Deadline: 24-May-21
The Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) and Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA) in cooperation with the ASEAN Foundation and ASEAN CSR Network, under the ASEAN-Norwegian Cooperation Project on Local Capacity Building for Reducing Plastic Pollution in the ASEAN region (ASEAN), has organized “ASEAN Youth Social Innovation Challenge: Finding Alternative Solution to Plastic Pollution” to incentivize youths in business to make innovation and take part in tackling plastic pollution.
Objectives
The objectives of this activity are as follows:
- To empower early-stage social business through capacity building, mentorship, and financial support
- To inspire youth-led social businesses to make innovations toward reducing plastic pollution
- To raise awareness about plastic pollution among ASEAN youth
- To contribute to ASEANO project outputs and build capacity amongst businesses to tackle plastic pollution
- To fill the gap in private sector initiatives tackling plastic pollution in ASEAN
Funding Information
Through this competition, selected young entrepreneurs in 10 ASEAN Member States will engage in capacity building and get a chance of winning $10.000 grant and mentoring sessions to scale-up their business.
Expected Outputs
- Documented 10 best practice cases of social business initiatives
- Train 30 young entrepreneurs in reducing plastic pollution in ASEAN
Eligibility Criteria
- Youths (age 18-30 years old) with ASEAN nationality.
- Form a team consisting of 3 people.
- Actively manage a social business in the early implementation, has been in operation for at least 3 months.
- Each participant can only join one team.
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