AIESEC IN BELGIUM

ANNUALREPORT

2013/2014

LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT

Dear AIESEC in Belgium,Dear friends and supporters,

AIESEC in Belgium was here.

This year has been the beginning of something bigger and better. We, the national committee, leaders, interns, partners of AIESEC in Belgium have BELIEVED, LIVED and SHOWCASED what leadership means to us: BREAKING BOUNDARIES.

Breaking boundaries was not the only stand of our entity but a mindset that our entity needed to show. Our goal this year has been to be proud but never satisfied by the initiatives and actions we undertook.This annual report is the legacy of a united, stronger and proactive AIESEC in Belgium towards all our stakeholders.

The growth in our professional internships demonstrates how relevant our programmes are for Belgian students but also for multinationals and SMEs. Moreover, increasing the visibility of AIESEC in Belgium through online and physical channels have been the key drivers this year for maintaining and building new collaborations with extraordinary organisations.

This annual report is not only a gathering of facts but the proof of our belief in progress and the picture of our annual achievements which are just the start for the future generations of AIESEC in Belgium. It is a pleasure to review our annual year by discovering who AIESEC in Belgium was in 2013-2014, our progress, the development of our membership, our successful collaborations and finally our partners.

Finally, this year has been an honour and blessing for the entire national committee and we wish an incredible year to the new national committee and AIESEC in Belgium as a whole.

Best regards,

HÉLÈNE YOHANNESPRESIDENT 2013-2014

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TABLE OF CONTENT

06 OUR PROGRESS

02 WHO WE ARE

20 DEVELOPING OURNETWORK

30 OUR PARTNERS

24 ENGAGING THE WORLD

32 NEXT LEADERSHIP

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AIESEC is a global, non-political, independent, not-for-profit organization run by students and recent graduates of institutions of higher education. Our members are interested in world issues,

leadership and management.

AIESEC does not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, gender, sexual orientation, creed, religion, national, ethnic or

social origin.

Our ScopePeace and fulfilment of humankind’s potential.

What We Envision

WHO WE ARE

AIESEC is the global youth network impacting the world through leadership development experiences. AIESEC has been facilitating youth leadership activities as well as international internships & volunteer experiences for over 65 years, developing a global learning environment across 124 countries & territories.

What is AIESEC?

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HélèneYohannes Belgian

LEADERSHIP BODYThe leadership body of AIESEC spans from global, regional, national and local levels. The national leadership body comprises of a president with other directors who manage the affairs of the operations of the national AIESEC office. This team is appointed through democratic election process that enables youth talent from across the global AIESEC network to run as candidates in the process. These leadership positions are for a one-year tenure (August - July) which ensures the continuity of the organisation for generations to come.

President

Rafael Carvalho

Director of BusinessDevelopment

Brazilian

DinaIsmail Egyptian

Director of OutgoingOperations

Business Development Manager

BrazilianViniciusOnofre

Director of CampusRecruitment & Projects

Belgian

Dries Deschutter

Business DevelopmentManager

Russian

Anna Prudhomme

Director of Marketing& Communuctions

NigerianBabajideOkusanya

Moldovian

AnastasiaVasilachi

Director of HR &Organisational Development

Thomas Vansiliette

Director of Finance &Legalities

Belgian

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OUR MISSION FOR THE YEAR

BOARD OF ADVISORS

Over the past years, AIESEC in Belgium has grown in performance and reach in the corporate and student market. This year, we aimed to take that further by empowering our local offices to deliver high quality experiences and tap into the huge potential and resources available in Belgium. We identified that Belgium as a country is faced with economic, cultural and personal issues which hinders young people from being entrepreneurial and self-aware. As AIESEC, our aim is to provide quality leadership experiences in and outside Belgium that takes young people outside their comfort zone to challenge them so they may be able to understand themselves and the world around them.In order to move AIESEC in Belgium further, we focused on evolving the organisation in three dimensions which were embedded in our entire operations.

