AYVP Presentation for Evaluation, Impact and Planning Workshop

ASEAN Youth Volunteer Programme (AYVP)
Evaluation, Impact & Planning Workshop
27th – 28th January 2014

PROF DATO’ DR SARAN KAUR GILL
DEPUTY VICE-CHANCELLOR (INDUSTRY & COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS) &
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ASIAENGAGE
UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA

Evaluation, Impact and Planning Workshop

27th - 28th January, 2014

OBJECTIVES - EVALUATION & IMPACT
 To identify strengths and areas of improvement of the
inaugural AYVP programme – “The Development of
ASEAN Eco-Leaders through Volunteerism and
Community Engagement.”

 To evaluate the various levels of impact achieved by the
inaugural ASEAN Youth Volunteer Programme on all its
relevant stakeholders.
 To collaboratively delineate the roles, responsibilities
and expectations of AYVP’s multiple strategic partners
and other stakeholders.
Saran@AsiaEngage@UKM



OBJECTIVES - PLANNING FOR SUSTAINABILITY
AND CREATING THE MULTIPLIER EFFECT


To identify strengths, areas of improvement and support required for select AYVP
volunteers’ environmentally based projects planned for implementation in their
home countries.



To plan for the replication and implementation of AYVP’s five-week programme on
“The Development of ASEAN Eco-Leaders through Volunteerism and Community
Engagement” in Cambodia together with Ministry of Environment, CEPA,
UNVolunteers and AYVP Cambodian volunteers.



To plan for the implementation of the 2nd AYVP five-week programme on “The
Development of ASEAN Heritage-Leaders through Volunteerism & Community
Engagement.”



To plan for the implementation of the 3rd AYVP programme on “The Development
of ASEAN DRR-Leaders through Volunteerism & Community Engagement”



DIFFERENT MODES OF RESEARCH DATA COLLECTION
In preparation for this Evaluation, Impact and Planning
Workshop, the documents and methodology used to
capture the data were the following:
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AYVP reflective journals from eco-leaders
Group project reports
Pre- and post-programme survey on ASEAN awareness
Observation data from site visits & discussions
Post-programme quantitative survey for the evaluation
of the programme
 Scan of write-ups and interviews over mainstream
media/ social media around the region
 Evaluation workshop with site-coordinators and
facilitators



UNDERSTANDING AYVP
The AYVP is a dedicated youth volunteerism platform to
implement regional volunteerism projects that mobilize
ASEAN youth to develop innovative solutions to the social,
cultural, economic and environmental challenges facing
communities across ASEAN, while forging a sense of
regional identity and cross-cultural understanding among
ASEAN youth.
*It is targeted for youth between the ages of 18-30 from universities,
colleges, industry, NGOs, Government Agencies as well as those who are
self-employed.



All
AYVP
programmes/projects
will be
underpinned by the respect, understanding and
appreciation of ASEAN values, identity and multicultural diversity.
The AYVP will therefore
support the development of a generation of
ASEAN youth instilled with strong minds,
solidarity, and kindness to contribute to the
development of communities in the region.
– Essence of AYVP@AsiaEngage




AYVP’s ROLE & THEMATIC AREAS
AYVP operates as a regional hub that provides technical
assistance in developing expertise and capabilities for other
ASEAN member countries to run knowledge-driven volunteerism
programmes using the AYVP model in any of these eight
thematic areas :
1) The Environment
2) Protecting ASEAN’s Heritage;
3) Disaster Response, Risk Reduction and Recovery
4) Rural Development and Poverty Eradication
5) Social Entrepreneurship
6) Youth-friendly Health services
7) Education Development
8) Sports and Recreation

“The Development of ASEAN Youth Eco-Leaders through
Volunteerism and Community Engagement”
15th August – 20th Sept 2013

UKM and the Environment
UKM’s vast body of knowledge provided an excellent foundation for knowledge driven
volunteerism in the field of environmental sustainability. Three of its 8 unique niche
research areas are associated to environmental sustainability - Regional Sustainable
Development, Renewable Energy, Climate Change and Biodiversity for Biotechnology
Development.

