AIESEC in IRAN since 2007 Region Change from MENA to AP Report

——By Mowen, MCP 15-16, AIESEC in Iran

Dear AIESEC International and AIESEC in AP,

1 Established in 2007, AIESEC

in Iran dream to provide a platform for Iranian for cross culture understanding and

youth leadership development.

However, due to regional political issues, no collaboration

between Iran and MENA for exchange and operation.

2

3 Luckily, with the cooperation

with CEE ,WENA and AP, since 2012, we started to focus on exchange product and grew

from 5 to 70 in one year.

Now we want break the political limits and change region from MENA to AP, to get into global

plenary, start the collaboration and contribute to whole global plenary.

4

Give AIESEC in Iran a Chance This is the HOPE of Youth in Iran

CONTENT

•External Environment

•Political Issues

•Iranian to MENA Entity Visa

•Iranian to AP Entity Visa

•Positive External Environment

•Challenges being in MENA

•MENA Conference Challenges

•AI VP MENA Visit to Iran

•Internal Environment

•AIESEC in Iran OGX Realization with

Regions (2007-2014)

•AIESEC in Iran ICX Realization with

Regions(2007-2014)

•AIESEC in Iran ICX and OGX Growth

(2007-2014)

•Benefits for changing to AP

•Contact

Entity Embassy in Iran Visa for Iranian Duration of Visa taking Iranian EPs Trainee to Iran

UAE Yes Yes 10 days 1 0

Tunisia Yes Yes 1 month but hard 1 0

Oman Yes Yes Visa Free 0 1

Lebanon Yes Yes Visa Free 0 0

Algeria Yes No \ 0 0

Bahrain Yes No \ 0 0

Jordan Yes No \ 0 0

Kuwait Yes No \ 0 0

Qatar Yes No \ 0 0

Morocco No No \ 0 0

Egypt No No \ 0 0

Iranian to MENA Entity Visa

Entity Embassy in Iran

Visa for Iranian

Duration of Visa taking

Iran OGX EPs

ICX Trainee to Iran

India Y 1 month Tourist Visa 2 weeks 35 1

Mainland of China Y 1 month

Tourist Visa 2 weeks 9 6

Malaysia Y 14 days Tourist Visa Airport 3 0

Korea Y 1 month Tourist Visa 20 days 2 0

Indonesia Y 1 month Tourist Visa 8 days 1 1

Vietnam Y 1 month Tourist Visa 14 days 1 0

the Philipps Y 1 month

Tourist Visa 2 weeks 1 0

Australia Y 3 month Tourist Visa 1 month 0 2

Hong kong N 14 days Tourist Visa 45 days 0 1

Pakistan Y 1 month Tourist Visa 20 days 0 1

Singapore Y 1 month Tourist Visa 12 days 0 1

Entity Embassy in Iran

Visa for Iranian

Duration of Visa taking

Iran OGX EPs

ICX Trainee to Iran

Afganastan Y 1 month Tourist Visa 1 week 0 0

Japan Y 3 month Tourist Visa 1 month 0 0

Tainland Y Y 4 days 0 0

Sri Lanka Y 1 month Tourist Visa

visa on arrival 0 0

New Zealand Y Y 1 month 0 0

Taiwan N Y Get from Dubai 0 0

Nepal N Y not sure 0 0

Cambdia N Visa on Arrival not sure 0 0

Laos N Visa on Arrival not sure 0 0

Myanmar N not sure 0 0

Mogolia N not sure 0 0

Iranian to AP Entity Visa

Iran is fast becoming a

middle-aged country,The

largest age bracket now is

25- to 29-year-olds.

Iran: The revolution is overEducation

Employment !Issues

Tourism!and culture!

Industry

Hot Topics in Iran

AIESEC : ICX GCDP

Project

AIESEC: Talent development for

youth in universities.

AIESEC: Entrepreneur Leadership

Development and OGX Product

Positive External Environment in Iran

• Only 3 realization with

MENA for OGX and

ICX since AIESEC in

Iran was established,

which is the last one

from all regions.