ProcessOptimization

Customer Satisfaction

Promoter Showcasing

The Board of Advisors acts as a regular sounding board to the national team in respect of Strategy, program development, network development, budget and regulatory aspects. The board has a multi-year view on the development of the association in Belgium, which is not always the case of the national team. During meetings, they try to devote as much time as possible with brainstorming and Q&A, which are the most interesting moments for both the national team and the board. In respect of process, a quarterly “reporting” to the board requires a dynamic planning, organisation and follow up of activities at the level of the national office, which helps the national office to take regularly a fair look at the progress of its activities. Making the best use of board meetings also requires the national team to really focus on key success factors, to develop sharp reporting and presentation skills, to meet deadlines, and also to practise listening skills. The ability to report meaningful interim information (with comparison to last year and to the current year plan) in a concise manner is often a real challenge upon the first board meeting of the year.

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Marketing ManagerMicrosoft

Vincent Joris

The approach was very open and professional; board meetings were quite efficient, input information was well sent in advance so that we could use a lot of the meeting time to discussions. A very good point this year was the several contacts with the president months before the term started. I felt a very good preparation and anticipation of the work to be done. This was necessary as the plan was very ambitious both from a quantitative as from a qualitative point of view. The results are there to confirm the great performance and attitude of the team: more traineeships raised and a noticeable increase in the performance of the local offices. Indeed, the empowerment of the local offices is the key to a strong further development of the association in Belgium. This need a lot of coaching as well as sharing more control with the members. This is a risky and challenging move for the national team and the improvement of the local office performance has been significant, although a lot more can be achieved in respect of several local offices. So, there is still a lot of work for the upcoming AIESEC teams

in Belgium.

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CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF ADVISORS

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Philippe RaxhonTax DirectorGroupe Louis Delhaize

Juan BossicardICT and Creative Industry BusinessUnit ManagerBrussels Enterprise Agency

Olivier Dal ZuffoManaging DirectorNerea Group

Business OwnerMichael Fivet

Seshat Consulting

Sales & Marketing Coordinator

Mohamed Ouf

Education First, UK

Diplomatic AdvisorBelgian Government

Cooreman Jeroen

PHILIPPE RAXHON

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Every year,

companies and organisations partner with us to bring in young talents from across the world aimed at providing them with a practical and challenging corporate experience.

students sign on for our international internship programmes to go on a volunteer or professional experience abroad and break out of their comfort zone.

companies and organisations partner with us to connect them with fresh Belgian talent to power their industries and build their leadership pipeline.

OUR PROGRESS

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we brought in

In one year,

Back in my day, the national office comprised of only Belgians and it was very rare for us to have

exchanges outside of Europe. These days, the team is very diverse and traineeships are happening all

across the world.

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125 young people to Belgium

40 countries

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GLOBAL TALENT FOR COMPANIES

This year we had a successful Global Internship Program, as it is usual in Belgium. However, the thing that will make this year remarkable for AIESEC in Belgium is the fact that my team and I brought our entity back to the essence of AIESEC.

During our year managing this program, we created and applied the Leadership development plan and a Carrier Plan for our interns. We focused on Quality Internships and establishing partnerships with a purpose behind it.

We decided to focus on the customer and provide to the intern and to our partners the best experience, assuring them the delivery of the Leadership in every experience.

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All of the interns that we have do not want to do this job because it is providing something on their CVs, they want to prove themselves; that is the real driver AIESEC provides to young people. This capacity to go beyond limits and really provide your added value to this company.They don’t just want to do their job; they want to learn, develop and bring their own passion, creativity and perspective from wherever in the world they come from to help us grow in our business.

It’s really great to see this freshness of people who are very dynamic who want to bring their own element to the company. We want to help them develop themselves through these experiences because we truly believe that what they are bringing to us is a great value. That is why we’ve been partnering with AIESEC for the last 10 years.

It’s more than just a connection with young people. It’s really seeing how our two organisations together can make a real difference in the world.

