Sending AIESEC Entity – official local chapter of AIESEC which carried out the selection process of an intern, uploaded its form to MyAIESEC.net, and is or was responsible for its preparation, matching, and reintegration. Hosting AIESEC Entity – The official local committee or national body of AIESEC that carries out the internship (Exchange) Program with an Organization by uploading the internship exchange form to MyAIESEC.net, matching the internship, and organizing the intern’s reception and integration. Member Committee (MC) – Any national headquarter formally recognized as such by AIESEC International. The Member Committee is the final responsible regarding the activities of any of its Local Committees. Sponsor Member or Sponsoring Country - A sponsor member is the Member Committee which is supporting the extension of AIESEC to a new country or territory AIESEC International (AI) – Foundation administered by the Management Board of Stichting AIESEC International, having it’s official office located at 126 Teilingerstraat, NL-3032 AW Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Internship Pools Definition 1.6. Internships (TNs) should be classified into pools based on the job description they offer and not the Organization type or Salary size. Interns (EPs) should be classified into pools based on the job descriptions they have the highest interest in and on their ability to fulfill the academic and working backgrounds required by those job descriptions. 1.7. The definition of the internship pools are as follows: a) A Development internship (also known as DT: Development Traineeship) is based on areas related to community development issues. Community development seeks to empower individuals or groups of people by providing these groups with the skills they need to affect change in their own communities or creating direct impact on community (E.g.: cultural education for students to increase cross cultural awareness and understanding). A DT Intern must be motivated and prepared to work in the field of development and cannot be matched just on the basis of fulfilling the academic and working background requirements of the organization. b) Education Internships An Education internship (a.k.a. ET: Education Traineeship) is one in which the job description involves the majority of time being spent teaching certain language or subject with objective of transferring knowledge for academic purpose. The Intern must have the academic and working backgrounds in the field of education or training. (E.g. cultural education for students who are in the field of studying cultures, teaching management subjects ) c) Management Internships A Management internship (a.k.a. MT: Management Traineeship) is one in which the Intern spends the majority of their time working in areas related to management. These areas may include business, administration, finance, accounting, marketing, project management, organizational management or human resources, life or medial sciences, law etc. d) Technical Internships A Technical internship (a.k.a. TT: Technical Traineeship) must be based on work in areas related to
Exchange Program Policies, v1.6 (EP Document)
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