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STEP 2011

STEP is a project which aims to link students with companies, skilled business men and women, which add value to them through mutual benefits, proceeding to achieve and spread two concepts; the internship and the Mentorship.

These two concepts are going to be implemented through three phases: Internship, Mentorship Networking Event(s), and International Internship.

Purposes

To provide internship vacancies in local companies for the students who are successfully passed the pre-last year of study in Damascus University.

To activate the role of business men and women as mentors for the fresh graduates and post-graduate students who are going to be employees or going to establish their own business.

To spread the concept of internship in Damascus University, and to drag the university officers attention to make this concept as one of the university demands.

About STEP 2010

STEP was released for the first time in JCI in 2010 in purpose to provide an internship program for the students of Damascus University.          75 students were participated in the project, they were either fresh graduates or successfully passed to the pre-last year of study.

Students were divided into three groups, each group attended a three days of training and workshops in business ethics, communication skills, team work and other modules.

After that students made their internship program in local companies from 15 July to 1 October 2010, and the project was closed on 10 November 2010.

Internationally: STEP 2010 was awarded as best business development program in the 2011 Bamaco JCI Africa and Middle East area conference on 12-14 May 2011.

Nationally: STEP 2010 was awarded as best business development project in the first national convention of JCI Syria on 21-23 October 2010.

Locally: STEP 2010 was awarded as best new project in JCI Damascus annual dinner on 30 December 2010.