AIESEC in The Netherlands Annual Report 22/23

My AIESEC volunteering project in Italy

Apr 30, 2021 | Experience Stories, Global Volunteer

In January 2020 I participated in an AIESEC Project on environment and sustainability in Castellana Grotte, Italy. I was lucky to stay six weeks in one of the most beautiful small villages I have been to. My work was about teaching the kids in the local Highschool on the UN SDGs and sustainability. My fellow AIESEC students were so kind to pick me up in Bari. They made sure I was safe and showed me how to travel to my destination.

How an ambition to bridge the gap has led to 14 years of exchange to the Arab world

Apr 23, 2021 | Behind the Scenes, Culture, Global Volunteer

Let’s go back in time to when the Nour Project was set up. These were the years after 9/11 and the death of Pim Fortuyn and Theo van Gogh. The founders of the Nour Project noticed that tensions between the Western world and Arab world were growing.

Handling stress of working from home

Apr 16, 2021 | Personal Development

Many people regard working from home as an overall goal for their work-life balance. They work with the help of evolving technologies such as Skype, Zoom, FaceTime, Slack, Google Hangouts and cloud computing. Recently, the work from home job force has gotten a push by the current global coronavirus pandemic.

A story of a female solo-traveler

Apr 13, 2021 | Culture, Experience Stories, Personal Development

I have traveled to 35 countries so far, of which sixteen as a solo traveler. In my opinion, you experience so much more when you travel alone, since you rely way more on the social connections you make on the way.

Organising the Global Health Cycle

Apr 2, 2021 | Behind the Scenes

Organising the global health cycle AIESEC is, in its essence, 1) a leadership organisation, 2) that provides cross-cultural exchanges. COVID-19 shut down the latter as we know it. Our challenge was to host it on zoom. The initial challenge “Well, there is not much...

The power of cultural intelligence

Mar 26, 2021 | Culture, Personal Development

A third type of intelligence, only introduced after the start of the 21st century, is CQ; Cultural Quotient, or cultural intelligence. Every person’s cultural expression (e.g. their way of speech, beliefs, norms, body language, rituals and so on) are influenced by the cultural society they are or used to be part of. Due to this unique, intrinsic collection of culture every person carries with them, we are all different.

How you can make an impact on your local environment

Mar 26, 2021 | Leadership, Personal Development, Sustainability

In order to contribute to making a change we have to start small. Think about your own community or city. Think local. In this blogpost I want to give you some tips on how you can help make a positive change for your community or city.

Connect Youth: Purpose Driven Networking

Mar 11, 2021 | Behind the Scenes, For Companies

Covid-19 triggered us to be more creative in finding ways to finding new ways to create value for our members and to make use of the possibilities that the online world has to offer. Hence, we wanted to create an inspiring online network event for our members. An opportunity for them to connect to the national network and to get to know different types of organisations in a valuable way.

Study Abroad or Internship Abroad?

Mar 7, 2021 | Global Talent, Internships, Personal Development

. Exploring new places and meeting new people are certainly a fun experience and contribute to your personal development. Many students realise this by studying abroad for half a year. Another option is to do a practical exchange in the form of an internship or volunteering job.

What is Climate Change?

Mar 1, 2021 | Sustainability

Climate change is defined as a shift in the average conditions of global or regional climate patterns over approximately 30 years. This causes global warming and unexpected weather conditions in every country on every continent.

Interview with Jesler, the author of “17 Sweet, Devoted, Generous Monsters – 17 SDG Monsters that Make the World a Better Place”

Feb 27, 2021 | Sustainability

In October 2020, Jesler van Houdt published a children's picture book based on the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals. As a current AIESECer in the Netherlands herself, we thought it would be nice to ask Jesler about her inspiration, motivation and...

Sustainable Travelling: How To Travel the World Without Flying

Feb 20, 2021 | Sustainability

In her blog last month, Anne wrote that educating yourself about your environmental footprint is a first step in contributing to a more sustainable world. Several websites can help you with this, for example, pages that show the environmental impact of clothing...

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