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EMpowering Youth Across ASEAN Application Package For ASEAN Youth
EMpowering Youth Across ASEAN Application Package For ASEAN Youth
EMpowering Youth Across ASEAN Application Package For ASEAN Youth
The programme encourages youth from all 10 ASEAN member states to leverage their
experiences, knowledge and put their project ideas into action and create meaningful
change for the local community in the Southeast Asian region. The programme aims to
build the capacity of youth in ASEAN region by providing them with mentorship, regional
leadership training, and overseas local community projects. The EYAA programme is
supporting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), ASEAN
Sociocultural Community Blueprints 2025 and the ASEAN Work Plan on Youth 2016-
2020.
Prior to departure, the selected youth and CSO representatives will participate in a one-
week intensive capacity building and orientation workshop to equip the youth volunteers
with the required knowledge and skills and to help them make a detailed plan for their two-
week community projects. The partner organisation/institution will attend the workshop to
help the youth groups with the detailed planning of their upcoming community projects.
3. OBJECTIVES
The programme aims to make a sustained and positive impact on ASEAN youth
empowerment and ASEAN community building efforts. More specifically, this
programme has the objectives to:
a. To promote volunteerism, social innovation, and awareness of ASEAN
b. To create an alternative career path for youths
c. To raise the awareness among ASEAN youths on social causes
d. To improve social and economic well-being of ASEAN communities through social
enterprises
If you are shortlisted to go through to the next process, please submit the following documents:
a. A letter of permission from your employer to take part in the eMpowering Youth Across
ASEAN.
b. A letter of Commitment which states that participants fully committed to taking part in the
programme.
c. Medical Certificate that proof the participant is fit, and travel insurance.
5. COMMUNITY PROJECTS
Each accepted participant will be grouped with 9 other accepted participants from the same
country of origin and each group will be paired with an overseas partner Civil Society
Organisations (CSOs) or Social Enterprises (SEs). Prior to the overseas project, groups will
go through an online learning series and regional training in Bangkok, Thailand (March,
2020). Overseas local community project will be located in Indonesia, Malaysia,
Cambodia, and the Philippines.
Below are the possible focuses which the CSOs might be working on.
Focus Possible Projects
Community Empowerment Structural improvement, livelihood, financial literacy,
entrepreneurship and skills training
Arts and Culture Arts and handicraft project, weaving, theatre and art
mentor, teaching music, dance and drama for youth
Environmental Diversity Agricultural business development, organic farmer,
support farmers in rural villages, and conservation
projects.
Education Project that boost the elementary school student’s literacy
and numeracy, skills training for teachers, work with
special needs children, teaching English for youth.
6. HOW TO APPLY
To apply for this programme, those who are interested are required to apply online on
http://bit.ly/EYAAYouth by 30 November 2019 the latest.
7. SELECTION PROCESS
The ASEAN Foundation will review your applications and will contact you should you are
accepted. Shortlisted candidates will be asked to submit the following documents:
• Letter of consent from their employers/institution/university and
• Medical statement (participants mostly will be working in rural areas, they should
be able to show that they are in a fit condition to complete the project)
• Proof of health and life insurance during the 1-week regional leadership training
and capacity building, also during the 2 weeks volunteering project
8. FUNDING
Accepted participants will receive:
a. A fully-funded orientation and capacity building prior departure to the community
project.
b. Return flight ticket from home country to the volunteer location
c. Meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner), and local transport
d. A grant to implement the two weeks overseas local community project1
9. INQUIRY
For further inquiries please contact ASEAN Foundation by email on
aseanempoweringyouth@aseanfoundation.org
1
A group of 10 volunteers will manage the grant for community project under the supervision of the ASEAN
Foundation and Maybank Foundation.