“I served as President of AIESEC at Göteborg School of Economics and Business Administration in 1963-64. It was a formative experience and very much influenced my decisions to choose a career in diplomacy and international relations.

I proudly accept to join the AIESEC Global Board of Patrons. I hope by this to contribute to the success of AIESEC in student exchange and enhanced international understanding. The personal meetings with other countries and cultures are invaluable and indispensable in today's world which should be seen as a Global Village.”   Jan Eliasson

Aleksander Kwasniewski opening 60th celebration in Europe

Aleksander Kwasniewski, President of Poland in 1995-2005 and AIESEC alumni, will open the European 60th anniversary celebrations, on 9th May 2008, in the House of Parliament in Budapest. Just like many other heads of states or prime ministers, Mr. Kwasniewski is one of the leaders that have had a work abroad experience through the AIESEC Exchange Program while he was a university student. He participated in the program in 1977 and worked in Wuppertal for two months.
President Kwasniewski has been big supporter of AIESEC values, his speech at Opening AIESEC International Congress 1996 as President of Poland, His presence at Honorary Board of AIESEC International Congress 2006 in Poland, are still used as inspiration for the generation of future leaders that we have in our organization.

Opening Ceremony in the Parliament House in Budapest

This magnificent building from 19th century is hosting the official opening of the European celebrations of 60 years of activating youth leadership.

The Parliament or Országház was built between 1885 and 1902, at the time the largest parliamentary building in the world. The building has a length of 268 meters and is 118 meters wide. The parliament house contains more than 20 km staircase, and 691 rooms. The elegant dome has a height of 69 meters.

The main style of the building is neo-gothic with renaissance influences, but the base ground plan is Baroque. A strong Byzantine influence is noticeable in the interior of the building, especially in the marvelously decorated staircase hall.

Chair of the event- alumni Fernando Mendes

„AIESEC is not only part of our story, it gets to be part of who we are, and that is an asset that very few organizations have. “

Fernando is alumnus who lived his AIESEC experience in Portugal and several African countries. He is successfully running his 5 venture enterprises and still developing new ideas.

Fernando will host the European Alumni event as he believes that AIESEC was and still is a great idea and it will always deserve our celebration.

About Fernando