AIESECly Yours
October 2012
Issue 1
CONTENT
3.
Welcome from the President
3.
Letter from the Editor
6.
What is AIESEC?
7.
Our 6 Values
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AIESEC Malta
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AIESEC International
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12. Leadership Opportunities 13.
Functional Teams
18. Exchange 20.
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Trainees
21. Upcoming Events 21.
Freshers’ Week
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AIESEC Motivational Seminar
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AIESEC Motivational Seminar
CONTACT US
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Welcome from the President Dear Students,
the massive global AIESEC network of 86,000 members. Such an opportunity surely provides anybody with the means to put theory into practice.
It is with great pleasure to welcome you back to University life again. For AIESEC, this means a new term, with a new Member Committee. In the meantime, AIESECers are returning back from all the exotic countries they have visited during their summer exchanges. Therefore, AIESEC gets ready to offer this opportunity to more students who are interested in going on a professional internship or on a social community internship sometime during the coming year.
If you too are interested in joining or simply learning more about AIESEC, make sure to visit our stand during Freshers' Week in the big tent opposite the stairs of quadrangle or visit www.aiesecmalta.org and hit the Join Us button and let us show you how learning and fattening your CV does not mean you have to resort to an unimaginable amount of hours in the library!
This is also the time to welcome all new members who will be joining AIESEC to develop their soft-skills in a dynamic and fun environment that compliments student life; an environment that connects members to
Analise Sammut Member Committee President 2012-2013 AIESEC Malta
Letter from the Editor
Nicole Scerri
Sub-Editors: Noelene Scerri & Hillary Briffa
Dear Readers, Welcome to our first edition of AIESECly Yours. In it you will find everything you need to know about AIESEC. See what this organisation’s main programs are as well as what it seeks to offer to new members. Learn how you can join us in our upcoming events, how you can go on exchange and finally, how you too can develop your skills by taking on a leadership role. We do hope you enjoy reading this newsletter, of which two more will come out during the year, one in February and one in May. Till then!
What is AIESEC? AIESEC is the world’s largest youthrun organization, present in 113 countries and territories. Its focus is to provide a platform for youth to develop their leadership potential through its international internship and leadership programs. AIESEC achieves its aim by providing students with a multinational platform and a global network. Due to its aim to develop every youth’s leadership potential, AIESEC is being supported by thousands of partner organizations which, through AIESEC, have access to top talent through our global internship program. Moreover, AIESEC is constantly inspired by its alumni who are leaders within their organizations and communities.
Our International Network
Our 6 Values Activating Leadership
We lead by example and inspire leadership through actions and results. We take full responsibility for developing the potential of other people.
Demonstrating Integrity We are consistent and transparent in our decisions and actions. We fulfil our commitments and conduct ourselves in a way that is true to our ideals.
Living Diversity We seek to learn from the different ways of life and opinions represented in our multicultural environment. We respect and actively encourage the contribution of every individual.
Enjoying Participation
We have a dynamic environment created by active and enthusiastic involvement of individuals. We enjoy being involved in AIESEC.
Striving for Excellence
We aim to deliver the highest quality performance in everything we do. Through creativity and innovation we seek to continuously improve our results.
Acting Sustainably We act in a way that is sustainable for our organisation and society. Our decisions take into account the needs of future generations.
AIESEC Malta The AIESEC Malta branch was opened in 1969 and continues to operate to fulfil its main aims as set by AIESEC International. Indeed these aims include: developing youth's leadership and by exposing students to a culturally diverse background. Furthermore we provide exchanges to students of a professional or social development internship nature. At the
moment we are operating from within the University of Malta but are currently in the progress of raising more awareness at MCAST. A considerable number of influential people have participated in Malta, including Minister David Aguis, Dr. Joseph Muscat as well as exAmbassador to the European Union Richard Cachia Caruana.
Member Committee The Member Committee is the Executive of AIESEC. Together, the four VicePresidents and President ensure that AIESEC Malta is fulfilling its aims in accordance with the 2015 vision of AIESEC International.
From left to right: Maysoon Al-Attar- Vice-President Incoming Exchange and Sponsorships Manager, Nicole ScerriVice-President Communication and Information Management, Analise Sammut- Member Committee President and Responsible for Finance and Legal , Maria Azzopardi- Talent Management and Organisational Development, Vinicius Lucena- Vice-President Outgoing Exchange and Partnerships Manager
AIESEC International
How many companies do you know that have over 86,000 employees? How many CEO's have you met who are in their 20s and lead a team from diverse background and countries? How many young employees do you know in their 20’s who are ready to step out of their comfort zone to develop the organisation they work in, simply because they believe that their input will have a true positive impact on society? How many companies do you know that have a top-management of 21 people from 19 different nationalities, the oldest being 30 and the youngest being 22 years old?
These questions fully describe AIESEC, the world’s largest youth-run organisation for the last 64 years. AIESEC International is the team of people who lead AIESEC. Led by a dynamic team of 20 people they are currently under the humble leadership of Florent Mei Yi, from China, the current President of AIESEC International. AIESEC, owing to its commitment to develop every student’s leadership potential has produced influential figures in our society. In fact, to mention but a few, ex-President of America Bill Clinton, Prime Minister of Italy Mario Monti, the ex-Secretary General of the United Nations Kofi Annan together with U2 Singer Bono were all members of AIESEC at some point in their lives.
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Leadership Opportunities Team Member Programme
Team Leader Programme
One of the programmes which AIESEC Malta offers to students is the Team Member Programme. In this program, members will become part of one of the different teams which AIESEC Malta is made up of. They will get the opportunity to develop their skills including amongst others those of presentation, team work, time management, leadership as well as sales. This is one of the main programs, through which students can initiate their AIESEC experience hence gaining access to a global network while developing their practical hard skills.
The Team Leader Programme is another program which AIESEC Malta offers for students to take on leadership opportunities. Members can thus become team leaders of one of the functional teams. Such an opportunity is also available for those who apply for the role of Organizing Committee President (OCP), where they lead a team to organize a particular AIESEC event. jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj jjjjjjjjjjjj
Functional Teams To ensure the best quality experience for its members, AIESEC Malta has five functional teams. These teams seek to develop their members’ potential by exposing them to situations which can enhance their team work and leadership skills while enabling them to learn from a multicultural environment.
Talent Management and Organizational Development: The Talent Management team is responsible to create and implement the strategies for membership development. It is thus the team that ensures the development and growth of the members in all of AIESEC Malta. Talent Management is also responsible for managing and improving the pipeline of members and alumni. It is the responsibility of
the Talent Management team to organize events such as team building and team bonding activities as well as informal and formal events for the Alumni of AIESEC Malta. Finally, the team is also organizes training and skills sessions for the members.
Outgoing Exchange: The Outgoing Exchange Team is, along Incoming Exchange and Talent Management, one of the core areas of AIESEC. The team is responsible for two different programs within the Experiential Leadership Program. The first program involves Social Internships and gives participants the chance to go to developing countries and work with an NGO in the diverse backgrounds. The second program
is that of Professional Internships, where newly graduates have the choice of going to work with a company directly related to their academic background. To ensure a lot of high quality experiences this year, the OGX team will work to give our Exchange participants the best support while sharing a lot of functional knowledge with transparency and versatility.
Finance and Legal The Finance and Legal (F&L) functional team will allow members to be engaged, acquire knowledge of AIESEC Malta while ensuring more sustainable operations of this same organisation. The team will be dealing with matters such as record-keeping of financial transactions, applications for grants and funds, and will be responsible to ensure a healthy and legal organisation. This process will be done to support the other functional teams, the core programs of AIESEC Malta and other activities including those projects run by Organising
Committees. If you are interested in joining this team please talk to Analise, or Maria MC VP Talent Management and Organisational Development.
Communication and Information Management
Incoming Exchange and Sponsorships Manager
The Communication and Information Management team is responsible for the public relations of AIESEC Malta. Its members seek to raise awareness about AIESEC and the opportunities that it offers to stakeholders both on and off campus. To this end its members, together with new ones will feature press releases, create posters and videos, manage our social media tools and website while ensuring that internal means of communication are ongoing. Finally, this team is essential in that its members come up with innovative and creative ways to enhance AIESEC’s visibility.
