Deadline: 31 July 2019
U.S. Embassy Bangkok has announced an open competition for organizations to submit applications to design and implement a six-day workshop (inclusive of arrival and departure days) in Bangkok on Economic Empowerment for the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI), pending the availability of funds.
The YSEALI Economic Empowerment Regional Workshop will bring together 66 YSEALI members (5 participants and one YSEALI alumni mentor from each ASEAN country and Timor- Leste) who have economic or business backgrounds, a commitment to social entrepreneurship, and leadership potential.
This workshop examines entrepreneurship as a powerful tool for economic empowerment with an emphasis on youth and social entrepreneurship. Economic growth and prosperity that occur in tandem with societal transformation or community development can act as a catalyst to engender even more growth.
This workshop seeks to empower a new generation of business leaders in ASEAN and Timor-Leste, who are not only equipped to succeed in starting and sustaining their own businesses, but well positioned to bring new ideas and thinking on how to tackle some of the most pressing social issues of the region: education, environment, diversity and inclusion, and community development.
Training in leadership and softs skills like advocacy, negotiation, personal branding, story-telling are also included in the workshop. Development of these core soft skills is important to the success of emerging leaders in business and economics. Additionally, participants will have a chance to join cultural activities, company visits, and other site visits that reflect the themes of cultural diversity and social entrepreneurship in ASEAN and Timor-Leste.
Program Objectives
ASEAN is a major economic force in Asia and a driver of global growth. With technology rapidly shifting how businesses operate, one of the most important factors in maintaining this growth will be the ability of the region to generate quality employment and adapt to the needs of consumers.
By focusing on economic empowerment in the context of ASEAN and Timor Leste, this workshop seeks to equip 66 participants with the tools to start or sustain their own business and develop new ideas and thinking on how to tackle some of the most pressing social issues of the region: education, environment, diversity and inclusion, and community development. Over the course of the workshop, participants will gain the knowledge, skills, and resilience to ensure their enterprises remain viable into the future.
The workshop will develop participants’ leadership competencies in strategies for meeting the digital future, critical thinking skills required to adapt quickly, and upskilling/reskilling their workforce. This program contributes to ASEAN’s Outlook on the Indo-Pacific and its Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity 2025, which seeks to achieve a seamlessly and comprehensively connected and integrated region that will promote competitiveness, inclusiveness, and a greater sense of community in the ASEAN region.
Priority Region: ASEAN and Timor-Leste
Funding Information
- Award amounts: awards may range from a minimum of $200,000 to a maximum of $250,000
- Total available funding: $250,000
- Length of performance period: 8 to 12 months
- Anticipated program start date: June 2020
Eligible Applicants
- The following organizations are eligible to apply: include all that apply, and indicate US, foreign, or both. For example:
- Not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks and civil society/non-governmental organizations
- Public and private educational institutions
- For-profit organizations are not eligible to apply
- Public International Organizations and Governmental institutions
- Cost Sharing or Matching
- Providing cost sharing is not a requirement for this NOFO.
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted by email at the address given on the website under the announcement title “YSEALI Economic Empowerment Regional Workshop” funding opportunity number 19-BKK-NOFO-2.
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