Tudi AIESEC ima svoje začetke. Vas zanima, kako je izgledalo njegovo ustanavljanje v petdesetih letih prejšnjega stoletja? Preberite si pogled Srečka Jamniška, ustanovitelja AIESECa Jugoslavije.
Since the foundation of AIESEC International in 1948, there has always been a tendency to expand the organization to other countries. Considering the economic and political situation, these were wishes that few organizations, especially non-profit organizations, dared to dream. On the other hand, the students wanted the arrival of international organizations, as they could open doors for them abroad.
Eden takih študentov je bil tudi Srečko Jamnišek, ki je slišal za mednarodno organizacijo, ki je na zahodu marsikateremu študentu omogočila, da je odšel na strokovno prakso v tujino. Brez odlašanja je stopil v kontakt z organizacijskim odborom, ki je s strahom poslušal idejo o širitvi v Jugoslavijo, saj bi bila to prva država vzhodnega bloka, ki bi prejela članstvo. Najbolj so se bali, da bi socialistične ideje vdrle v organizacijo, na drugi strani pa se je partija bala, da bodo revolucionarne ideje načele politični sistem v Jugoslaviji.
Fortunately, both sides saw mainly the positive aspects of the organization's presence in Yugoslavia, and so in 1953 Sreček was entrusted with the first mandate of managing AIESEC Yugoslavia. According to him, AIESEC was first established in the larger cities of Yugoslavia; on Slovenian territory, it was first established in Ljubljana at the Faculty of Economics.
AIESEC was well received by young people in Yugoslavia, as it offered opportunities abroad - the chance for students to learn foreign languages, to get a passport, to look beyond the borders of the Eastern Bloc and, in accordance with the vision of AIESEC, to expand the mindset of peace and the improvement of human potential , and they return enriched with the experience of the business world of Western Europe. Therefore, it is not surprising that already in the first year they realized around 50 exchanges.
Together with the increasingly international mindset of the students, the desire for an ever-increasing presence of AIESEC in the Slovenian space also grew. Thus, in 1964, the local committee of AIESEC Maribor was established at the Faculty of Economics and Business, and in 1972, the local committee of AIESEC Kranj was established at the Faculty of Organizational Sciences.
Unfortunately, we know very little about the activities of AIESEC in this period, but we can say with certainty that together with the number of AIESEC countries, the cooperation of AIESEC Slovenia with foreign countries also grew, and consequently also the number of active members and implemented practices. The biggest turning point for AIESEC Slovenia was in 1991 with the independence of Slovenia. Following the example at the national level, AIESEC Slovenia applied for and received independence at the international level in 1992.
The breakup of Yugoslavia did not slow down the development and activities of AIESEC Slovenia, on the contrary. The number of projects, active members and internships increased from year to year until 2001, when AIESEC International, due to the increasing scope of activities, limited the field of activity to projects directly related to the exchange.
At the same time, AIESEC's approach to the individual and society has also changed. While projects were increasingly based on pressing social problems and emerging markets, the approach to the individual became structured and based on personal development and improvement. Only the connection of the largest partners, the definition of the 2010 vision and the structuring of the competence model shaped AIESEC into what we know today.
Omeniti velja tudi, da sta bila v zgodovini AIESEC Slovenije dva poskusa ustanovitve lokalnega odbora AIESEC Obala, ki pa sta oba žalostno propadla. Kljub vsemu pa je delovanje ostalih treh lokalnih odborov od odprtja do danes ostalo nepretrgano.
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