The In-Coming Exchange Team has two processes. The first process involves finding job opportunities for potential trainees also known as Trainee Nominees or TNs (these are AIESECers coming from abroad who are looking for an internship in Malta). This is done through our Sales Teams who illustrate to companies and organizations all the benefits and opportunities of hiring AIESEC trainees. The second half of the process is to find that one right Exchange Participant who holds the required skills so as to match them with the company or organization in question. In addition to this, this team takes care of these international trainees throughout their stay by including them in AIESEC Malta activities, showing them around Malta and giving them the true and rewarding life changing experience
Testimonials
Exchange Having expressed your interest and sent your CVs to AIESEC, an exchange review is held. This selection process is necessary to ensure that participants are suitable and will have a positive experience while on exchange. Following this review, preparations will commence to make sure that the participant is well matched and integrated in the AIESEC community abroad. As soon as the participants finish their internship, AIESEC Malta will ensure that they are integrated back home. AIESEC offers two exchange programs and for both programs AIESEC offers interested individuals access to our internships’ database, training on how to look and apply for internships and constant support throughout the whole process:
Global Internship Program The duration of this professional internship ranges from 16-78 weeks. The fields that companies can accept interns in are various ranging from: International Marketing, Project Management, Software Development and Programming, Public Relations, Advertising, Linguistics and Bilingual education and much more. Latin America and Europe are just some of the most popular destinations. The intern is paid by the company and the salary depends on the economic realities of the chosen country.
• Global Community Development Program The duration of this type of internship ranges from 6-12 weeks. The following are just some of the fields you can do your internship in: Community Development and Corporate Social Responsibility. The locations to do such internships are various ranging from Egypt, Kenya, Indonesia, Philippine, Taiwan, Brazil, Turkey, to Hungary and much more. Most of these internships cover the participant’s costs for accommodation, food and transport.
Trainees In the same way that AIESEC Malta sends exchange participants abroad, AIESEC Malta also receives students who wish to do their internship in Malta from a variety of AIESEC branches abroad. And here is a testimonial from one of the students (known as trainees in ICX terminology) who was here in Malta.
Upcoming Events
Freshers’ Week
From the 1st-5th of October, AIESEC Malta will be present on campus. By visiting our stand you will get the chance to learn how you can have a complete university experience through the leadership and exchange opportunities that we offer. Should you be unable to join us at our stand we will be having two information sessions
on the 3rd and 5th October during DegreePlus hours at the AIESEC office. Moreover, during Freshers’ Week we will be having three interesting activities: spot and take a photo of our blue man, write your dreams on our Wall and pin your would-be travelling destination on our world map at our stand. For more information visit: http://www.facebook.com/events/4074 83755988249/
AIESEC Motivational Seminar
Between the 19th and 21st of October, AIESEC Malta will be holding AIESEC Motivational Seminar (AMS). This conference is the first essential step in every new member’s AIESEC experience. During this conference, delegates will get the opportunity to learn more about the world’s largest student organization while understanding how AIESEC can help them develop their skills including those of leadership, team work and public speaking. New members will learn how they can apply such skills by working within one of our five teams or by taking on a leadership role by being on a specific Organizing Committee. Moreover, new members can learn about the exchange programs that we offer and how they can work in one of 110 different countries and territories worldwide. Given that AIESEC is an international organization new members will get the
chance to meet current Maltese as well as international members. Such a unique opportunity to gain insight into new cultures while experiencing diversity should not be missed. The conference will take place at Alexandra Hotel in St. Julians. The fee, which is smart card refundable, is that of €75. However should you apply at our Freshers’ Week stand during the 1st of October, the price will be that of €70. The deadline to apply is the 12th of October: For more information email at: info.malta@aiesec.net To apply contact: 99990523/sara1.darmanin@aiesec.net Visit the facebook event page at: https://www.facebook.com/events/506308282 714488/?fref=ts