AIESEC – Association Internationale des Etudiants en Sciences Economiques et Commerciales. From French International Association of Students in Economics and Management. Nowadays, the french acronym AIESEC is no longer used by the organization, since in the history AIESEC expanded to other backgrounds different to Economic and Commercial Sciences. AIESEC is the current legally accepted name for the organisation.
Structure
AI – AIESEC International – The AIESEC at international level with a mandate of one year AI coordinates all the national committees. AI includes members from different MCs around the world. PAI – President of AIESEC International
MC – Member Committee The AIESEC on national level with a mandate of one year MC coordinates all the local committees. MC includes members from different LCs form the country or abroad. The Bulgarian MC is in Sofia.
MCP – Member Committee President
MCVP – Member Committee Vice President
GST - Global Support Team
NST - National Support Team - team supporting an MCVP
LC – Local Committee – local section. The current number of LCs in Bulgaria is 9 – in Sofia (TU, UNWE, SU), in Varna (EU), in Veliko Tarnovo (VTU), in Svishtov (SA), in Plovdiv (PU), in Blagoevgrad (AUBG), in Burgas () ;
EB – Executive board includes the LCP + LCVPs
LCP – President of the Local Committee
LCVP – Vice-President of the Local Committee
Functional Teams
Comm – Communications Department - the team responsible for inner and outer communications, online promoting and online support.
ER – External relations department. It includes a team responsible for finding sponsors and/or raising companies and sales.
F/ FA – Finance – financial department responsible for all the finance that cycle through LC or MC.
ICX – Incoming Exchange – the team responsible for the incoming exchange participants, and signing the contracts with Local Companies.
LTT – Local Training Team – the team responsible for training the members, works in common with the LCVPs.
MaC – Marketing and Communications - Communications and ER combined.
OGX – Outgoing Exchange – the team responsible for sending local students abroad as Exchanged students.
TM – Talent Management – talent development team responsible for the trainings, motivation, development and recruitment of the members.
AIESEC Geography
GN – Growth Network (area of AIESEC expansion):
CEE – Central and Eastern Europe
WENA – Western Europe and North America
MENA – Middle East and North Africa
IA - Iberoamerica
AP - Asia Pacific
Africa
General
Alumni – A former member, who has been active in AIESEC, had a leadership position or went on exchange. He/she is still actively supporting AIESEC work (e.g. give trainings, advices…)
XP – Experience - in AIESEC- XP is every position that a member takes
TN - Trainee Nominee – mostly are the companies, organizations or projects that give opportunity for students to gain experience in the area of working.
EP – Exchange participant – the students that are here coming from abroad.They are part of project or interns.
GCDP - Global Community Development Programme - social experience abroad, 1 of the 4 programs of AIESEC GIP - Global Internship Programme - professional experience abroad, 1 of the 4 programs of AIESEC CEED - Cultural Envoy for Exchange Development – opportunity for old and new members to work in an another LC/MC for a short period of time for reasons of personal or LC/MC development
PBoX – Project Based on Exchange – every AIESEC project that include Interns.
OC – Organizing Committee – Organizing Committee. A group of people who is arranging a P-BoX, seminar or conference. They make sure a project is done properly. Some of the OC positions may include sales, finance, reception, logistics, communication.
OCP = PM – Organizing Committee President = Project Manager – Organizing Committee President – the coordinator of an AIESEC project or conference.
FACI – facilitator – people that help or give sessions during the main event. CHAIR – The main presenter, it is a must have on every conference.
GM – General Meeting - meeting of all the LC members.
GA – General Assembly - Episodic meeting of all the full-right members of the LC which is
arranged when important decisions should be made.
MD – Meeting Diversity – an important PBoX in the field of education.
WP – World Playground – an important PBoX in the field of education. CW – Colourful Way – an important PBoX in the field of cultural exchange.
BiP - Business in Practice – an important ER project.
RnR - Reward and Recognition
EwA - Engaging with AIESEC
LEC - Local Educational Time
KM - Knowledge Management
GEP - Global Exchange Partners; Global Entrepreneurship Program