2019/20 eMpowering Youths Across ASEAN inviting Youth, CSOs, and Social Enterprises

Deadline: 30 November 2019

Applicants are invited to submit their applications for “eMpowering Youths Across ASEAN Programme (EYAAP) 2019/20”.

This year’s programme offers a new format where they will not only invite talented youth across the region, but also registered civil society organisations (CSOs) and social enterprises (SEs) in Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines to submit their applications.

The selected 100 youths as well as shortlisted CSOs and SEs will converge in Bangkok, Thailand around March 2020 to take part in the Regional Workshop of EYAAP, where participants will go through a comprehensive capacity building workshop and work together to figure out the best way to utilise a total funding of USD 200 K (up to USD 20 K per project) to give birth to community projects that can make lasting, positive impact to the surrounding communities.

Eligibility Criteria

If applicants want to register as a youth, below are the criteria:
- Age of 19-35 years old by applicant’s next birthday (2020).
- Citizens of ASEAN Member States.
- Fluency in English, as mentoring, trainings, and general communication during the programme will be fully conducted in English, participants are required to be able to have verbal and written fluency in English.
- Full commitment themselves to one-week regional training from 2 to 9 March 2020 and two weeks of overseas volunteering project on from 1 to 17 April 2020.This year’s programme offers a new format where CSOs and SEs are openly recruited and the selected ones will be flown to the Regional Workshop of EYAAP in Bangkok, Thailand around March 2020 to meet with the 100 youth and pitch community project proposals to them. The CSOs and SEs with the best proposals and sustainability plans will have the opportunity to work together with the youth to develop and implement ten community projects in Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines with a total funding of USD 200 K (up to USD 20 K per project).
If applicants want apply as CSOs and SEs, below are the criteria:
- Must be a registered CSO and SEs in the host country.
- CSOs and SEs community project must fall under the following thematic areas: Community Empowerment, Arts and Culture, Environmental Diversity or Education.
- Fluency in English, as mentoring, trainings, and general communication during the programme will be fully conducted in English.
- Able to attend the one-week regional training from 2 to 9 March 2020 and two weeks overseas volunteering project from 1 to 17 April 2020.
- Commitment to continue the implementation of the project sustainability beyond the two-week.
- Commitment to mentor the youth from the mixed nationality of ASEAN Member States in the implementation of the community projects.
- Possess a bank account with any major bank in Southeast Asia to ease money transferring process.