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LAURENCE DUMONT

GLOBAL HR COORDINATOR FOR AIESEC

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This year we had trainees from all over the world driving business growth with our partners ranging from start-ups, to multinationals. The job descriptions of the interns were built around:

Luxembourg

Romania

Slovakia

France

Brazil

Bulgaria

Canada

Switzerland

Germany

Tunisia

Ukraine

Turkey

Ecuador

Taiwan

Sweden

Latvia

Australia

Mongolia

China

Venezuela

Slovenia

Colombia

India

Lebanon

Mexico

Lithuania

Spain

Argentina

Hungary

Morocco

Italy

Poland

United States

Portugal

The Netherlands

Croatia

Czech Republic

Hong Kong

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BUSINESS ENGINEERING IT

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ALEX ST-URBAININTERN AT UCB

During my one year internship at UCB in Belgium, I was able to manage large scale communication projects in an international environment. I learned so much from my dynamic team and was able to collaborate with management and company leaders from our affiliates all over the world. I could not have asked for a better experience with AIESEC and now I feel confident that I have the skills to be successful in my next

endeavor.

We appreciate our partners for making these life changing internships possible. For the next year, we would be focusing on taking our existing partnerships further, gaining entry into new markets and strengthening our partnerships. Contact me or the business developement team to join us on this on this journey.

ROBSON DAZZI

2014/2015

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...UPCOMING IN AIESEC

DIRECTOR OF BUSINESSDEVELOPMENT

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The AIESEC Campus Recruitment Programme is an effective and reliable way to promote jobs, work placement and internships, used by the best employers on the market. They enable exchange of information and mutual expectations, which in turn allows employers to invite students with an appropriate profile to submit their application.

CAMPUS RECRUITMENTEXPERIENCE

PROGRAMME MANAGER - TALENT MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENTMASTERCARD

It was a great employer branding exercise for us as we were not only able to identify the gaps of how students perceive the company but also challenged them and by showing concrete examples and involving them in interactive dialogue. This gave us a great visibility to the students were targeting to reach and created a buzz on campus about MasterCard. 37% of all applications for summer internship and graduate programmes in Belgium were from KULeuven. AIESEC gave us an opportunity to target specific audience on campus (very diverse) and get a

better connection with the students.

ANNA LISCHUN

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DIRECTOR OF CAMPUS RECRUITMENT& PROJECTS2013/2014

DRIES DESCHUTTER

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Job, internship and work fairs for university students. The AIESEC Job Fairs are open to all university students, but promoted and designed mostly for graduating students (Master 2, possibly Master 1).

18th November

ICHEC

20th November

UGent

26th November

UCL-Mons

10th March

UCL-LLN

13th MarchKU Leuven

6th March

ULB

6th November

HUB

Job Fairs

UAntwerpen13th NovemberThank you to

all our Campus Recruitment partners and participants for attending our Job Fairs across 8 campuses.

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Job DaysA day dedicated to company workshops to students on campus. Students are attending in order to gain insights from companies on soft skills, knowledge around the job market (how to write a CV, how to choose your first job, etc.).

18th November

ICHEC

27th November

UGent

26th November

UCL-Mons

10th March

UCL-LLN18th MarchKU Leuven

19th MarchKU Leuven

6th February

ULB

23rd October

HUB

UAntwerpen5th November

UAntwerpen19th November

Thank you to all our Campus Recruitment partners and participants for attending our 10 Job Days across 8

campuses.

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AIESEC job fairs, job days & events: the perfect platform for our Knack Go guide !For several years now Roularta Media Group, a Belgian-French publishing and printing firm and AIESEC in Belgium entered into an agreement, permitting both organisations to benefit from this cooperation and enabling both organisations to gain more visibility.During the AIESEC Jobfairs, jobdays & events in different campuses Roularta distributes the Knack Go guide, the magazine for graduates & young potentials.Throughout the years this cooperation has proven to be very successful and definitely an extra value for our guide. Thank you AIESEC Belgium! We enjoy the contact with the many AIESEC delegates.

