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Youth Volunteering Innovation Challenge in ASEAN

Youth Volunteering Innovation Challenge in ASEAN

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Challenge

The Youth Volunteering Innovation Challenge (YVIC), under the theme “Impact ASEAN,” supports young volunteers throughout the ASEAN region in their journey to catalyze youth-led innovation for social impact and sustainable development by providing access to mentors and capital they need to start or scale up their projects.

Focus Areas

  • Localization of the SDGs
  • Sustainable behavior
  • Developing skills for life and work

How to Apply

  • All proposals for the Regional YVIC should be submitted through online application.
  • Incomplete proposals will not be considered.
  • Supplementary documents can be made in the format of photos, videos and any other creative media and sent to [email protected]. It will contribute only to the Presentation category of the scoring process.

Eligibility

  • A team of 2-3 people.
  • All team members should be aged 18-30.
  • All team members must be currently residing in their own home country listed below: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore.
  • Projects should demonstrate collaborative approaches of working with various partners from government, grassroots organizations, communities, networks.
  • If selected, the winning teams must be able to work with their mentor right after the workshop
  • If selected, the winning teams must be able to start implementing their project right after the workshop.

Prize

Start Up stage (National Workshops)

  • Up to 3 winning teams from each country will be awarded with Start Up Micro-Grants and provided with mentorship for the duration of 1 month after the workshop to prototype their ideas.
  • At the end of the mentorship period, the most qualified team out of the 3 teams is selected to attend and pitch their Impact Projects at the Regional Workshop.

Scale Up stage (Regional Workshop)

  • The 3 winning teams from the National Workshops alongside 7 selected teams from ASEAN countries will be invited to compete in a Regional Workshop.
  • 3 winners will win a Scale Up Grant worth up to 10,000 USD and mentorship on growth and expansion for the following 3 months.

Official Link

Deadline:1st May 2017

Specifications

Type of Opportunity Competitions and Awards
Deadline01 May,2017

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