Faculties
ENGINEERING & BUILT
ENVIRONMENT

Research
Institutes

SCIENCE &
TECHNOLOGY

SOCIAL SCIENCES &
HUMANITIES

Environment & Sustainable
Development
(LESTARI)

Disaster Prevention
(SEADPRI)

Climate Change Studies
(IKP)

Solar Energy
(SERI)

Fuel Cell

Systems Biology
INBIOSIS




Living Labs

“Nature is
not a place to
Marine Biology Research Centre
visit.
Pusat Penyelidikan
It is home”
Tasik Chini
Universiti Kebangsaan
– Gary Synder

Langkawi Research Centre

Malaysia

Tasik Chini Research Centre


Fraser Hill Research Centre



Service & Volunteerism
“Service” as the third mission of the
university focuses on an act of helpful
activity; help; aid: to do someone a
service, what is involved in
volunteerism and this is extremely
valuable for ensuring that we give with
our hearts, hands and minds back to
society.



Volunteerism Extending to Engagement
“Community-engagement
focuses on external partners and
community in an effort to
develop mutually beneficial
partnerships.
‘Engagement'
implies working together with
shared
understanding
to
develop
shared
solutions,
through shared governance
and shared assets, with the
ultimate aim of gaining shared
advantages for all stakeholders.”
UKM HEJIM Strategic Plan, 2010-2015

NGO /
Community

Government



What makes up an ASEAN Youth Eco-Leader?
“A leader demonstrates contribution to the multiplier effect of AYVP –
the ability to influence and to take one’s knowledge and experience to
the next level. A leader understands, appreciates and applies the
essence of AYVP - one’s regional identity, environmental challenges, the
principles of volunteerism, community engagement and multistakeholder partnerships; a leader is able to spread the message - to
apply these to the communities by sharing the knowledge, empowering
other people, and creating impact in one’s own sphere of influence.
With all of these, one can be a full-fledged ASEAN Youth Eco-leader.”
Prof Dato’ Saran Kaur Gill
Executive Director, AYVP@AsiaEngage




A programme to develop Eco-Leaders with competencies and skills in
leadership and environmental conservation and empowered with
ASEAN values as well as a love for community engagement
 Received 850
applications from the 10
ASEAN member states
for 100 places.
 Out of those selected,
61% are females and
39% are males.
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Process of Evaluating and Selecting Youth Volunteers
Selection Committee: AYVP Secretariat, academics and researchers from the
University and representation from the Malaysian Ministry of Youth and Sports
Round 1. Technical Elimination
Applicants who filled-out the form especially who fit the age and country qualifications

Round 2. Elimination by Merit
Applicants with experiences and interests in the area of environment and
volunteerism

Round 3. Telephone Interviews
Applicants who demonstrated ability to communicate in English

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Volunteer Selection by Country
Country

Number of
Volunteers

Brunei

7

Cambodia

7

Indonesia

13

Laos

4

Malaysia

17

Myanmar

9

Philippines

14

Singapore

4

Thailand

4

Vietnam

13

TOTAL

97

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“There are 97 of them and only a few will truly demonstrate
leadership but we have given all the know-how and
experience and they will go away with the potential to
apply what they have learned and create the multiplier
effect – when circumstances permit.”
–




Towards Sustainability and Multiplier Effect
across the Region
Volunteers have the opportunity for 2 levels of certification:
Certificate of
Participation

Certificate of
Excellence

• Given to all volunteers who have completed the
5 weeks and submitted their reflective journals
• To ensure that there is application of
knowledge and experience when they return to
their home countries, this will only be given to
those who write a proposal and demonstrate
effective implementation of a programme in the
area of environment and the community
engagement. Site visits across ASEAN will be
conducted to assess progress and impact of
community engagement projects



Objectives of the Inaugural Programme
1. To acquire knowledge and understanding of ASEAN that will develop
awareness of ASEAN, its culture, values and the regional identity – areas
pertinent for the development of the ASEAN socio-cultural community

2. To understand and apply the principles of volunteerism and community
engagement through impactful multi-stakeholder partnerships to benefit
communities across the region

3. To gain knowledge of the various challenges and possible mitigation efforts
for environmental issues across ASEAN with a focus on Malaysia’s
biodiversity sites

4. To understand the meaning of leadership in the context of this programme,
and to acquire knowledge of relevant approaches to leadership and their
applications in environmental conservation.



Design and Development Principles
Foundational knowledge
(content and cross-disciplinary
knowledge)
Professional knowledge
(practitioner skills and content)
The main thrust of ASEAN Youth
Volunteer Programme is to inculcate
the value of volunteerism among the
Socially responsive knowledge
participants by providing them with
the opportunity for experiential
learning by being with other young
people from the region, knowledge
experts in the field of environment
and the local communities.