ROULARTA MEDIA GROUP

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We understand the evolving needs of the corporate market to reach students. As such, we would be diversifying our products and repackaging them to suit both corporate and student needs more dynamically. To find out how you can engage with us on this, do not hesitate to contact me.

KAROLINA HALAREWICZ

2014/2015

...UPCOMING IN AIESEC

DIRECTOR OF CAMPUS RECRUITMENT & EMPLOYER BRANDING

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GLOBAL TALENT FORSTUDENTS

The Global Talent Programme gives students and recent graduates the opportunity to take on a cross-cultural professional development experience with some of the top companies from around the world. The programme specifically targets skill development both to meet the education plan of the intern participating as well as to support filling a talent need for the company.

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DIRECTOR OF OUTGOING OPERATIONS2013/2014

DINA ISMAIL

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GLOBAL CITIZENGlobal Citizen aims to enrich the education of young students by providing them with a holistic international experience. Global Citizen is AIESEC’s international volunteer internship with a duration between 6 to 18 weeks that offers young people the opportunity to contribute positively to social change. Through this programme AIESEC is providing young students an opportunity to develop entrepreneurial and leadership skills through international internships mainly on social issues.

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India

Brazil

Colombia

Indonesia

Egypt

Czech Republic

MalaysiaSenegal

Sri LankaAustralia

Krygzstan

Rwanda

ArgentinaBahrain

Canada GermanyFranceLithuania United Kingdom

Romania

Taiwan

Peru

China

Vietnam

The Philippines

Italy

Russia

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Taking young people out of their comfort zone into a challenging environment that enables them to strive for more is what we pride ourselves in. For the upcoming year, we would work on listening to the needs of students and make it easier

GUSTAVO WALKER

2014/2015

...UPCOMING IN AIESEC

DIRECTOR OF OUTGOINGOPERATIONS

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Japan

MauritiusMalta

Pakistan

Mexico

Nepal

Turkey

MyanmarUnited States

Dominican RepublicNigeria

GhanaGabon

Bolivia

Finland

Namibia

United Arab Emirates

SpainSweden

SlovakiaGuatemala

Netherlands

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This year, AIESEC in Belgium has had a total of 512 members, among which: 112 Leadership Positions and

400 positions in department.

After the first contact with AIESEC, each potential member fills an application form. This allows the local offices to gather the basic information and schedule an interview. During the interview, there are several points assessed such as our global competencies model, soft skills, time availability and fit to the organization.

DEVELOPING OUR NETWORK

Talent Management

Project Management

MarketingSales

Operations Managment

Finance

DIRECTOR OF HR & ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT2013/2014

ANASTASIA VASILACHI

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Our members participate in local and international conferences, workshops and seminars aimed at providing the platform to equip and empower them for the journey ahead. These conferences were facilitated by trainers from the national team, alumni and learning partners.

brought together over 80 members of AIESEC in Belgium to align the national and local plans for the year.

brought together over 200 new recruits and pre-existing members of AIESEC in Belgium to equip them with knowledge for upcoming operations.

was targeted at leaders of the organisation equip the delegates with practical leadership skills and knowlege for final months of operations.

was a joint conference between AIESEC in Belgium and France with delegates from both entities as well as Netherlands and Austria aimed at helping delegates map our their leadership journey and discover their potential.

was the final conference of the term bringing together incoming and outgoing leadership bodies of the national and local offices aimed at ensuring effective transition and continuity.

CONFERENCES

Kick Off

National Training and Motivational Seminar

Functional Meeting

Belgium-France Leadership Development Seminar

National Conference

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Leadership to us is...

not about showing the path to others but about teaching them how to use a compass

ROBIN NUTTENSAIESEC MONS

to constantly motivate and encourage other people to surpass themselves

MARIELA SAPUNDZIEVAAIESEC ULB

the ability to step back to let your team blossom...to thrive

IMAD ESSALIHAIESEC ICHEC

being inspired by future possibilities and collaborating with others to achieve what once seemed impossible

BERTRAND TURATSINZEAIESEC HUB

having the courage to coach others in order for them to go beyond their own expectations and still bear the responsibility for getting the result

KAWTAR EL-OUALIAIESEC ICHEC

about discovering and developing everyone’s potential! It’s believing that, no matter what happens, together with your team and a bit of creativity, you can reach the stars!!

