AIESEC History

1945 is better known for?

WORLD WAR II
 With the death of so many
potential young leaders, the idea
of establishing an organization
that will reverse this misfortune
arose.
1946
 How was AIESEC founded
In January 1946, A Swedish
student, Eric Malson,
contacted 6 friends from 6
different European countries
to suggest the idea of
establishing an organization
to bridge the gaps between
the countries after World
War II
 Finland Denmark

Norway Belgium

France Sweden
In September 1948 Students from
Universities and 6 countries cam
together in Stockholm to build a
new co-operation.
From this meeting emerges AIESEC…

L’ Association
Internationale des
Etudiants en
Sciences
Economiques et
Commerciale
 The idea for an organization that
would be…
not-for-profit
international
non-political

non-discriminatory

student-led educational
independent
Jaroslav Zich, a delegate
from Prague,
Czechoslovakia is chosen
as President.
 With the race for superpower
status between the USSR and the
USA coming to a head…the
“cold war” is felt everywhere…

…even within AIESEC

 Zich “You know of the political
wrote to crisis that has taken place
in my country these past
the other
A Communist government
days. The political events
founding have over
strongly influenced
takes in
members: the student and university
Czechoslovakia and
life…”
student leaders are
expelled...
 Yet…the
Expelled from University,
Zich flees to the
American zone in West
ideaGermany
From it’s fragile
beginning AIESEC is
persists
almost lost...
an international, non-political, non-
profit, student-run, independent,
educational foundation. It will be
comprised of students and recent
graduates of institutions of higher
education who do not discriminate on
the basis of race, colour, sex, sexual
orientation, creed, Religion, national
or ethnic origin.
Working towards-

Peace
And the Fulfillment of Humankinds
Potential
So what has AIESEC been
doing to achieve those
inspirational goals set in
1948?
 EXCHANGE!
and
Leadership development
1950 - 89 traineeships are realised in
AIESEC’s first real year of operation!

This means that people from 7

different countries were learning to
respect and value other cultures as
well as developing themselves by
working abroad!
 1953
AIESEC in the UK

is created!
 1957
AIESEC is
known as
inter-
continental
organization
after
expanding to
North America
• AIESEC is present in all continents
in 1965 after expanding to
Australia (1958 South America,
1963 Asia , 1964 Africa)
Today’s AIESEC
• present in over 3000 institutions of higher learning
• and has more then100 000 members across the
world
• 1,000,000+ Alumni
• 10,000 Partner organizations
• 250,000+ International Volunteer experiences
• More then 500 conferences annually
• present in 128 countries and territories
• 65 years of experience
AIESEC will develop you to
have …
DESIRE
ABILITY

WORLDVIEW
AND ATTITUDE
 Peace
To contribute to
the…
And the Fulfillment
of Humankinds
Potential
A Global network of
people and perspectives
A bridge to the
international world and
the career you aspire to
have.
A platform to make
the change you want
to see in the world
A world of
opportunities
A COMMUNITY OF LIKE MINDED YOUNG
PEOPLE TO SUPORT YOU TO:

Be the leader you

want to be.

Craft your vision

Challenge your mindset

Where journeys
are born

Where the vision of

tomorrow is crafted
 And remember it all began
66 years ago with a discussion just
like this.