Experiential Learning

"If you want to establish partnerships and relationships with people, there is
nothing like having to work together to make sure that the knowledge you
have in some way benefits the communities that you work with,
communities that perhaps are not as advantaged as those you come from.
The 21st century is a century in which we have to expose and develop our
youth, not only as youth who have professional skills through internship
competency and experience, but also the heart and feeling of wanting to
give back to communities as well. That will really enrich the relationship and
cultural know-how between the youth and communities across ASEAN.''



Modality and Structure - AYVP’s 5-week Programme
The programme will consist of 50-100 ASEAN Youth Eco/Heritage/DRR
Leaders from every ASEAN nation who will undergo the following:

Preparatory Phase
7-days of introduction, icebreaking and knowledgedriven orientation in UKM

Project Sites
3-weeks of volunteering,
community engagement
and experiential learning
at various sites


Final Week
7-days of sharing
experiences and lessons
learned, preparing reports,
evaluation and celebration
at UKM



First Week Sessions
• Sharing of Best Practices: Community Engaged
Environmental Initiatives in UKM
– The Green Rose Programme
Prof Dr. Hazita Azman FSSK, UKM
– The RainForest Discovery Programme
Datuk Shaharuddin Lestari, UKM
– The S.E.E. Nature Programme
Assoc Prof Dr. Wan Juliana, FST,UKM
• What does it mean to be a Leader?
- Mr Martin Tan, Halogen Foundation


Inaugural Programme Week 1


Building an ASEAN Awareness and Regional Identity
In the context of striving towards a regional identity, it was important to discuss the
history of ASEAN, and work towards an understanding of the ASEAN sociocultural
identity
–
a
shared
identity
for
all
of
us
across
ASEAN.

We envision the entire Southeast Asia to be, by 2020, an ASEAN community
conscious of its ties of history, aware of its cultural heritage and bound by a
common regional identity.” (Heads of ASEAN Member States, ASEAN Vision 2020)
Is your identity based more towards
your ethnic identity or national
identity or regional identity? Does it
have to be an ”either or” situation
between the various identities?
Couldn’t one have all? With each
enriching the other? And
contributing to the richness of
multicultural diversity in the nation,
and region? (Gill: 2012)

“Forging the ASEAN
Shared Identity” - Prof
Dato’ Dr. Saran Kaur Gill,
AYVP@AsiaEngage
Executive Director


“ASEAN Awareness:
Towards ASEAN
Community 2015” –
Kamal Mamat, ASEAN
Secretariat



Rubrics for ASEAN Shared Identity
Presentations on Ethnic
and National identity of
each ASEAN Country

Inter-Country
Discussions on Shared
Regional Characteristics

Visual and Textual
Representations of
ASEAN Identity

“I saw huge problems on the road of
“Development”... I was looking for the answer
and I met Education. He taught me
Understanding and I thought I knew Everything,
yet there’s much more to learn. I kept on
looking, I found Collaboration. This is where I
found Peace and Prosperity through You and
Me.”
A Poem to Represent “ASEAN Shared Identity”
by the Mersing Group

Country Report on the dynamics of different
cultures in multi-ethnic Malaysia Saran@AsiaEngage@UKM



Priority Environment Issues in ASEAN
As ASEAN looks forward to becoming an environmentally-sustainable Community, it
must effectively adapt to the ever changing circumstances and continue improving the
region’s environmental sustainability.
The ASEAN Youth Eco-Leaders presented the key environmental issues in their
respective countries, and discussed the many problems and solutions that the region
shares through an overview lecture and simulated multi-stakeholder panel.

Shared problems
call for shared
solutions!

“Overview of Priority Environment Issues in
ASEAN” – Dr. Raman Letchumanan,
ASEAN Secretariat



What it means to be a Leader
The volunteers also had an interactive leadership workshop
with Martin Tan, the founder of Halogen Foundation.
He had a charismatic style of delivery and the content
revolved around the different qualities of leadership and the
power of influence.

