One Year On - How young social entrepreneurs rose to the challenge of COVID-19

One Year On – How Young Social Entrepreneurs Rose to the Challenge of COVID-19

? Date/Time: Wednesday, 17 March 2021, 11am-12h15 (GMT+7). Register here

On Wednesday 17 March at 11:00 GMT+7, Youth Co:Lab, an initiative co-led by UNDP and Citi Foundation, and the Youth Solutions Program of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) will host a conversation on how young social entrepreneurs in Asia-Pacific have weathered the storm, and what concrete solutions they have found to overcome COVID-19!

One year on since COVID-19 was officially recognized as a pandemic on 11 March 2020, it is clear that the road to recovery will be a long and hard one. The sheer loss of life, the number of people who have lost their jobs, missed out on education, or been hit by other forms of hardship induced by the crisis, is unfathomable. Young people are among the hardest hit.

However, in spite of the deep and disproportionate impacts that they have experienced as a result of the pandemic, young people across the world have mobilized in unprecedented numbers. They have demonstrated the huge value they represent as leaders in COVID-19 response and recovery and, more widely, in sustainable development.

The Youth Solutions Report is an annual flagship publication of the Youth Solutions Program of the SDSN, which celebrates these achievements. And this year, it includes a chapter authored by Youth Co:Lab specifically focused on “Solutions from Young Social Entrepreneurs in Asia-Pacific to the COVID-19 Pandemic”.

Join us online for a conversation on the journey of young social entrepreneurs in Asia-Pacific over the last year, where we will be joined by:

• Pasawat Sakulpanich (Tae), Co-Founder, Prism, Thailand,
• Pratik Kunwar, Founder and Managing Director, Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Nepal,
• Sagufta Janif, Founder and Director, The Fusion Hub, Fiji,
• Tawhida Shiropa, Founder and CEO, Moner Bondhu, Bangladesh,
• Regina Ynestrillas, Project Officer, SDSN Youth - Solutions Team, and
• Eleanor Horrocks, Impact Measurement Consultant, Youth Co:Lab.

Moderated by: Dinh-Long Pham, Youth Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation Consultant, Youth Co:Lab.

Join to learn from our amazing speakers how they rose to the challenge of COVID-19, and be inspired about what you could do! And, of course, take this opportunity to join SDSN and Youth Co:Lab communities.

? Date/Time: Wednesday, 17 March 2021, 11am-12h15 (GMT+7). Do not forget to convert to your local time zone!

? Register for the session here!