1. General Questions
1. What is your inner motivation to apply in the MC of AIESEC Romania 2013 – 2014?
In my mind, this question, at it's base, will always be: “What is going to keep me going for an
entire year?”
My answer is AIESEC most importantly, the people in AIESEC The fact that I can work with an
AIESEC, AIESEC.
entire network and strive to develop and engage our environment and our community is a
powerful incentive to apply and to want to be a part of the national team.
It took a while until I was 100% sure that applying in the MC is what I want my next step to be
and the “Click” moment the moment when all the pieces fit together was during an
moment,
international conference when I looked around at all the delegates, facilitators and OC Team
and realized that it's something incredible that we are even here, sitting in the cold and
participating in sessions and trainings, all the while sharing views and new perspectives and
working as friends even if we just met each other. At that conference I received the question: “
What's the next step in your AIESEC Career?” and I said without a shadow of a doubt “ I want
doubt:
country.”
to apply as MCVP GCDPi in my country.
From that point on it was like everything was clear. I want to be able to be part of a team that
creates such “Click” moments for others and gives others the impulse to just DO MORE!
moments
AIESEC gave me a sense of purpose and it's been giving me something to do something to
do,
strive,
strive hope and dream for ever since I joined this organization. It's all about the idea that I am
part of something bigger that I am an element of a system that fights to create opportunities
something bigger,
and chances for entire communities.
The last thing that I want to leave you with is this: one of the things that anyone hears in a
presentation about AIESEC is: “ However much you give to AIESEC, that is how much AIESEC
However
you.”
will give back to you. and I am happy to say that I am not done giving or receiving.
2. What is the leadership that the World & Romania is expecting from AIESEC?
When I think about the World and more specifically Romania, I always feel like we form a
compass that can't seem to find it's North. This happens because there is a lot of confusion
regarding our values and principles the rules that should guide us and offer a safety net to fall
principles,
onto when we are faced with a challenge.
We get bombarded with different messages of what is right and wrong, of what should be and
what is. We are confused.
This is where AIESEC comes in. AIESEC has the capacity to offer a frame where strong values
and principles can be set and then sent out in the external environment, in Romania and the
World.

2. AIESEC can change things from the inside it can reach different environments be they non-
inside,
corporate or corporate ones. It can change things from the inside with the help of change
agents.
agents
Change
Member @Way ELD Agent
So if you will, we can look at change agents as spies, that use different gadgets in their spy box,
provided by the Central Development Agency known as AIESEC. Those gadgets vary from
strategic thinking to empathy, they showcase a good set of values principles and an international
values,
support network to rely on during secret missions in a varied number of fields ranging from
entrepreneurship to social development to politics and economics.
But to be able to use those gadgets we need a space to practice That is achieved by the
practice.
projects that we organize but that do not really have the desired impact, why is that? I think it's
because we are afraid to think bigger and we shouldn't, because only thinking big and acting
upon it will let us be more visible. People can't look for something to satisfy their needs if they
don't know it is there.
As expectations go, I think that we expect of ourselves to be present in the external
environment and to shout as a unit, as a group until our voices are heard. And guess what? If we
all do that at once, with structured plans and with big results, we might just make it.
What I am trying to say, in a very round about kind of way, is that we need to engage and we
need to be more engaged, we need to participate and to get involved. We need to see
challenges through, create solutions and DO MORE
MORE.
I think that through everything that I said here AIESEC leadership can be called value-based
value-
leadership,
leadership or principle-based leadership and it can be summarized in one simple quote: “Be the
change you want to see in the world!” We can only be that change if we start thinking about all
of our members as AIESEC Ambassadors and preparing them just for that.
what
3. Having in mind a SWOT analysis for AIESEC in Romania, what is the role of AIESEC in
Romania? Based on that, how can AIESEC in Romania be more relevant?
The way that I tried to answer this question, along with analyzing AIESEC Romania's SWOT
chart was to ask myself the question: “What would happen if AIESEC Romania would
disappear?”
The role of AIESEC in Romania is one of the most complex, challenging and rewarding roles
there are. It is about being an enabler on a social, entrepreneurial and human scale. What
AIESEC does is create the environment where:

3. Awareness Development Interactions Networking
We can become more relevant by making ourselves heard and seen. That means that we need
to diversify our products by breaking into new markets consolidating old ones Something that
markets, ones.
is crucial is having a good product packaging if externally we can not make ourselves
packaging,
understood then we do not have a chance to become relevant and to fulfill needs for the
external environment.
As an internal direction AIESEC can become more relevant if the members understand the
direction,
organization and why we do the things we do. A high focus on education and organizational
education,
knowledge will aid in developing members who are not only prepared process wise but also are
prepared to be AIESEC Ambassadors in the external environment.
The glue for all of these directions will be the synergy in the country The way the LC s work
country.
together and the way that we communicate as an entire unit not as 15 separate entities
(MC+LC s). Creating a collaborative environment where members, VP s, LCP s and MC Team
alike can be transparent will help us be on the same page when it comes to presenting ourselves
in the external environment.
4. AIESEC Romania is halfway towards our 2015 midterm ambition. Evaluate our key
achievements from 2010 and key things that should happen in the next 3 years.
• achievements:
Key achievements
o establishing a better connection with SDV for gROw
o the implementation of the VP AD position at LC level
o Romania is one of the piloting countries for the NPS system (both domestic and
exchange)
o encouraging a team-based structure
team-
o focus brought back on exchangers
o increase on GIPi numbers
o implementing sub-programs and sub-pools strategies
sub- sub-
o EVS accreditation
o increased relevance of RYLF
I will divide the key things that have to happen in the next 3 years between the international
directions:
1. Cross-generational impact it is all about the alumni. So far, because of the introduction
Cross impact:
of the VP Alumni Development in half of the LC s alumni relations have been improved
but the networks are not yet consolidated and solidified. We need to create more
products aimed at the alumni, so we can keep them engaged with the organization and
products alumni
also offer a platform where they can reach out to each other and bring about impact
through different sectors in Romania and the World.

4. 2. Global Youth Voice the products that we are offering, overall do not cover the entirety
Voice:
of the external market To become a Global Youth Voice we need to impact the youth,
market.
therefore we need to increase our product variety and include projects aimed at
students, for students. We need to grow on GCDP incoming and outgoing numbers so
we can became one of the main providers of international experiences for students in
Romania.
3. First-choice Partner the growth on GIPi this term showed us that things are starting to
First- Partner:
develop. We need to consolidate, what will help will be initiatives such as AIESEC
Academy in the corporate sector to increase our credibility and relevance for them. On
the GCDPi, the NGO market is under-developed. What we can do is have the MCVP
under- developed
GCDP Incoming and the MCVP Corporate Development work on product porfolios for
their respective areas and present them to possible partners. Also, going the route of
joint-
joint-project creation and implementation with an issue NGO will increase our chances
of becoming a first-choice partner.
5. What will be the changes that will increase the volume of AIESEC in Romania ELD
realizations for 2013 – 2014 term (have in mind the connection between our products
and external environment).
The changes that need to occur are as follows:
:
Internally:
Internally
- align education cycles (knowledge and know how between LC s) -> a structure of clusters
education
- solving infrastructure weak points for the internal structure of departments.
- institute exchange area allocation after each recruitment (encourage TMP/TLP efficiency and
numbers growth)
Externally:
Externally
- continue working on the sub-programs market in GIPi and Outgoing exchange programs
sub-
- increase number of national projects on GCDPi
- refresh the ELD product packaging (clarity and stability in our messages.)
6. What will AIESEC in Romania remember about 2013 – 2014 term? Describe which will be
the key milestones you commit to strive for during next term.
The term will be remembered for it's capacity to unite one national network and leading it on
the same path. It will be known for providing a consultative and supportive environment where
LC s managed to share and continue with their existing strong points and improve on their
weak points. The milestones that I commit to strive for during next term are:
• AIESEC Romania exceeds 1000 exchange experiences
exceeds
• implementing a national project aimed at the student market
• push on exchange area allocation after recruitments
• National Congress form and function (taking the major steps in uniting the national
network)
• RYLF (maintaining and improving a frame where members and wannabes feel connected
to the network).

5. 7. In 2014, AIESEC in Romania is the winner of the Global Excellence UBS award. Explain
why.
In trying to figure out what the UBS Excellence Award stands for and in the different
information that I gathered about the this award, I came to the following conclusions
conclusions:
- the criteria set for this award are set by AIESEC International and the general rule is
that the country has to show performance in every area and a high growth. But in my
enough.
mind, that is not enough
So what I think will be the things that will help us win the UBS Award in 2014 are the
following:
- being a united network that achieves high growth and quality on all processes
processes.
- being known as a national provider of qualitative international and domestic
experiences for diverse market segments.
- Establishing a brand in the international network as the country with the most engaged
members and a solid Alumni network
We will deserve the UBS Global Excellence Award because if we add all of the
achievements mentioned above we get this: AIESEC Romania established itself as a
country that provides passion driven performance in all processes and markets.