The Foundation for
Youth Social Entrepreneurship (FYSE) is a regional organization
inspiring and empowering young people to make innovative suggestions
and actions to create positive change and real impact in their communities,
their countries and Asia.
Our mission is the support young entrepreneurs and Changemakers
to realize their ideas, to make a positive impact on their society
and to gain valuable soft skills while doing so. Young aspiring
entrepreneurs in Asia not only lack the experience and confidence
in their abilities, despite having great ideas, they also lack role
models from their societies to inspire them to reach for higher
aims.
By providing a range of tailored support including entrepreneurship
and social innovation training that is youthful, exciting and dynamic
we aim to inspire youth to take actions now, no matter how big or
small their actions might be.
Vision
Asia’s young people are inspired and empowered to change their community
for good.
Motto
Unlocking Potential. Igniting Ideas. Empowering Actions.
Aims
• To promote entrepreneurship among young people
• To profile and promote entrepreneurial role models from Asia
• To inspire and empower young people to generate positive action
• To connect young entrepreneurs to their peers and essential resources
to achieve business success.
What Makes Us Unique
The FYSE celebrates social innovation and entrepreneurship amongst
young people from Asia, raising the awareness of successful young
entrepreneurs, relaying confidence; inspiring and motivating young
people who are setting up or developing a business or social project.
• The only network celebrating and developing young social Changemakers
and entrepreneurs regionally.
• The only community network of young entrepreneurs from Asia, to
mobilize peer to peer action-learning and the generation of business
relationships
• The only network, which provides resources and training without
requiring membership in partner organization or institution - therefore
open to everyone interested.
• Strong involvement of successful entrepreneurs and professionals
as facilitators and mentors in all our program, to provide high
quality training
Core Activities
Asia Pacific Future 100: Seeks to recognize and promote 100 young
entrepreneurs and social Changemakers from Asia as inspiring role
models for youth.
Change Catalyst Conference: The most innovative and inspiring platform
for young entrepreneurs to learn, network and celebrate.
Social Innovation Training: Bored in class was yesterday. Our courses
teach young people about social innovation and entrepreneurship
Research - Strategy: Provide consultancy expertise and research
on enterprise related matters, in particular on social and youth
entrepreneurship.
About Asia Pacific Future100
“Future100” is an inspirational project that seeks to recognize,
acknowledge and promote promising young entrepreneurs and social
Changemakers from Asia.
Young people in Asia lack role models from their societies with
which they can identify themselves. Well known entrepreneurs are
either from abroad or to old to relate to them and their success.
Asian youth needs role models which are from their countries and
in similar age to them to inspire and ignite the entrepreneurial
spark in them.
On the other hand young entrepreneurs and social Changemakers
hardly ever make their headlines despite their tremendous social
and economic contribution.
The Solution
The “Asia Pacific Future 100” project is a platform to provide
young and inspirational role models from Asia to our youth to
raise entrepreneurship awareness in Asia Pacific. 100 young entrepreneurs
and social Changemakers under the age of 30 years will be selected
and their stories will serve as inspiration to start-ups and aspirant
young entrepreneurs.
Asia Pacific Future 100 fellows includes young people under the
age of 30 who are an entrepreneurial inspiration to other young
people.
Future 100 members are successful young entrepreneurs who dared
to stride out by setting up their own business, social enterprise
or NGO. They have overcome challenges by realizing their vision
and believing in themselves.
We will have two categories for the awards: commercial entrepreneurship
and social Changemakers.
• Commercial entrepreneurship includes individuals who set up
a business in any field of commerce, with the main objective of
achieving profit returns.
• Social Changemakers are individuals who have set up a business,
social enterprise, NGO or who have started an informal sustainable
project with the sole objective of achieving social returns.
The Judges (10/3/2009):
Dr. Meena Galliara (India): Professor Social Entrepreneurship;
Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies Mumbai
Mr. Wei Wei (China): National Director China; Right to Play
Mr. Julian Webb (Australia): Asia Region Facilitator for the
World Bank’s infoDev Incubator Initiative
Mr. Chandran Nair (Hong Kong): Founder & CEO; Global Institute
For Tomorrow
Ms. Yvonne Yeung (Hong Kong): Vice-Chairperson; Hong Kong Social
Entrepreneurship Forum
Mr Ken Ito (Japan): Director Tokyo Social Venture Forum
Ms Vivian Gee (Switzerland): Head of South East and East Asia,
Schwab Foundation
Change Catalyst Conference
The annual Change Catalyst Conference will be held in summer 2010
and will be the focal networking platform for the Future 100 fellows.
