General

Alumni Opportunities

AIESEC Alumni are located globally, working in various professions and industries and playing different roles in their communities. AIESEC recognizes the fact that its Alumni are the biggest measure of its success. AIESEC Alumni are the agents of positive change which we aim to create.

We also recognize the value of our Alumni and the support they have continuously given us. We hope that more Alumni will reconnect with AIESEC and get involved in developing the organisation further.

Networking

AIESEC UA offers a variety of events where Alumni can network with each other and with current members in order to stay connected. The annual Gala night has since long been an annual get together for Alumni. The Champagne cantus is aimed more at recent Alumni and has been a tradition for years as well. In addition, we organize our annual Stakeholders Event. This event aims to connect Alumni with each other, with partner organizations and with current members. This is done in a reception style event, combining both networking and presenting the organization in its current form. And this year we also organized an Alumni Event, where we had brunch together with alumni and the EB.

Selection Procedures and Incoming Exchange

Both for the exchange program and the selection of the national and local boards, AIESEC is selecting candidates. Alumni involvement in these procedures can increase professionalism of these selections as their external experience can be an added value. Alumni are also active in a variety of sectors and companies and since AIESEC is always looking for more companies to provide exchange opportunities to our members, they can provide the first contact of their organisation with AIESEC or promote the relationship.

Conferences

Our national and international conferences do not only have workshops provided by members. External expertise brings a much appreciated added value to its contents. That is why AIESEC always seeks to involve partner organisations. An alumnus can add even more value by bringing both professional insight and an inside knowledge of the organisation. Therefore Alumni involvement as a trainer in our conferences can lead to very productive results.

Board of Advisors

The Board of Advisors has since long been an external body providing continuity to our local committee. Its strategic insights have always been an added value in planning the direction of AIESEC UA. The Board has been split up in a strategic part, where representatives of all different relations are connected, and a financial part, where AIESEC UA alumni get insights in the financial health of our Local Committee. Both boards are lead by a yearly appointed Chair. A special thanks in this report needs to go to Filip Roeckens, who has been mandated as AIESEC UA BoA chair for 2010-2011.

Coaching and mentoring members

AIESECers are people who want to learn from their mistakes and experience what it is like to start their own projects. Alumni can assist our members in their development through coaching and mentoring and make their experience more valuable. Since we started this year with a mentoring program we want to involve our Alumni next year more concrete in this. The more mentors we can find, the more experience can be passed through to our members.

Conclusion

Your involvement in AIESEC does not have to stop when you leave the organisation. Through the alumni network, there are lots of opportunities to stay involved. At the same time it is very rewarding to see new people having those experiences you enjoyed before and assist them in their development.