1948 | Establishment of AIESEC in the world |
1949 | 1st Stockholm Congress, 89 students participated in exchange program |
1960 | Got 2467 exchanges in the world |
1961 | 1st seminar as part of trainee’ reception experience |
1974 | 1st seminar as part of trainee’ reception experience Got 4232 exchanges at 1970 in the world |
1974 | 1st International Congress in Bordeaux, France Important motion “the minimum length of an Exchange traineeship had to be 6 weeks” was established |
1976 - 1996 | 1st Global Theme Programme focused all international, regional, and local seminars on specific topics Both International Traineeship Exchange Program & Global Theme Program were implemented in AIESEC world. Themes like International Trade, Management Education, Sustainable development, Entrepreneurship and Corporate Responsibility were discussed at local, national and global seminars. |
1996 | Global Theme was developed “Interdependence – Learning and Acting for a shared future” was established as a core theme supplemented with different other themes for any programs |
Late 90’s | Focus on Exchange again |
1997 | Information system : Insight I was launched in 1997 |
2001 | Insight II was launched in 2001. |
Nowadays | AIESEC is the international platform for young people to discover and develop their potential via an international platform of opportunities that provides over 5,000 leadership opportunities, 3,500 work abroad opportunities, 350 conferences, and virtual tools to build networks |
Global AIESEC History
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