Our LCP Anna attended an international AIESEC conference EuroCo in Kiev, Ukraine in October 2013. The conference gathered up 150 Local Committee Presidents from over 50 countries from Europe and Northern America. Here she shares her thoughts of the conference and what it gave to our LC. Being an AIESECer is not only about sending people abroad and taking new ones in - opportunities like these truly prove what you can gain by being and AIESECer.
" The conference started with a Global Youth Forum that was organised for ukrainian youth. The speakers of the Forum were from companies such as Mars and Microsoft for example - and also our own President of AIESEC International, Rolf Schmachtenberg held his speech. They talked about challenges that young people face in today's world. We also had a chance to discuss about various issues with other Forum participants. It was interesting to talk with young ukrainians and to hear what they think about their future possibilities and the realities of their society.
In the evening we had a Global Village in a nearby mall. AIESECers from different countries had prepared a table that represents their country. To the Finnish table I brought what I thought would represent Finland pretty well: Fazer chocolate, cloudberry jam and Moomin postcards. One whole package of chocolates was finished in less than 10 minutes by the people stopping by the stand!
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| Global Village - Finland edition |
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| Brainstorming the AIESEC way |
The conference itself started on the next day and lasted for the whole week. We talked about local, national ad global strategies, went through common challenges and found some solutions to them. The best thing was that we had time to talk with other LCP's and share ideas.
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| A Literal NETWORK of AIESECers - building trust! |
The conference was amazing and I would definitely recommend the experience to anyone who has the possibility to participate in an international conference. It's a great chance to realise how vast network AIESECers form and the possibilities we have to change the society to better direction. "
-Anna
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