Call for Applications: eMpowering Youths Across ASEAN (Cohort 4)

The Programme provides youth with an experiential and educative learning platform through social volunteerism. They collaborate with people from diverse backgrounds to implement their ideas and advocate solutions to grounded issues in local communities across ASEAN. They delve into an impactful journey to make a tangible, meaningful change among target communities in Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand.

Partnership Benefits for Implementing Partners

• The Programme will provide the selected implementing partners (i.e., Civil Society Organisations and Social Enterprises) across Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand with the following:
  • A grant of up to USD 27,000 per project to plan and implement a three-month social project.
  • Human resources (i.e., 10 Youth Volunteers from ASEAN countries) to be allocated for each implementing partner to run a project. They will be onsite for two weeks to run the project with the implementing partners.
  • Exposure across ASEAN as the Programme involves various stakeholders in the region.

Funding

• In addition to the allocated grant for project implementation, the Program will cover the following:
  • A round-trip travel from the airport in the country of origin (i.e., ASEAN Member States) to empowering-Youths-related events in the hosting country (i.e., ASEAN Member States)
  • An accommodation and meal during empowering-Youths-related events.
  • A variety of professional development activities.
•  the Program will not cover the following:
  • Transportation arrangements from home to the nearest airport in the country of origin (i.e., ASEAN Member States).
  • Travel insurance of the participants.
  • Health insurance of the participants.
  • Any expenses that are not directly related to the Program.

Eligibility Criteria

• Any Civil Society Organizations and Social Enterprises based in Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Singapore that meet the empowering Youths eligibility criteria listed below are welcome to apply. Civil Society Organizations and Social Enterprises that focus on issues of community building/empowerment, arts and culture, environment, and education are strongly encouraged to apply. Competition for the empowering Youths is merit-based and open to any Civil Society Organizations and Social Enterprises that are:
  • Registered in Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand.
  • Working on issues under the thematic areas of community building/empowerment, arts and culture, environment, and education.
  • Able to communicate, both written and spoken, in English.
  • Available to travel to empowering-Youths-related events in any ASEAN member state where the events take place.
  • Committed to providing mentoring support to 10 Youth Volunteers involved in their project, including but not limited to; (1) willing to help Youth Volunteers reflect on their work; (2) sharing networks/contacts; and (3) willing to give both positive encouragement and critical constructive feedback
  • Showing active online presence (i.e., being active on social media and/or having a website)
  • Possess a USD bank account from any major bank in Southeast Asia. It must be an organization’s account. A personal bank account is not acceptable.

For more information, visit ASEAN Foundation.