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Winter 2009 National Training Seminar

Riga, 25th February, 2009. This weekend (February 28th – March 1st 2009) AIESEC in Latvia will hold the national training seminar (NTS) for the new recruited members members and exchange participants from Riga, Valmiera and Ventspils.
 
The aim of this educational seminar is to show what are the possibilities of self-development through AIESEC experience and what opportunities AIESEC in Latvia can offer. The delegates  of the seminar will be introduced to the AIESEC history, vision, aims, working processes and perspectives. 
 
Winter 2009 National Training Seminar is organized by AIESEC Riga and it will take place in guest house „Ide” (find how to get there here), situated on the outskirts of Riga, which will make the event not only educational, but also enjoyable both for delegates and the international team of facilitators from Czech Republic, Romania, Lithuania, Russia and Latvia.

NTS is supported by:
EZI www.ezi.lv
Slash Neworks www.slash.lv

Young leaders from 10 countries gather in the heart of Baltic’s

ENERGY 2008 Riga, 2nd November, 2008. Over 250 young people and 150 business representatives from 10 countries will gather in Latvia at international conference Energy 2008 from 21st to 23rd of November to get practical skills, negotiate on joint projects and celebrate 60 years of developing leadership. Conference will consist of few parts and include city-scale festival of cultures Global Village, Leadership Conference with students of Latvia and celebration of 60th Anniversary AIESEC Globally.
 
AIESEC conference Energy 2008 brings together young leaders and business representatives from Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Russia, Kazakhstan, The Netherlands, Italy, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Romania, Ukraine and offers them the space to get connected to the current issues and trends influencing social-economic environment world-wide and the Baltic countries in particular, to gain related practical skills and develop a proactive attitude that needed for young professionals and future leaders. 
 
At Leadership Conference global and top Latvian companies will run sessions related to leadership development for 400 participants - AIESEC leaders and students from the Latvian universities.
 
AIESEC 60th Anniversary aims to reunion more than  100 alumni –today’s leaders of business, government and non-corporate world. This is an opportunity to connect alumni from different generations and countries and built powerful network.
 
Energy 2008 will be launched by Global Village that will take place in Galerija Centers. Citizens and guests of Riga will be able to get to know the cultures of countries participating in conference. The concept of Global Village was set up in order to bring in one place the diversity of cultures by country presentations, national dances, food and drinks, stories, national costumes.
 
“We sincerely believe that Energy 2008 in Riga will bring a valuable impact into development of the idea of international tolerance, as well as into image of Riga as being progressive capital city in the heart of Baltic region!” – said Vice-President for Talent Management and conference manager Simona Serb.
 
Energy is a conference organized each year in cooperation with AIESEC Lithuania and AIESEC Estonia.
 
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AIESEC, the world's largest student organization, is the international platform for young people to discover and develop their potential so as to have a positive impact on society.
In addition to providing over 7,500leadership positions and delivering over 350 conferences , AIESEC also runs an exchange program that enables over 5,000students and recent graduates the opportunity to live and work in another country.
 
Web-site of conference: www.aiesec.lv/energy08
For general media information: 
Dina Sultanova
Vice-President Communication AIESEC Latvia
+371 200 10 995
Languages: English, Russian