Deadline: 18 January 2020
Youth Sustainable Impact (YSI) is currently seeking applications for its 2020 Southeast Asia Innovation programme to bring together South east Asian Youth to innovate for sustainable development.
This fully funded Innovation Programme focuses on shaping applicants into an innovator, and enables them to work in strong teams or individually to create lasting solutions to Southeast Asia’s pressing Energy, Food & Circular Economy problems.
They support people who have the potential and the willingness to create tangible social impact. So if they’re applying in search of a founding team, fantastic! it specialize in forging strong regional teams and supporting them during their initial phases of running an impact company.
Young Sustainable Impact (YSI)
YSI SEA is a registered social enterprise in Singapore, run as an independent organization sharing the same mission, with an increasing focus in the areas of Energy Transitions, Food & Agriculture and Circular Economy.
YSI SEA aims to serve the Southeast Asian community and drive impact in the region by empowering youth through our programmes and courses, while developing close connections to young minds and established organizations across the region.
Focus Areas
Dive into 1 of 3 focus areas, each with its unique opportunities and challenges to drive impact and build a start-up with immense market potential.
- Energy Transition;
- Future of Food & Agriculture;
- Circular Economy.
Benefits
Fully Funded 5 Month Innovation Programme provides:
- A Driven Team
- Applicants do not need to worry about finding people who are as passionate as they to tackle an issue – leave it to YSI. YSI will provide them with a batch of the most driven youth across Southeast Asia, take some time to get to know them, and then choose to form a team or work solo.
- Knowledge
- YSI have developed their own sustainability curriculum in the 3 verticals and knowledge bank to help applicants create a startup from scratch. YSI keep a look out for the latest development in the space so that applicants get access to the best that YSI have to offer.
- Fully Funded Trip to Singapore
- YSI will fly applicants to Singapore at the end of the online programme where they will meet their teammates and/or work on their ideas. These 9 days will be optimised to communicate and launch their startup, and provide them with practical learning opportunities related to legal, marketing and sales learning opportunities to start on their best foot.
- Further Funding & Support
- Up to $5000 funding is available to promising startups to ensure continuity and success after the programme. YSI will also continue to support applicants after the 5 months programme given that they are serious about pursuing their startup.
- Network and Community
- YSI have established a wide network of businesses and social enterprises applicants can learn from. Together with YSI Earthpreneurs community, YSI ensure that applicants are able to get all the help that they need to create a successful start-up.
Eligibility Criteria
- 18 – 35 years old Southeast Asian residents;
- Current or aspiring entrepreneurs looking to create an impact start-up who are looking for a founding team, or are confident in being a solo founder;
- Committed individuals with a passion for one of the 3 focus areas and a drive to see through the implementation of a solution and execution of their business plan;
- People who have one (or more) of the following:
- Demonstrated a track record of action to address issues related to a focus area;
- Has technical expertise to create software or hardware solutions;
- Has started or played a key role in a start-up in an area unrelated to sustainability.
Eligible Countries: Brunei, Burma, Cambodia,Timor-Leste, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand,Vietnam.
For more information, visit https://www.ysisea.com/our-program