MCP Summit

• MCP is not able to

travel to MCP

summits for region

for planing and

collaboration for

the past years due

to visa issues.

• AIESEC in Iran

members are not

able to travel to

MENA XLDS or other

regional conferences

due to visa issues.

• No CEEDer between

Iran and MENA to

cooperate and support

in Operations.

• No MC’s entity-

partnership visit to

MENA for cooperation.

• Less Entity visits are

able to be

conducted by AI

MENA Responsible.

Challenges we are currently facing with AIESEC in Iran being in MENA:

MENA XLDS

Growth in Exchange

Entity Partnership

AI VP Visit

• AIESEC in Iran is being provided minimal support and learning for improvement of operations for MC team, LCs and members.

• AIESEC in Iran is facing a lack of space to align with regional vision and goals.

• AIESEC in Iran has not been able to align with the Global Plenary and global direction effectively.

• AIESEC in Iran is facing legal challenges and there is minimal space to provide support on that.

• AIESEC in Iran has been Leadership pipeline challenges. The current MCP is re-terming, and Elect MCP is an international. Only one Local member fit the minimum requires as MC Candidate.

All of these cause many issues such as:

• AIESEC in Iran has been experiencing unsustainable growth over the past years.

Exchange Growth

Regional Vision

Leadership Pipeline

Legal Challenges

Support in operation

MCP Summit Entity Iranian

Delegate Reason

2015 Bahrian Y International MCP

2014 Egypt No No embassy and no possibility for Visa

2014 Lebanon No Cost Issue

2013 Tunesia No Hard to get Visa

MENA XPRO Entity Iranian

Delegate Reason

2015 Morocco No No embassy in Iran and no possibility for Visa

2014 Tunesia No Hard to get Visa

2013 Lebanon No Cost Issue

2012 Morocco No No embassy in Iran and no possibility for Visa

2011 Eygpt No No embassy in Iran and no possibility for Visa

MENA Conference Challenge

Year AI VP MENA Visit to Iran

2014-2015 No

2013-2014 No

2012-2013 No

2011-2012 Yes (Nour)

• Nour’s visit made AIESEC in Iran focus on exchange product;

• The direct result is: OGX & ICX growth was from 6 to 70 in 2011-2012.

AIESEC in Iran ICX and OGX Performance (2007-2014)

0

17.5

35

52.5

70

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

1

9 9

1

6

19

4

13

0 1 25

14

64

33

64

OGXICX

AI VP MENA Visit to Iran

AIESEC in Iran OGX Realization (2007-2014)

0

25

50

75

100

CEE AP Africa WENA IGN MENA

291012

52

100

UAE GIP in 2010

Tunisia GIP in 2012

Poland: 41

Turkey: 24

India: 35

MoC: 9

AIESEC in Iran ICX Realization (2007-2014)

0

7.5

15

22.5

30

WENA CEE AP IGN Arica MENA

124

1516

27

Oman GCDP in 2011the Netherlands: 10

Germany: 7Poland: 5Czech: 3

MoC:6Australia: 2

AIESEC in Iran ICX and OGX Performance (2007-2014)

0

17.5

35

52.5

70

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

1

9 9

1

6

19

4

13

0 1 25

14

64

33

64OGXICX

• More support and learning for improvement of operations for MC team, LCs and members.

• More space to align with regional vision and goals and align with the Global Plenary and global direction effectively.

• With more opportunities like regional conference and CEED programs, members from AIESEC in Iran could develop leadership in a better way.

Benefits to change to AP:

• With 22 universities in Tehran, AIESEC in Iran has a huge market to send much more OGX EP to AP entities.

TN Provider

Leadership Opportunities

Work as One

Support in Operations

EP Provider

• Tourism and Culture Industry is hot topic in Iran, AIESEC in Iran has the potential to be top GCDP TN provider for for whole global plenary.

CONTACT

MCP 14-15

Hossein Don-Esfahani

hossein.don-esfahani@aiesec.net MCP 15-16

Mowen Li

mowen.lee@aiesec.net

AIESEC in IRAN Region Change from MENA to AP Report

AIESEC in Iran

is looking forward to join AP :)