The Change catalyst conference is an intense capacity and leadership
building conference for young entrepreneurs and social Changemakers
to increase their knowledge, skills and organizational capacity.
Sessions include:
Roundtables on:
• Social Innovation in Asia
• Attracting investments and venture capital in Asia Pacific
• Good Case practices in Social entrepreneurship in Asia Pacific
Workshops on:
Social innovation Business Trends
Leadership skills Influence and Negotiation
Scaling and impact assessment Social Marketing
Experts including entrepreneurs, business leaders and social
Changemakers from Asia Pacific will deliver the intense trainings.
Participation of investors in the conference will assure that
participants gain a business advantage beyond training and networking.
Conference delegates include Asia Pacific Future100 winners and
maximum 200 other young entrepreneurs and social Changemakers
from Asia Pacific.
The highlight of the conference will include grand gala dinner
with the Asia Pacific Future 100 winners.
Awards Process
Key Nominee information:
1. Nomination is open to everyone up to 30 years of age.
2. Asia Pacific Future 100 is a regional nomination process. Nominations
are invited from: Mongolia, China, Japan, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam,
Philippines, Brunei, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan,
Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Indonesia,
Myanmar.
3. Any person, including employees, partners and family members
of a nominee, may nominate an Entrepreneur.
4. The nominee consents to being nominated as an entrant in the
Asia Pacific Future 100 project by filling out a consensus form
and by providing detailed information about the business/project
and his;/her involvement.
5. At a minimum, this project/ business must have existed and
be run for a 12-month periods before Nomination.
Nomination period:
Nominations will be open from May to August 2009. An online form
will be available for download.
Nominations need to be send as soft copy including all supporting
documents as .zip file named “nominee name _ country” to future100@fyse.org
Selection process:
The Nomination committee will forward potential candidates to
the Selection Board. The Selection Board will nominate the final
100 “Future100” inductees.
Selection Criteria:
The following selection criteria apply to all nominees:
• Leadership potential of the Founder
• Growth potential of project/business;
• Social impact
• Financial sustainability
• The originality of the business/ project concept
Awards Terms and Conditions
1. This project is initiated by the Foundation for Youth Social
Entrepreneurship.
2. Nominations for the Asia Pacific Future 100 are invited from
Mongolia, China, Japan, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Philippines,
Brunei, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Thailand,
Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Myanmar.
3. The Nominee of must be not more than 30 years of age.
4. The Nominee must be the founder of the business or initiator
of the project and still hold a leadership position in the venture.
5. The enterprise of Asia Pacific Future100 nominees is not required
to be formally registered.
6. Any person, including employees, partners and family members
of a nominee, may nominate an entrepreneur. Self- nominations
are invited.
7. The nominee has to consent to being nominated as an entrant
in the Asia Pacific Future 100 project.
8. The nominator and nominee confirm that all information contained
in the nomination form is true and correct, and agree that the
provision of incomplete, untrue or incorrect information may result
in the nomination being disqualified without notice being given.
9. Nominations may be submitted by e-mail (future100@fyse.org).
10. In order to be considered for adjudication, complete nominations
including supporting documents must be submitted no later than
6pm on 31st August 2009, or such other date as FYSE may specify.
11. The decision of the judges will be final. FYSE shall not be
obliged to give reasons for its decisions.
12. Asia Pacific Future100 winners agree to be available for interviews
and publications about themselves and their ventures for promotional
purpose.
13. Asia Pacific Future100 winners agree to be available for at
least 2 annual speaker arrangements about their venture experience
within 12 month of winning the Future100.
14. Asia Pacific Future100 Winners grant permission to be profiled
at the FYSE website including their entrepreneurial history, personal
experience and photos. Profiles will be developed in cooperation
between Asia Pacific Future100 winners and FYSE without remuneration.
15. Nominees grant permission to FYSE to use their personal and
business information submitted to FYSE for promotional and publicity
purposes without prior notice or remuneration.
16. Nominees selected as one of the Asia Pacific Future 100 entrepreneurs
for 2009 will be notified by e-mail or post.
17. FYSE reserve the right to change and alter the terms and conditions
of the Future 100 competition at any time without notice.
18. FYSE make no guarantee or warranty that the nominator or nominee
will derive any commercial or business benefit from the project.
19. Asia Pacific Future100 winners should do their utmost to attend
the Change Catalyst conference with the official Future100 Gala
event.
Current partners
Media Partner
Media partners are target to our key audience: young people in
Asia Pacific. We work with grassroots media, youth magazines,
social media and established international newspapers and magazines
to promote the program and the winners as role models through
various channels.
