Application Package For Asean Youth: 2019/20 Empowering Youths Across Asean Programme

Thursday, 12 September 2019
APPLICATION PACKAGE FOR ASEAN YOUTH: 2019/20

eMpowering Youths Across ASEAN Programme
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: 10 SEPTEMBER 30 NOVEMBER

2019
SELECTION PROCESS: 1 DECEMBER 2019 25 JANUARY 2020
INVITATION: 27 JANUARY 3 FEBRUARY 2020
SELECTED VOLUNTEERS MUST BE AVAILABLE TO ATTEND

REGIONAL ORIENTATION & TRAINING: 2 9 MARCH 2020
(TENTATIVE)
OVERSEAS COMMUNITY PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION: 1 TO 17

APRIL 2020 (TENTATIVE)
SUBMIT PROPOSAL AND FOR FURTHER ENQUIRIES TO:
[email protected]
1. PROGRAMME OVERVIEW
THE EMPOWERING YOUTHS ACROSS ASEAN (EYAA) IS A PARTNERSHIP

PROGRAMME BETWEEN MAYBANK FOUNDATION AND ASEAN FOUNDATION
THAT AIMS TO ALLEVIATE POVERTY AND IMPROVE THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC
WELL-BEING OF ASEAN COMMUNITIES THROUGH YOUTH VOLUNTEERISM AND
SOCIAL INNOVATION.
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.
2. EYAA 2019 ACHIEVEMENT AND RESULTS
IN 2019, 100 YOUTH CHANGE-MAKERS WERE SELECTED FROM A TOTAL OF

2,650 APPLICATIONS ACROSS 10 ASEAN COUNTRIES. THE SELECTED YOUTH
PARTICIPANTS WERE GROUPED TOGETHER WITH 9 OTHER PARTICIPANTS FROM
DIFFERENT ASEAN COUNTRIES AND EACH GROUP WERE PAIRED WITH AN
OVERSEAS CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS (CSOS)/ SOCIAL ENTERPRISES
(SES) TO DESIGN THE TWO-WEEK COMMUNITY PROJECT IN THE THEMATIC
AREAS OF COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT, ARTS AND CULTURE,
ENVIRONMENTAL DIVERSITY AND EDUCATION. THE COMMUNITY PROJECTS
WERE IMPLEMENTED IN 10 COMMUNITY SITES IN MALAYSIA, INDONESIA AND
CAMBODIA, SUPPORTED BY A TOTAL OF USD 200,000 PROJECT GRANTS.
THE 10 PROJECTS WERE IMPLEMENTED BY THE LOCAL CSOS AND SES AS

FOLLOWS
OVERALL, IN 2019, THE PROGRAMME IMPACTED 17,827 INDIVIDUALS

THROUGH THE LOCAL COMMUNITY PROJECTS. IN TOTAL, 100 DYE TREES AND
1016 MANGROVE SEEDS WERE PLANTED, OVER 9.200 KG OF FOOD WASTE
WERE COLLECTED, 47 TEACHERS WERE EQUIPPED WITH NEW
TEACHING TOOLS, A NEW TRAINING CENTRE FOR YOUTH WERE CONSTRUCTED

AND 5 PERMANENT WATER FILTERS WERE BUILT.
THIS PROGRAMME ALSO WAS ENDORSED BY THE ASEAN SENIOR OFFICIAL

MEETING ON YOUTH (SOMY) IN JUNE 2019 AND CONTRIBUTED TO THE
ASEAN WORK PLAN ON YOUTH 2016 2020.
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
4. CRITERIA FOR APPLICATION
THIS PROGRAMME IS ELIGIBLE FOR ANYONE WHO FULFIL THESE CRITERIA.
a. AGE OF 19-35 YEARS OLD BY APPLICANTS NEXT BIRTHDAY (20 20)
b. CITIZENS OF ASEAN MEMBER STATES
c. FLUENCY IN ENGLISH, AS MENTORING, TRAININGS, AND GENERAL

COMMUNICATION DURING THE
PROGRAMME WILL BE FULLY CONDUCTED IN ENGLISH, PARTICIPANTS

ARE REQUIRED TO BE ABLE TO
HAVE VERBAL AND WRITTEN FLUENCY IN ENGLISH.
d. FULL COMMITMENT THEMSELVES TO ONE-WEEK REGIONAL TRAINING

