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“Empowering youth to be the competitive edge for Jordan, overcoming economical, social and environmental challenges through positive leadership and impact

on society”

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About AIESEC

AIESEC is the world’s largest student-run organization. Active in over 1700 universities across more

than 111 countries and territories, our international platform enables young people to explore and

develop their leadership potential for them to have a positive impact in society.

Since 2006, AIESEC in Jordan has been activating the leadership potential of 100 students every

year, through providing them with local and national leadership opportunities, international

internships and local & international conferences.

The Youth Leadership Forum

Held every year, the forum is created to be a platform for young students in Jordan to discuss social

and economic issues of relevance challenging their development and their role in the society to

overcome such challenges.

The forum’s unique approach of linking students with corporate and non-corporate organizations in a

2-way dialog enables students to build a stronger perspective on what leadership competencies they

need to develop in order to have an impact on the Jordanian society, as well as enabling partners to

understand the values, attitudes and behaviors in the next generation of leaders, which enables

them to design long-term strategies to utilize this youthful potential.

In 2009

The Youth Leadership Forum brought together 100 university

students, 10 corporate, non-corporate and governmental

representatives to discuss the relationship between youth and

these sectors , and explored topics such as; social engagement,

entrepreneurship and sustainability.

In 2010

The Forum again brought together 100 university students, and 10

corporate partners to co-create initiatives in which young people

can contribute to their society, and also discussed together topics

such as; CSR, Innovation, and ICT Development.

In 2011

With the challenging times the MENA region in going through, and

as the role of young people in Jordan is growing, the forum aims to

create a long-term perspective of the development of young

people, through I identifying the main socio-economic challenges

facing Jordan in a 10-years time, and the key leadership

competencies that need to be activate in young people today.

The Forum’s Historic

Background:

Since 2009, the forum has been

concluded 3 times, and each time it

has been concluded under a

different theme, whither it was

discussing the relationship of

different sectors and youth in

Jordan, innovating youth initiatives,

or identifying long-term

competencies for future leadership,

and every time, the forum’s topics

and success were very relevant to

Jordan’s social-economic situation.

Every year, the forum attracts

hundreds of students and tens of

corporate, governmental and non-

corporate organizations that are

eager to activate youth potential

and guide this potential to achieve

impact on the Jordanian society.

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Activities during the Forum The forum has a unique way to engage youth and the different participating organization through its

dynamic agenda, enabling young people to voice their opinions, and organizations to interact and

network and for everyone to cooperate together to find a common direction for leadership.

The agenda of the forum includes:

1. Panel Discussion:

Panel Discussions are used as a tool to kick of the forum by tackling the key issues discussed

during the forum, and allowing young people to directly interact and get feedback from key

leaders in the Jordanian social, governmental and corporate sectors.

Key members from previous panel discussions:

H.E Mr. Aqel Beltaji | Senator & Tourism Advisor for HRM King Abdullah II

Mr. Ihab Hinnawi | CEO of Umniah Telecommunications

Mr. Wisam Al-Rabadi | CEO of Ipark

Mr. Khaled Al-Kurdi | President of the Young Entrepreneurs Association

Mr. Hadi Al Farra | Founder & GM of 4Ps Integrated Marketing Communications

Ms. Ma’ali Qasem | Managing Director of Schema CSR consultancy

Mr. Yousef Rabadi | Director of

Mr. Salah Al Taieh | Managing Director of Terra Vertis CSR consultancy

Ms. Nesreen Barakat | Director at To Excel Economic Consultancy

Ms. Rana Al Turk | Country Director at Youth:Work

2. Interactive Workshops:

Workshops’ topics are carefully selected to meet the forums objectives, whither discussing

specific leadership competencies or sectors in Jordan that are relevant in the current social and

economic development of Jordan, the workshops are designed in a way where they are based

on youth inputs, concerns and hopes and open a very interactive space for dialog between

young people and organizations.

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Topics from previous workshops:

Social Engagement

Social Responsibility

Entrepreneurship

ICT Sector Development

Pharmaceutical Sector Development

Volunteerism

Innovation

3. Networking Time:

As a platform gathering people from different sectors and all kinds of generations, we believe

that giving people to connect, dialog and network is very important to get concrete outcome and

impact from the forum.

4. Partners’ Gala Dinner:

Every year, AIESEC Jordan likes to celebrate its annual achievements and highlight business

opportunities between the organizations and potential strategic partners in the upcoming years

as well as awarding the key national partners of the organization, therefore, every year after the

Youth Leadership Forum, AIESEC Jordan invites its strategic partners and supporters as well as

the forum’s sponsors and participating externals to a Gala dinner where they can share AIESEC

Jordan’s success and network together.

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Features of the Youth Leadership Forum:

200 University students from across Jordan

10-15 Partner organizations

1-day agenda

Interactive environment

Partners Gala dinner for over 30 partner organizations

Up to 5 of the most relevant social-economic topics in Jordan

Media coverage

The Youth Leadership Forum in the media: Below are two selected articles from the 2009 and 2010 Youth Leadership Forums:

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Main Supporters of the Youth Leadership Forum:

Other AIESEC Jordan Initiatives:

AIESEC in Jordan runs a number of projects, programmes and conferences every year around

social, economic and environmental topics; all aim to develop leadership competencies in young

people all over Jordan with AIESEC’s unique approach.

You can learn more about each initiative at AIESEC Jordan’s national website at

www.aiesec.org/jordan: