Deadline: 21-Mar-22
ASEAN Foundation has announced the ASEAN Cybersecurity Skilling Programme, in partnership with Microsoft to enhance the capacities of five hundred sixty (560) ASEAN teachers, non-profit trainers, facilitators, educators, youth job seekers, and fresh graduates as trainers across Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, The Philippines, and Vietnam to build a safer and more resilient digital ecosystem for the ASEAN Community on Cybersecurity.
The ASEAN Cybersecurity Skilling Programme is a flagship programme of ASEAN Foundation, in partnership with Microsoft. The programme supports the ASEAN ICT Masterplan 2020 and ASEAN Work Plan on Education 2021-2025.
The ASEAN Foundation and Microsoft will collaborate with local implementing partners whose vision and mission align with the programme’s objective. As such, the ASEAN Foundation and Microsoft are seeking fourteen (14) not-for-profit organisations based in the ASEAN region to organise the Training of Trainers (ToT) and implement the Empowerment Sessions for underserved youths.
Benefits
The ASEAN Foundation and Microsoft will award a grant to each selected partner to implement the Training of Trainers and Empowerment Sessions. The grant will be disbursed in the three tranches as follow:
- 30% after Deliverables 1-3 are completed;
- 50% after Deliverables 5-6 are completed; and
- 20% after Deliverables 4,7,8 are completed.
Aside from the grant, the selected implementing partners will have a regional exposure, access to ASEAN’s Foundation huge network of youth and general public, and the opportunity to network with ASEAN high-level officials. In addition, the implementing partners will also have access to Microsoft’s resources on Cybersecurity. Furthermore, the ASEAN Foundation will constantly publicize its engagement with said implementing partners throughout the engagement. Through this partnership, the ASEAN Foundation will help the implementing partner increase its brand exposure.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Training of Trainers aim to target at least 560 participants from seven (7) ASEAN-member states, while the Empowerment Sessions aim to target 30,000 end beneficiaries, targeting at underserved youths age 15-35 which fall under the following defined groups:
- Youths living in slum areas, remote area, or tier 2/tier 3 cities
- Youths living with disabilities
- Youths from certain ethnic groups
- Youths from certain gender identity
- Youths with no access to or lack of access to technology
- Furthermore, the ToT will also target teachers, fresh graduates, and youth job seekers to help them improve their skills to find employment. Therefore, it is essential for the local implementing partners to have access to the said groups.
- After the successful completion of the ToT, the Empowerment Sessions will be organised targeting the same beneficiaries with the help of the participants who benefitted from the ToT. These participants will now be the trainers of the Empowerment Sessions.
Requirements
The implementing partners must meet the following requirements:
- An organisation whose vision and mission is to provide technology-oriented skills and relevant skills needed for Industrial Revolution 4.0
- Are not-for-profit organisations
- Having experience in conducting capacity building programme for youths
- Are based in ASEAN-region
- Are not affiliated with any political parties
For more information, visit https://www.aseanfoundation.org/implementing_partner_for_asean_cybersecurity_skilling_programme