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Get Ready for ASEAN Youth Camp for Sustainable Development: Promoting Network of Youth in ASEAN for SDGs 2025
Sustainability has long been at the heart of ASEAN Community building process as well as ASEAN’s engagement with external partners, as reflected in the ASEAN Community Vision 2025 as well as the ASEAN Outlook on Indo-Pacific (AOIP). Notwithstanding ASEAN’s continuous efforts, we are not on track for the timely achievement of SDGs in the region. As such, it is more important than ever to accelerate actions to achieve the SDGs, including through enhanced engagements with SDGs prime movers at the national and local level.
Recognising the important role of the youth as powerful agents of change, and with a view to stimulate innovative ideas and approaches to employ digitalization to achieve sustainable development, Thailand as ASEAN Coordinator for Sustainable Development Cooperation, and will organise the project “ASEAN Youth Camp for Sustainable Development: Promoting Network of Youth in ASEAN for SDGs”.
The project aims to bring together youth representatives from the ASEAN Member States and Timor-Leste to engage in a week-long programme that seeks to enhance their understanding of SDGs and the role of youth in SDGs implementation, hone leadership and social innovation skills, and exchange ideas on how to tackle and improve complex developmental challenges, with the aim to enhance their capacity and promote network involvement of youth in development policy planning and implementation at the local level towards achieving the SDGs.
THE APPLICATION IS OPEN!
Requirements
– ASEAN Member States and Timor-Leste
– Aged between 18-30 years old
– Good command of English
– Strong interest in sustainable development issues, prior experience or engagement with local community development programmes, and interest in developing or scaling up social innovation ideas that address developmental challenges.
Registration
– Completed one of the Sustainability courses from AYO Academy Sustainability – AYO Academy
– After finishing the course, register through this Form
Deadline
– Apply before 31st August 2025
Objectives
– To improve young people’s understanding of SDGs and their roles in promoting the achievements of SDGs at the local and national level;
– To enhance capacity of youth in initiating projects and activities aligned with the SDGs in their respective communities;
– To facilitate increased cooperation among young people across ASEAN through cross cultural dialogue, networking and partnerships;
– To identify opportunities for inclusion of young people in decision-making and implementation of the SDGs.
Highlight of Activities
– Selected youths from ASEAN Member States and Timor-Leste will participate in a one-week programme designed to provide an opportunity to learn and hone skills necessary to participate in SDGs-related activities, including workshop, study visits, and dialogue with policy makers.
– The programme will cover three main components:
(1) Skills and knowledge development training to enhance understanding on the SDGs and the role of youth in SDGs implementation
(2) Study visits at selected development projects to enhance understanding on SDGs localization
(3) Discussion and exchange of ideas on how to address the challenges and identify opportunities for enhancing sustainable
development cooperation in ASEAN.
– Tentative programme appears in here
Funding
Participants will be provided with the following support:
• Roundtrip airfare from their home country to Bangkok;
• Accommodation for the duration of the programme;
• Airport transfers and local transportation for programme-related
activities; and
• meals/ per diem.
