because by watching them presented, I learnt and adapted their way of teaching the kids to my own presentation. Moreover, I have to say that the level of my English skill is lower than most of the interns but that is not the problem or obstacle of my staying or teaching there. Fortunately, my colleagues are so nice that they helped and explained me some of the words that I couldn’t understand. I found out that this is something very interesting and useful for me and those who really want to improve their English skill.
Apart from my developments, it’s the Polish kids that made me enjoying more and even more with this project. They are such good kids and behaving very well in the class. Also, the presentation of our country seems to be interested by them as at the end of each topic, they asked a lot of question based on our country. Lastly, interns coming from multiple countries gave me some difficult time of living together with them but after for a while, me and the rest of the interns figure out the way to live with each other peacefully. However, the difficulty of living is not a big deal if comparing to what I learn from this project. I’m glad that I have chosen this project
and I certainly got so many worthwhile and good experiences, especially the friendship among all the interns and the Polish AIESECers. And also I have to thank to Mandy who is an AIESECer from Assumption University of Thailand because she helped me a lot in order for me to apply for this project.
Kiartikarn Sitthi-ampai Student of Business Administration, Assumption University of Thailand Global Community Development Programme to Poland
One of the most memorable summers of my life is
having
internship
an with
AIESEC in Taiwan. To promote tourism in Taiwan is the main purpose of my project. My partners were from
Poland, Austria, Switzerland and Vietnam. We worked. We played. We had fun together. We are completely different but we were the perfect working partners, perfect friends ever.
Kulnataporn Theeraratstit Students of Chinese Studies, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Thammasat University Global Community Development Programme to Taiwan