The Asia Pacific Future 100 is open for applications.

Deadline for Applications:

August 31, 2009. Open to social entrepreneurs and changemakers in Asia under

the age of 30 years.




The annual Asia Pacific Future 100 program is a regional youth

entrepreneurship campaign to provide young and inspirational

entrepreneurs from Asia as role models 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 for a one- year fellowship and their stories

will serve as inspiration to foster an entrepreneurial culture among

our youth.


The annual Asia Pacific Future 100 is a much-needed program in Asia

that aims to ignite the entrepreneurial spirit among our youth in Asia

Pacific.


It aims to tackle:

1. The lack of entrepreneurial role models, which are needed to inspire young people to become entrepreneurs.

2. To provide technical assistance and support to young entrepreneurs to take their business to the next level.

The profile of Asia Pacific Future 100 members includes young

entrepreneurs under the age of 30 who are an inspiration to other young

people because they 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.


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 and

Myanmar.

Timeline Asia Pacific Future 100 (2009) program:

May- August 2009: Nomination period

1st 14th September: Jury consultation

15th- 21st September: Audit

20th- 22nd October: Change Catalyst Conference

20th October 2009 October 2010: Fellowship program

Apply now for the program!

Link incl. application form and further information: www.fyse.org

The Foundation for Youth Social Entrepreneurship (FYSE) is a regional

organization with the aim to inspire and empowering young people to

take actions which create positive change and real impact in their

communities, their countries and Asia. By providing a range of tailored

support including campaigning and training that is youthful, exciting

and dynamic FYSE aims to inspire youth to take actions now, no matter

how big or small their actions might be.