Christiane Stein

StepUp Conference 2017

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In Mid-November, 20 leaders from 9 European countries met in London, UK, for the StepUp conference of AIESEC Alumni Europe. The goal was to get-to-know each other, work on the planning of the NAAs and decide on the new Alumni Theme Programme.
The delegates arrived on Friday and enjoyed great discussions during drinks and dinner. This continued Saturday evening with a Warehouse Party with several more alumni from London.
After an introduction on Saturday morning, the countries worked on their planning and presented the highlights to group: more members, more activities, more impact. Among the event highlights for 2018 are
  • the WU Ball by AAAustria (13 January 2018),
  • the ERAC & National Alumni Conference by AABulgaria (10-13 May 2018)
  • the AIESEC & Alumni Rhine Cruise by AAGermany (28-30 September 2018),
  • the WOWcheWeekend by AAItaly ( May 2018) and
  • the International Start Up Meeting by AAUK (9 June 2018).
The afternoon was dedicated to the Alumni Theme Programme (ATP). In the past two years, a handful of projects took place in Austria, Germany and Italy to the theme „Intercultural collaboration – through education and sustainable economy“. After the theme was closed, the new ATP Manager Angelique Russo presented different projects linked to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and presented the results of a survey on the goals. AIESEC Alumni care most about SDG#4 „Quality Education“, SDG#16 „Peace and Justice“ and SDG#1 „No Poverty“.
Angelique Russo – ATP Manager
The discussion on a new theme lasted for several hours and in the end the participants chose „Break out of the Routine“ as the new Alumni Theme Programme. AAE says that “we have a positive impact on the world by continuously improving ourselves, our society and our environment. We challenge the status quo. Our actions are meaningful and we change our perspective.  We give back our knowledge and experiences to leverage the network. With our contribution we inspire youth AIESEC, AIESEC Alumni and the communities in Europe.“
Diana Severati

$ 1 billion in change

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Have you ever heard about crowdfunding? Crowdfunding is commonly defined as the practice of funding a project or venture by raising monetary contributions from a large number of people.
In this article we will focus on the lending-based model, known also as microfinance, and especially on the Kiva platform.

Kiva was founded in 2005 by a group of passionate people aiming to change the world by alleviating poverty. It is based in San Francisco (California, United States) and has offices in Nairobi (Kenya).

How does it work?

Joining kiva is free and each member could loan a variable amount, starting from $ 25,00, to a choosen project. You can browse all the project posted on Kive and decide which one you want to lend to.

Two kind of loans are available: partner loans (in 80 countries) and direct loans (US only).
Most partner loans do involve borrowers paying the Field Partner some interest, because of the high cost of providing small loans in rural areas and developing markets.

When the loan is repayed (the borrower repays the field partner and the filed partner reapys kiva, then kiva repays you) you will receive your money back to your kiva account and you can decide to lend it to another project or to transfer the amount to your paypal account.

AIESEC is part of the change

AIESEC Alumni and members have created a lending team on Kiva and we encourage you to join us.
Since its creation on the 7th of September 2008 the AIESEC lending team counts 215 members, % 219,375.00 loaned, 8,333 loans ans 38.8 loans per member. The total amount loaned through kiva is $ 999,419,625… on the way to the  1 billion milestone.

We want increase our impact and help kiva reach $ 1 billion in change. Join the AIESEC team on Kiva today, be a part of that change!

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