Ashoka x Schinder Electric 2023 Youth Empowerment Program for Youth Organizations

Ashoka and Schnider Electric are coming together to organize the Youth Empowerment Program which aims to work with youth organizations and young people to increase their capacities and create together an enabling environment for youth and ensure that the voice of youth is heard at a strategic level.

The program will work in four countries (Egypt, Belgium, France, and Germany) and will include:

• Direct support for the capacity building of 8 youth organizations and 60 young people in 4 countries.
• Creating national awareness through establishing national multi-stakeholder alliances (youth, civil society, private sector collaborators, government) and developingyouth advocacy strategies.

In Egypt, Ashoka Arab World and Schnider Electric are looking for 2 organizations working with youth to join our network of organizations and young people across the 4 countries. We will work hand in hand with the selected organizations to create systemic change by strengthening their teams’ knowledge, skills, and networks andworking with their affiliated young people (including: employees, volunteers, partners, and/or beneficiaries). 

• Table of Content
• About Ashoka
• Youth Empowerment Program
• Aim and Benefits of Youth Empowerment Program
• Requirements for Youth Empowerment Program Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Ashoka

Ashoka was founded in 1980 by Bill Drayton and in over 38 years, Ashoka has pioneered the field of social entrepreneurship by building the largest network of systems-change social entrepreneurs worldwide with more than 3500 Ashoka Fellows working in 93 countries, putting their innovative ideas into practice to create positive change at a large scale. Equipping young people with 21st Century skills such as changemaking, empathy and teamwork. For more than 30 years, Ashoka Africa has been fostering Africas' largest network of system-change social entrepreneurs. Ashoka Nigeria is part of ...&... continue reading

Youth Empowerment Program

Aim and Benefits of Youth Empowerment Program

The program aims to advancethe selected organizations(including employees, volunteers, partners, and/or beneficiaries)capacities to create systematic change in their intervention areas through an 18-month program of the following:

• Participatein a360°mentorship program with Schneider Electric employees, highlighting the strategic and operational issues of young people and youth structures.
• Receive assessments to measure the changemaking capacities of the organization’semployees and volunteers.
• Join different facilitated peer-to-peer international exchanges with other youth organizations in Belgium, France, and Germany.
• Becomepart of a national alliance for youth empowerment and advancement to promote local policies and strategies that aim to develop the national youth ecosystems.
• Engage with Ashoka international network of +3,800 fellows, young changemakers, and partners.

Requirements for Youth Empowerment Program Qualification

• A legally registered entity in Egypt and withat least 12 months of establishment.
• Target teenagers and young adults (12-24 years old) through their core mission.
• Has demonstrated their mission and capacity by working with at least ~2,500 young people through long-term activities (involving the same beneficiaries for at least 3 months).
• Has the basic internal capacities and organization (people, networks, resources, and experience) to advance their work with young people.
• Has at least 1 reference staff with a good level of English.
• Commitment to the program activities during 18-months.

Application Deadline

How to Apply

Interested organizationsare required to fill the application form and send it to [email protected] later than 26th of December 2022

For more details, visit Ashoka website.