MARTA CERVIÑOAIESEC LLN

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having a vision and being persuasive enough to inspire others to realize it

AIESEC VUBARIANE BIREKERAHO

listening, observing and taking action

LISA HUYLEBROECKAIESEC GENT

developing yourself to create a better world

BARBARA VAN DER BREMPTAIESEC UA

the ability to be a source of inspiration for people and the ability to pass down the knowledge

BABADI MUKANYAAIESEC ULB

the ability to make you realise that you can also be a leader

JEAN-JACQUES ZANIEWSKIAIESEC LLN

We are very happy to see members of our organisation grow personally and professionally in the span of one year. In the coming year, we would be focusing on building leadership models that would reshape the organisation and the world at large. If you are interested in joining us to make this happen, feel free to contact me.

CARLA SILVEIRA

2014/2015

...UPCOMING IN AIESEC

DIRECTOR OF HR & ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

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For many years, AIESEC has remained a secret to the world; we took an active step to rectify this by showcasing our organisation, partnering with other organisations and attending events, seminars and workshops in Belgium where youth voices where needed to tackle social issues. We also organise events of our own with the by collaborating with our network and partners.

ENGAGING THEWORLD

DIRECTOR OF MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS2013/2014

BABAJIDE OKUSANYA

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European Business Summit

Internships: A Call for Quality

VOKA Magazine & ING Interview

We were present at the European Business Summit as discussants. The event was held in Egmont Palace Brussels from the 14th-15th of May. With a representation from various parts of the world, we were able to understand the growing needs in Europe better.

Workshop at HR Magazine EventAIESEC was invited to deliver a workshop to over 120 HR Executives across Europe at the HR Magazine Event in Paris. We showcased the power of a network and how it can play a key role in

organisational growth and development.

We were interviewed by VOKA and ING for their publications where we were asked to talk about the role of youth in the growing corporate world and the unique significance of having an international and

diverse workforce.

We were invited as a youth organisation and internship platform to the Internships: Call for Quality event co-organised by Microsoft and the European Youth Forum. We were very glad with the pressing need for quality internships across Europe and we had our say and indicated how we implement this.

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GALA NIGHT

To celebrate the our journey together, we organised a Gala & Awards Night for our members, partners, alumni and intern. To crown it all, we recognized outstanding stakeholders for their support and contributions over the year with awards.

We would like to thank our partners, members, interns and alumni for joining us for this evnet with special thanks to Regus,ProVip and ProVlerick Business School

for powering this event.

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and our winners are...

Partner of the Year

PepsiCo

Microsoft

Quality Internship Award

Vlerick Business School

Unique Contribution Award

John Cohen

Alumnus of the Year

Phillippe Raxhon

Sustainable Alumni Contribution Award

AIESEC HUB

Purpose Driven Award

AIESEC UA

Excellence Award

AIESEC Gent

Growth Award

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BELGIUM YOUTH TO BUSINESS

FORUM

8th November 2014

Inspire Engage Act

Vlerick Management School, Brussels

Youth to Business Forum is one of our upcoming events. We would bring together 200 higher institution students from across Belgium where we will bridge the gap between youth and business, express the youth voice, but also create the gap between youth and business, express the youth voice, but also create paths and patterns in which each side will support and enhance the other.

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ONLINE ACTIVITY

We launched a new website aimed at providing more information and connecting us with our potential customers. With traffic booming everyday on the website, we are working everyday to create simpler and faster processes to connect us to our customers and partners even better.

We launched our YouTube channel and began showcasing the value of being international through our partners, members and customers. Pay a visit to www.youtube.com/aiesecbelgiumtv when you get the chance.

WEBSITE

AIESEC BELGIUM TV

This year we focused on increasing our visiblity and taking AIESEC outside the domain of secrecy. In the coming year, we hope to drive this even more as well as showcase the impact our organisation is having on organisations and students. To work with us on this, feel free to get in touch with me.

