aiesec jordan youth leadership forum
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A brief description of the upcoming Youth Leadership Forum of AIESEC in JordanTRANSCRIPT
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“Empowering youth to be the competitive edge for Jordan, overcoming economical, social and environmental challenges through positive leadership and impact
on society”
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About AIESEC
AIESEC is the world’s largest student-run organization. Active in over 1700 universities across more
than 111 countries and territories, our international platform enables young people to explore and
develop their leadership potential for them to have a positive impact in society.
Since 2006, AIESEC in Jordan has been activating the leadership potential of 100 students every
year, through providing them with local and national leadership opportunities, international
internships and local & international conferences.
The Youth Leadership Forum
Held every year, the forum is created to be a platform for young students in Jordan to discuss social
and economic issues of relevance challenging their development and their role in the society to
overcome such challenges.
The forum’s unique approach of linking students with corporate and non-corporate organizations in a
2-way dialog enables students to build a stronger perspective on what leadership competencies they
need to develop in order to have an impact on the Jordanian society, as well as enabling partners to
understand the values, attitudes and behaviors in the next generation of leaders, which enables
them to design long-term strategies to utilize this youthful potential.
In 2009
The Youth Leadership Forum brought together 100 university
students, 10 corporate, non-corporate and governmental
representatives to discuss the relationship between youth and
these sectors , and explored topics such as; social engagement,
entrepreneurship and sustainability.
In 2010
The Forum again brought together 100 university students, and 10
corporate partners to co-create initiatives in which young people
can contribute to their society, and also discussed together topics
such as; CSR, Innovation, and ICT Development.
In 2011
With the challenging times the MENA region in going through, and
as the role of young people in Jordan is growing, the forum aims to
create a long-term perspective of the development of young
people, through I identifying the main socio-economic challenges
facing Jordan in a 10-years time, and the key leadership
competencies that need to be activate in young people today.
The Forum’s Historic
Background:
Since 2009, the forum has been
concluded 3 times, and each time it
has been concluded under a
different theme, whither it was
discussing the relationship of
different sectors and youth in
Jordan, innovating youth initiatives,
or identifying long-term
competencies for future leadership,
and every time, the forum’s topics
and success were very relevant to
Jordan’s social-economic situation.
Every year, the forum attracts
hundreds of students and tens of
corporate, governmental and non-
corporate organizations that are
eager to activate youth potential
and guide this potential to achieve
impact on the Jordanian society.
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Activities during the Forum The forum has a unique way to engage youth and the different participating organization through its
dynamic agenda, enabling young people to voice their opinions, and organizations to interact and
network and for everyone to cooperate together to find a common direction for leadership.
The agenda of the forum includes:
1. Panel Discussion:
Panel Discussions are used as a tool to kick of the forum by tackling the key issues discussed
during the forum, and allowing young people to directly interact and get feedback from key
leaders in the Jordanian social, governmental and corporate sectors.
Key members from previous panel discussions:
H.E Mr. Aqel Beltaji | Senator & Tourism Advisor for HRM King Abdullah II
Mr. Ihab Hinnawi | CEO of Umniah Telecommunications
Mr. Wisam Al-Rabadi | CEO of Ipark
Mr. Khaled Al-Kurdi | President of the Young Entrepreneurs Association
Mr. Hadi Al Farra | Founder & GM of 4Ps Integrated Marketing Communications
Ms. Ma’ali Qasem | Managing Director of Schema CSR consultancy
Mr. Yousef Rabadi | Director of
Mr. Salah Al Taieh | Managing Director of Terra Vertis CSR consultancy
Ms. Nesreen Barakat | Director at To Excel Economic Consultancy
Ms. Rana Al Turk | Country Director at Youth:Work
2. Interactive Workshops:
Workshops’ topics are carefully selected to meet the forums objectives, whither discussing
specific leadership competencies or sectors in Jordan that are relevant in the current social and
economic development of Jordan, the workshops are designed in a way where they are based
on youth inputs, concerns and hopes and open a very interactive space for dialog between
young people and organizations.
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Topics from previous workshops:
Social Engagement
Social Responsibility
Entrepreneurship
ICT Sector Development
Pharmaceutical Sector Development
Volunteerism
Innovation
3. Networking Time:
As a platform gathering people from different sectors and all kinds of generations, we believe
that giving people to connect, dialog and network is very important to get concrete outcome and
impact from the forum.
4. Partners’ Gala Dinner:
Every year, AIESEC Jordan likes to celebrate its annual achievements and highlight business
opportunities between the organizations and potential strategic partners in the upcoming years
as well as awarding the key national partners of the organization, therefore, every year after the
Youth Leadership Forum, AIESEC Jordan invites its strategic partners and supporters as well as
the forum’s sponsors and participating externals to a Gala dinner where they can share AIESEC
Jordan’s success and network together.
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Features of the Youth Leadership Forum:
200 University students from across Jordan
10-15 Partner organizations
1-day agenda
Interactive environment
Partners Gala dinner for over 30 partner organizations
Up to 5 of the most relevant social-economic topics in Jordan
Media coverage
The Youth Leadership Forum in the media: Below are two selected articles from the 2009 and 2010 Youth Leadership Forums:
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Main Supporters of the Youth Leadership Forum:
Other AIESEC Jordan Initiatives:
AIESEC in Jordan runs a number of projects, programmes and conferences every year around
social, economic and environmental topics; all aim to develop leadership competencies in young
people all over Jordan with AIESEC’s unique approach.
You can learn more about each initiative at AIESEC Jordan’s national website at
www.aiesec.org/jordan: