A unique Approach
Before
starting the internship
After the selection process, the student's data are being registered in an AIESEC
computer programme. This computer programme finds "online" the best matching
internship(s) available in order to offer the trainee the internship for which
he /she is best suited. In the corresponding city where the "selected" company
is located, AIESEC members are looking for accommodation, arranging all necessary
residence, working permits and visa formalities. In order to allow our students
a proper preparation, AIESEC in Germany organises various Exchange Preparation
Seminars where prospective trainees can learn about other mentalities and how
to cope with living abroad.
During the traineeship
AIESEC-trainees are being looked after by the respective local committee during
their whole stay: They will be picked up at the airport, accompanied to their
working place on their first day and integrated into daily life by small private
parties/meetings or even by big national or regional events to which all AIESEC
members and trainees of the hosting country are invited to. AIESEC members can
be contacted at any time also in case of other problems.
After the traineeship
Upon their return the trainees report to interested students about their stay
abroad in order to share their experiences and to pass on the thought of cultural
understanding.
The basis of the project "AIESEC meets EXPO 2000" was the traineeship exchange.
We realised 26 traineeships and member exchanges in several Local Committees
in Germany. Those traineeships were either related to the topic of EXPO, sustainable
development, or directly at the EXPO itself in Hanover. The trainees were coming
from 12 different countries ranging from Colombia over Egypt to the Philippines.
The participants of the project took part in a program that included a preparation
conference, several weekend seminars to different aspects of sustainability
and a Follow-up Conference to ensure that the idea of sustainability will be
implemented in the different countries of the world.
Trainees:
Leyla Castillo, Colombia
Wanda Garwin, Colombia
Julia Ocampo, Colombia
Elissaios Papyrakis, Greece
Nikos Floratos, Greece
Merit Raju, Estonia
Omar Abour Steit, Egypt
Tamas Levai, Hungary
Viktoria György, Hungary
Nidhal Battikh, Tunisia
Robert Hlep, Slovenia
David Korosic, Italy
Dagmara Perz, Poland
Farrah Liebler, Phillipines
Mario Riveiro, Guatemala
Alexandra Nistratova, Russia
Dmitri Alenouchkine, Russia
Ermina Sokou, Greece
CEEDer:
Lina Echeverri, Andres Vargas, Diana Herrera, Leonardo Galvez, Ricardo Moreno,
Adriana Villanueva, Johanne and Alberto Severino, all from Colombia
...without compromising future
generations... by Vanessa Weihbrecht, Team "AIESEC meets EXPO 2000",
on the Preparation Conference in May 2000
Summer starts in Germany
by Ermina Soukou, Trainee from Greece, on the Preparation Seminar in May 2000
Of Bikes and Solarcars: The
"Energy Transition" by Tobias Regner, Team "AIESEC meets
EXPO 2000", on the Nuremberg Reception Weekend, June 2000
An ecological Preserve in the
former Border zone by Nidhal Battikh, Trainee from Tunesia, and Martin
Hanf, Team "AIESEC meets EXPO 2000", on the Reception Weekend in Lüneburg,
June 2000
Explore EXPO 2000 by Nina
Hansen, Team "AIESEC meets EXPO 2000", on the Reception Weekend at
the World Exposition, August 2000
Focusing on Sustainable Civic
Engagement by Cornelius Brökelmann, Team "AIESEC meets EXPO
2000", on the Follow-up Conference, August 2000
Never trust technology
by Farrah Liebler, Trainee from the Philippines, and Tobias Regner, Team "AIESEC
meets EXPO 2000", on the Reception Weekend on Online Learning, August 2000
Working Sustainably with
Bayer AG by Julia Ines Ocampo, Trainee from Colombia, on her stay in
Leverkusen
TINOX - a Traineeship
from Inside by David Korosic, Trainee from Italy, on his time with a
solar company in Munich