SISEKELO SINYOLO

2014/2015

...UPCOMING IN AIESEC

DIRECTOR OF MARKETING& COMMUNICATIONS

Through our media partner, we have a section on the European Sting news blog where we showcase our organisation as well as share our opinions on trending issues and topics that matter to youth.

EUROPEAN STING

The new online platform from our global office was launched in order to make searching for internships easier for students across the world. A few months after its implementation, we have over 2000 students signing onto the platform eager to begin their internship experience through AIESEC. Visit the Opportunities Portal to start searching for your ideal internships.

OPPORTUNITIES PORTAL

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NATIONAL PARTNERSVlerick has been a partner with AIESEC in Belgium for years and has continued to be a valuable contribution towards the development of our network. Apart from providing venue spaces for our events and participating in our Job Fairs, they participate provide a €14000 full masters scholarship to one international member of AIESEC as well as discount scholarships. This year the winner of the full scholarship is Lucia Aramendariz from AIESEC Argentina.

PwC continues to be a partner of AIESEC globally and actively participating in the development of the organisation and its members. Apart from taking interns at their office in Belgium this year, they provided a €30000 audit training for our internal audit team that comprises of members across our local offices across Belgium.

GSK is a new partner of AIESEC in Belgium which keeps amazing us with the infinite possibilities of collaboration and growth between both our organisations

OUR PARTNERS

For me AIESEC is really an example of an organisation that built its core asset in connecting young graduates with business life. Your way of working is one of the essentials in bulding a network of pipeline talent, creating connections with businesses/companies, enhancing and building employer brand and so on.

I am sure AIESEC can bring strong stories.

“GLOBAL BUSINESS LEADER VACCINES

GLAXOSMITHKLINE ”ANNESLIES MISSOTTEN

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PREMIUM PARTNERS

LEARNING PARTNERS

MEDIA PARTNERS

ASSOCIATION PARTNER

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karolina.halarewicz@aiesec.be

Director of Campus Recruitment& Employer Branding

Karolina Halarewicz

NEXT LEADERSHIPBODY

Back Row: Kawtar El Ouali, Gustavo Walker, Sisekelo SinyoloFront Row: Alessio Iadicicco, Karolina Halarewicz, Anastasia Vasilachi, Carla Silveira, Robson Dazzi, Pieterjan Keymeulen

kawtar.elouali@aiesec.be

Business Development Manager

Kawtar El Ouali

robson.dazzi@aiesec.be

Director of Business Development

Robson Dazzi

carla.silveira@aiesec.be

gustavo.walker@aiesec.be

Director of HR &Organisational Development

Carla Silveira

Director of Outgoing Operations

Gustavo Walker

Anastasia Vasilachi

President

nastea.vasilachi@aiesec.be pieterjan.keymeulen@aiesec.be

Director of Finance & Legalities

Pieterjan Keymeulen

alessio.iadicicco@aiesec.be

Business Development Manager

Alessio Iadicicco

sisekelo.sinyolo@aiesec.be

Director of Marketing& Communications

Sisekelo Sinyolo

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ANASTASIA VASILACHI

2014/2015PRESIDENT

PROVIDING LEADERSHIP...

VISION FOR THE FUTURE

ENSURING THE SUSTAINABILITY ...

EMPOWERING AND UNITING ...

AIESEC in Belgium has been going through a massive organizational change. We have witnessed only in the last year vast changes and re-framing of the classical processes.However, during a fast change management - each organization is exposed to the risk of losing its essence and being too numbers driven. In this context, I’m presenting you the key drivers of our network, which will move AIESEC in Belgium forward, while keeping its essence and providing valuable experiences to our members and stakeholders.

and Impact in everyday life, by ensuring a relevant development path to our members and an intense learning journey.

of the Experiences that we provide, by balancing the quantity with quality in the offered products.

our national Network, by empowering them and giving the needed support to grow.

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