​BIGAIESEC
AIESEC exist because the world need leadership.
AIESEC in Finland exist because Finland need leadership
This page explains why Finland need leadership, what kind of leadership does Finland need, how AIESEC provide leadership Finland need.
Issues Finland is facing in a nutshell
One of Finland’s main policy challenges is the loss in competitiveness over the course of the last decade, during which its current account went from a surplus into a deficit. Over the past five years it lost 23% of its share in world exports. In April 2013 the Commission's in-depth review of Finland found that the country was experiencing macroeconomic imbalances.
In the short term, the main challenge is to attract new investments to the Finnish economy, in order to improve employment and productivity and to replace the industries that have declined over recent years. The economy should take more advantage of the country’s excellent research system to create innovative products and services and diversify towards less energy intensive sectors. Agreement between social partners on wage developments should also take due account of recent and prospective competitiveness developments.
A longer term challenge is presented by Finland's ageing population. To address this it will be important to improve labour market participation (particularly of older workers, long-term unemployed and the young) and the sustainability of pension and healthcare systems. In the case of healthcare systems, efficiency could be strengthened by continuing to pursue the restructuring of the municipal system. (European Comission 2013)
Youth should play a huge role in making Finland a better place and the world a better place as it is shown in the video above. So youth should be developed as the current world calls us for. And youth should be developed to create a new world the older generation can't even invision. By developing youth in this way, youth will have a bigger purpose in the society.
So what is current state of society and what is the current state of youth in Finland?
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The amount of socially excluded youth has increased.
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Resorting to child and youth psychiatric services, foster care, and open care in child welfare has increased.
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The amount of youth retiring on disability pension is increasing drastically.
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Binge drinking among 16 to 18-year-olds has increased and the proportion of those who drink until very drunk is at its peak since 1977.
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The amount of overweight youth has increased and the overweight youth are heavier than before.
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The amount of victims of viulance, bullying, and theft is higher than in twenty years.
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Within Scandinavia, Finnish families suffer from family violence and excessive sub-stance abuse the most.
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The proportion of poor families with children has increased significantly
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The amount of homeless youth has begun to increase.
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Young people's payment defalts have doubled.
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Approximately 200 young people are left without a basic education certificate yearly and approximately 8 000 young people in each age group are left without further education.
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The school success of foreign language students is clearly weaker than that of their peers and they are often left outside further education.
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Youth unemployment rate has increased; one fourth of youth in labour force are still unemployed. (Young People in Finland 2010)
Issues Finnish Youth is facing in a nutshell
From the above situation, we believe the impact of AIESEC in Finland is:
AIESEC in Finland should be dedicated to create youth leaders who will solve current and future Finnish challenges. We see youth leadership as the fundamental solution of all issues.
leadership value:
The youth leaders that AIESEC in Finland is creating are united for the purposeful vision of positive social impact, and being responsible, open minded and daring to make positive social impact happen by learning and doing proactively.
leadership competencies / skills:
The essential skills youth leaders develop are people skills, strategic thinking, critical thinking, decision making and conceptual skills.
AIESEC delivery high quality leadership experience (generate values in youth) by inner and outer journey in our ELD programs (Exchange and membership)
The values AIESEC experience generates are aligned with AIESEC values and Need of Finnish society.
Purposeful
United
Responsible
Open minded
Daring
Learn by Doing
Social Impact
To summize everything in one picture
