AIESEC

I recently joined an international organisation called AIESEC in my university. Present in over 113 countries and territories and with over 86,000 members, AIESEC is the world's largest youth-run organisation. Focused on providing a platform for youth leadership development, AIESEC offers young people the opportunity to be global citizens, to change the world, and to get experience and skills that matter today.

Their line of authority is quite interesting. Their headquarters is situated in the Netherlands and is run by youths for youths. There, they decide on the virtues of AIESEC and set the goals intended to be carried out for a certain period of time. From there, it branches out to each continent, having its own committee running activities within each region and ensuring the right branding of AIESEC so it won't get misused. Moving on, each country has its own Member Committee running all the Local Committees in certain universities and higher-learning institutions throughout the country. It is currently present in 12 universities in Malaysia.

Within each Local Committee, there's 9 main divisions. I'm currently situated in the communications division being in-charge of multimedia.

AIESEC has 4 programs running all year round which is divided into 2 categories, Membership and Exhanges. For membership, there's the Team Member Program (TMP) and Team Leader Program (TLP) which is self-explanatory. As for the Exhange programs, there's the Global Internship Program (GIP) and Global Community Development Program (GCDP). GIP is for those that want to participate as an intern in a company of a foreign country.

Annually, there's over 500 conferences held by different countries all over the world, so there's a lot of chances to be connected globally. I see AIESEC as more than just a platform to better myself in terms of personal development and also to harness my people skills which I really lack, it's much more than that. I feel as though i'm a part of something bigger, a life-changer, a leader, family.