Dear All,

Greetings from AIESEC International!

As the AI 0910 team, we have successfully finished transition which was very smooth and effective, finalized our year plan with very ambitious targets, delivered International Congress 2009, started with country visits and much more. We are very appreciative of all the hard work of the AI 0809 team under Juan’s leadership. As an organization we definitely are standing on the shoulders of giants. In the last term, AIESEC witnessed the kind of growth it has never experienced before and more importantly growth in every facet of the organization.

International Congress 2009 was a resounding success and we are excited about the next phase of our term. AIESEC in Malaysia and the Congress Committee did a fantastic job in putting up the conference. The conference was truly historic and paved the way for AIESEC becoming bigger and better.

As the generation of AIESECers who will lead the organization in 2010 we have immense responsibility to not only achieve AIESEC 2010 but take the organization to a point where it can dream bigger than it ever has, where it can look deep within and challenge its very core to emerge stronger, bigger and better than it ever has been. And we are fortunate as it has fallen upon us to be this great generation!

As we stand at the threshold of great change, we realize that what lies in front of us is no ordinary task and it will need the very best from us to redefine achievement for AIESEC. We look forward to your invaluable support and guidance in our efforts of leading the change AIESEC needs NOW and most importantly BE the change the world needs today.

Thank You


Aman Jain
President
AIESEC International

The firstever Global Youth to Business (Y2B) Forum was the pinnacle event of AIESEC’s annual International Congress on August 25, 2009. We are pleased to report that it was a great success.

Over 500 delegates joined with thousands over virtual participants to engage with over 50 corporate leaders from 5 continents. These discussions harvested a forward-thinking global youth stand on the topics Entrepreneurship in the Crisis, Climate Change & Sustainability and Labour Mobility & Diversity.

Attending corporate delegates were incredibly impressed with the sophistication and global mindset of the membership, and expressed interest in continuing their involvement with AIESEC especially in the Y2B Forum next year in India for International Congress 2010.  

AIESEC International is currently compiling the output harvested to produce a final published document. If you would like more information on the 2009 event in Malaysia or are interested in participating at Y2B 2010 in India, please contact Ruthie Garelik, ruthieg@ai.aiesec.org. We welcome your contributions and participation.

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Wow!! That was inspiring, busy, old-fashioned-@, cultural understanding, interesting, challenging, fun and fantastic!

During our fact finding mission to Tanzania we…
…advised the United Nations on their private sector partnership strategy
…visited and gained insight in the business and MDG efforts of Tanga Fresh, Tanzanian Breweries Ltd, Philips Healthcare, NMB Bank and D.light.
…inspired local AIESEC alumni by organizing the second edition of the MDG Dragons' Den! A huge success!

At the moment we are...
...working out how we can further engage AIESEC & alumni to change the world!
...working on possible follow up cooperation with United Nations Volunteers.
...inspiring our own companies to join (ATOS is already in discussion with UNV!).
...exploring our contribution to the ‘ontwikkelingssamenwerking.nu’ event on September 26th.
…further developing the MDG Dragons’ Den in the Netherlands with NCDO and with AIESEC & UN in Kenya (planned in February next year)!

What are you doing?!?
We are eager to hear your developments!
We hope to invite you to the www.ontwikkelingssamenwerking.nu event...
Are you interested to take this further in TAP 2 (too)? What’s your ambition?!?

Are you ready to continue on this journey? We are!

Yours truly,
TAP team


Want to know more? Visit our website www.tapproject.nl and/or contact one of the TAP team members.

Ever wished you could interact with the locals and immerse yourself in the culture of the place you've traveled to? Then weekeego (http://weekeego.com) may be your answer. Founded by two AIESEC alumni from Portugal, weekeego helps you keep that AIESEC spirit alive by participating in your vacation rather than being a passive spectator. You could relocate turtle eggs in Ghana, or build water wells in South Africa or even hunt with indigenous tribes in the Amazon. The idea is to give you a deeper experience of the community by involving you in activities that are unique to the location you have chosen.

Since weekeego was born following the dream of two AIESEC alumni of continuing striving for a world where cultural differences are valued, respected and promoted, weekeego would like to offer special opportunities for alumni to experience its authentic journeys and reconnect with the essence of our dreams while in AIESEC. Weekeego will be offering special rates and travel support for groups of alumni, alumni reunions, or alumni associations that want to plan a meeting.

Get in contact at http://weekeego.com for more details. 

"Seven years as BOA member for AIESEC in Tanzania, Joe shaped AIESEC both by providing opportunities for members as well as supporting the organization in its strategic direction, the incredible contribution that made us proud today!."

Joseph Eshun has been contributing to the success of AIESEC ever since he joined AIESEC in 1989.

Joseph identified strongly with what AIESEC stood for and was determined to devote a lot to the organization, spending five years developing Ghanaian  youth in his local committee. During his term as a president of AIESEC in Ghana, the country was announced best performing in the African region. In 1993, Joseph was selected to be part of the AIESEC International board, where he served as a director of Africa and as Vice President Finance. His internship in Kenya was the start of his career in the audit and professional services, where he managed to grow to a Partner of Deloitte for East Africa in less than 10 years.

Throughout his fast- paced career, Joseph has always found time to support AIESEC in any way possible. Being a member of the National Advisory Board of AIESEC in Tanzania, where he currently lives, he has been providing advisory and mentoring support to at least 6 generations of leadership of AIESEC Tanzania. His contribution to AIESEC ranges from providing trainings to the membership, to raising internship positions and financial partnerships for AIESEC. In addition to the contributions from Deloitte, he has been making personal donations to AIESEC for more than five years now and just recently supported financially the representation of Tanzania at the AIESEC International Presidents Meeting. Joseph was also the one, who made possible the first AIESEC alumni event in Tanzania.

Joseph’s strive to support the local community extends beyond his involvement in AIESEC – he was selected as the Chairman of the selection committee for the Human Rights Commissioners of Tanzania in 2008 and is also currently responsible for the management of a $56 million HIV/AIDS program on behalf of USAID and the Government of Tanzania. 

Joseph Eshun is just one of 800,000 AIESEC alumni from 60 years of AIESEC’s history.

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