Leadership is the art of
mobilizing (and
inspiring)others to want
to struggle for shared
aspirations
Martin Tan, Halogen Foundation

– The Leadership
Challenge by James M.
Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner



Panel on Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships
- Ms. Maura Barry Boyle, Foreign Service Officer, United States Agency
for International Development
- Mr. Anthony Wong, Group Managing Director, Asian Overland
Services Tours and Travel
- Professor Dr. Ahmad Ismail, Vice President, Malaysian Nature Society
- Mr. Ramakrishnan Ramasamy, President, Regional Environmental
Awareness of Cameron Highlands (REACH)

Three weeks at 4
biodiversity sites in Malaysia
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Mersing, Johor
Site Coordinator:
Dr. Shahriman Ghazali
Facilitators:
Nurliyana Bin Mohammad
Ainon Najanah Abdul Aziz
Mohd Fakhrul Azizi Bin Tomim

Enhancing Environmental
Awareness and Minimizing
Pollution in Coastal Communities
by Promoting the Practice of
Community-based Recycling

“The activities of the participants have helped the children to practice speaking in
English, as well as to develop a recycling mind-set at their young age.”
- School Teacher

“We were able to convince
resort managers to start simple
environmental awareness
initiatives… And so when we
went back to check our
recycling facilities, it was good
to see that people were really
using them.”
- Mersing Group 3

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Volunteers in Mersing implemented
community-based recycling programmes
that benefited three different local
villages. One group decided to construct
with their hands a ten‐foot buy-back
centre. It served not only as an ecofriendly intervention to open burning
practices, but also a new source of
income for many of the locals.

“Previously, especially during
public holidays, there was a lot of
trash around the beach. But after
the AYVP participants built the
collection centre and put the
brochures on the beach table,
there have been less trash at the
beach area nowadays.”


- Resort Manager



Kampung Dew Firefly
Sanctuary, Perak
Site Coordinator:
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Norela Sulaiman
Facilitators:
Nur Izzad Fahmi
Harizah Nadiah Hamzah
Najwa Khalil

Firefly Conservation and
Community-Based EcoTourism

“This is my first engagement
in environment. And it has
opened my mind to a whole
new world – of ideas,
experiences, and most of all,
friends. Most of all, all this is
happening at the regional
level.”

“We have fireflies
back home, but I
didn’t really
understand their
importance until
now.”
– Soknim Soeng,
Cambodia

- Joey de la Cruz, Philippines

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“AYVP participants helped families gain
more income by helping the parents
and their children be comfortable with
English, and be confident when meeting
tourists.”
– Foster Parent



Setiu Wetlands,
Trengganu
Site Coordinator:
Dr. Jamilah Mohd Salim
Facilitators:
Muhd Fawwaz Afham Bin Mohd Sofa
Nur Atiqah Binti Abd Rahman
Nur Afny Syazwany Binti Abu Zarim

Towards Restoring and
Conserving a Sustainable
Wetland Ecosystem
for the Community

“As fishermen, we mostly
think about taking as much
fish from the sea. Rarely do
we think about caring for the
ecosystem. Yet, because of
AYVP, we learned how to
maintain the environment.”
- Pak Cik Zakky, fisherman

“We were exposed to the
symbiosis among Penarik
Inn, Pewanis, WWF and
Nestle - and witnessed how
multi-stakeholder
partnerships can achieve
environmental and social
outcomes.”

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- Eco-Army Setiu Conservation



“In terms of Environmental Education, AYVP
volunteers contributed a lot by making a book for
us named “Bersama Mencintai Alam Sekitar”. This
book is very useful for us as teachers in spreading
out the message on saving our wetlands in the
learning process in the classroom. Thank you so
much for the collaboration.”
- Encik Mat Yah bin Salleh, SK RHU Sepuluh teacher

“I feel so happy because I can work with youth
across ASEAN with such great ideas and actions.
The AYVP Setiu group did lots of activities for the
restoration of the area, including initiating their
own beach clean up which really raised awareness
around here.”
- Kak Lin, Penarik Inn manager



Kuala Selangor
Nature Park
Site Coordinator:
Malaysia Nature Society
Facilitators:
Mohd Arrabe’ Ahmad Baei
Noor Azleena Abdul Karim
Nurul Ain Norddin

KSNP for RAMSAR
Saving the Wetlands
and Flyway

I love the environment –
this is what I learn in
school. But in this
programme, we really
learned it scientifically,
and practically.
– Chaw Chaw Ei, Myanmar


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AYVP has helped increase the local
community’s knowledge about their
environment. Through this
knowledge, they can use it to boost
local eco-tourism which will help lot
of people in the sector.
- Kuala Selangor District Municipal

The programme is good because it
trained young leaders - not just the
ASEAN youth eco-leaders, but also
the school students themselves.
- School Teacher



Final Week
On the final week, the volunteers headed back
to UKM for sharing and processing of
experiences. The programme culminated with
the Grand Celebration which brought together
all the stakeholders to showcase the learning,
the culture, the song and dances of various
countries and communities across ASEAN.