FROM 2 TO 9 MARCH 2020
AND TWO WEEKS OVERSEAS VOLUNTEERING PROJECT ON FROM 1 TO 17
APRIL 2020
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
BANGKOK, THAILAND (MARCH, 2020). OVERSEAS LOCAL
TRAINING IN
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 STRUCTURAL IMPROVEMENT, LIVELIHOOD, FINANCIAL
EMPOWERMENT LITERACY, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SKILLS TRAINING
ARTS AND HANDICRAFT PROJECT, WEAVING, THEATRE
ARTS AND CULTURE AND ART MENTOR, TEACHING MUSIC, DANCE AND
DRAMA FOR YOUTH
AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, ORGANIC
ENVIRONMENTAL
FARMER, SUPPORT FARMERS IN RURAL VILLAGES, AND
DIVERSITY
CONSERVATION PROJECTS.
PROJECT THAT BOOST THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
STUDENTS LITERACY AND NUMERACY, SKILLS
EDUCATION
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
The programme organisers will not cover the following:
a. Local transport from the participants' home to the airport
b. Travel insurance of the participants
c. Health insurance of the participants
d. Any other expenses not directly related to the programme
9. INQUIRY
For further inquiries please contact ASEAN Foundation by email on
[email protected]
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1 A group of 10 volunteers will manage the grant for community project under the supervision of
the ASEAN Foundation and Maybank Foundation.
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Thursday, 12 September 2019

APPLICATION PACKAGE FOR ASEAN YOUTH: 2019/20

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: 10 SEPTEMBER 30 NOVEMBER

SELECTION PROCESS: 1 DECEMBER 2019 25 JANUARY 2020

INVITATION: 27 JANUARY 3 FEBRUARY 2020

SELECTED VOLUNTEERS MUST BE AVAILABLE TO ATTEND

OVERSEAS COMMUNITY PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION: 1 TO 17

THE EMPOWERING YOUTHS ACROSS ASEAN (EYAA) IS A PARTNERSHIP

THE PROGRAMME ENCOURAGES YOUTH FROM ALL 10 ASEAN MEMBER

PRIOR TO DEPARTURE, THE SELECTED YOUTH AND CSO REPRESENTATIVES

2. EYAA 2019 ACHIEVEMENT AND RESULTS

IN 2019, 100 YOUTH CHANGE-MAKERS WERE SELECTED FROM A TOTAL OF

THE 10 PROJECTS WERE IMPLEMENTED BY THE LOCAL CSOS AND SES AS

OVERALL, IN 2019, THE PROGRAMME IMPACTED 17,827 INDIVIDUALS

TEACHING TOOLS, A NEW TRAINING CENTRE FOR YOUTH WERE CONSTRUCTED

THIS PROGRAMME ALSO WAS ENDORSED BY THE ASEAN SENIOR OFFICIAL

THE PROGRAMME AIMS TO MAKE A SUSTAINED AND POSITIVE IMPACT ON

a. TO PROMOTE VOLUNTEERISM, SOCIAL INNOVATION, AND AWARENESS OF

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

4. CRITERIA FOR APPLICATION

THIS PROGRAMME IS ELIGIBLE FOR ANYONE WHO FULFIL THESE CRITERIA.

a. AGE OF 19-35 YEARS OLD BY APPLICANTS NEXT BIRTHDAY (20 20)

b. CITIZENS OF ASEAN MEMBER STATES

c. FLUENCY IN ENGLISH, AS MENTORING, TRAININGS, AND GENERAL

PROGRAMME WILL BE FULLY CONDUCTED IN ENGLISH, PARTICIPANTS

HAVE VERBAL AND WRITTEN FLUENCY IN ENGLISH.

d. FULL COMMITMENT THEMSELVES TO ONE-WEEK REGIONAL TRAINING

IF YOU ARE SHORTLISTED TO GO THROUGH TO THE NEXT PROCESS, PLEASE

a. A LETTER OF PERMISSION FROM YOUR EMPLOYER TO TAKE PART IN THE

b. A LETTER OF COMMITMENT WHICH STATES THAT PARTICIPANTS FULLY

c. MEDICAL CERTIFICATE THAT PROOF THE PARTICIPANT IS FIT, AND

EACH ACCEPTED PARTICIPANT WILL BE GROUPED WITH 9 OTHER ACCEPTED

FOCUS POSSIBLE PROJECTS

TO APPLY FOR THIS PROGRAMME, THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED ARE

HTTP://BIT.LY/EYAAYOUTH BY 30 NOVEMBER 2019 THE LATEST.

Letter of consent from their employers/institution/university and

Medical statement (participants mostly will be working in rural areas, they

Accepted participants will receive:

a. A fully-funded orientation and capacity building prior departure to the

b. Return flight ticket from home country to the volunteer location

c. Meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner), and local transport

The programme organisers will not cover the following:

a. Local transport from the participants' home to the airport

b. Travel insurance of the participants

c. Health insurance of the participants

d. Any other expenses not directly related to the programme

For further inquiries please contact ASEAN Foundation by email on

AF eNews is a publication of the ASEAN Foundation. We welcome your feedback.

The ASEAN Foundation

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