Discussion on the Programme’s Impact
and Recommendations



and Recommendations
Objective # 1.
The Development of knowledge and understanding of ASEAN,
its culture, values and regional identity – areas pertinent for the
development of the ASEAN socio-cultural community

Sources of Data:
- Pre and Post-programme ASEAN Awareness survey
- Group presentations on ASEAN Awareness and Identity
- Reflective Journal




and Recommendations
Impact for the Development of ASEAN Identity
Source: Post-Programme ASEAN Awareness Survey
The volunteers had a basic understanding of what ASEAN is prior to the programme. They
were all familiar with the 10 member states, and aware of ASEAN integration in 2015.

After 5 weeks in AYVP, “regional identity” became more evident, as well as the need to
strengthen shared virtues and values. Many noted the shared cultures of Southeast Asian
peoples i.e. appearance, food, customs, etc., with diversity of languages, religions, etc.
ASEAN was also seen as a player in bridging peoples who live together in 1 region to work
collaboratively towards forming one ASEAN community. Common social issues were
identified such as environment preservation, and public sanitation – issues that are easily
solved with collective efforts. To quote an Eco-Leader, “Most of the countries in ASEAN
faced similar issues, by coming together, we can better solve the issues together.”



Voices of the Volunteers
“To be honest, I never felt being an ASEANer. I never thought of
myself as ASEAN. But AYVP provided a platform for us to network,
so we can achieve that ASEAN Spring that Prof Saran was talking
about. I come from an environmental background, but what I
learned was mostly about POLICY. Here, I learned a lot of good
environmental PRACTICES”
- Ty Keithya Oung (Cambodia)

“Before AYVP, I just know ASEAN as an alliance of countries in
South East Asia. I could not feel the togetherness. But then after
the sessions on ASEAN and ASEAN identity, I got the message.
Although we are different, but we share some similarities that
make us ASEAN”
– Sri Rizki (Indonesia)



and Recommendations
Recommendations for the Development of Knowledge and
Understanding of ASEAN Community

ASEAN SocioCultural
Community

• There was minimal trickle-down of
ASEAN awareness to the local
community except during homestay
• Volunteers need more space to proactively share their ASEAN knowledge,
and how it blends with local context




and Recommendations
Objective # 2.
Understanding the Principles of Volunteerism, Community
Engagement and Multi-Stakeholder Partnership
Sources of Data:
- Observation data from site visits and discussions
- Reflective Journals
- Project Proposals




and Recommendations
Impact on Understanding Multi-Stakeholder Partnership
Source: Observation Data from Site Visit

“WWF identified the needs of different stakeholders the community, sponsor and other partners and saw
how these needs can be met to achieve its
environmental outcome. This multi-faceted
stakeholder analysis is something I can directly apply
back home with my job.”
– Calvin Tan, Singapore



and Recommendations
Impact on Understanding Multi-Stakeholder Partnership
Source: Project Proposals
We have received a total of 38 promising individual and group project
proposals on environment and community engagement.

Project Outreach:
- All involved at least 2 partners – mostly from the education or NGO sector
to help facilitate the project sustainably.
- Many also involved other partners such as government and industry.




and Recommendations
Impact on Understanding Community Engagement
Source: Reflective Journal

“Community engagement is the mechanism of our
group to identify the reality of the local communities
which, in this case, is the need to have more
environmental awareness programmes. Our
discussions with locals revolved around ineffective
waste water management system. To our realisation,
the best way to step up our effort to minimize
pollution is by educating coastal communities on
proper garbage disposal and segregation.
- Muhammad Adha Shaleh, Singapore



and Recommendations
Recommendations for Understanding
Community Engagement

Community
Engagement

the

Principle

• Volunteers themselves initiated
consulting the community regarding
their needs (i.e. Mersing and
Kampung Dew)
• Would be good for Site coordinators
to conduct needs assessment and
ensure sustainability of initiatives
prior to the programme


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and Recommendations
Objective # 3.
The development of knowledge of the various challenges and
possible mitigation efforts for environmental issues across
ASEAN with a focus on Malaysia’s biodiversity sites
Sources of Data:
- Group Project Reports
- Observation data from site visits and discussions




and Recommendations
Impact on Project Sites
Source: Sample Outputs from Group Reports

Kampung Dew, Perak

Setiu Wetlands, Terangganu

Mersing, Johor

Kuala Selangor Nature Park




and Recommendations
Recommendations for Sustainability of Initiatives at Project Sites
Mersing: The need to synergise
between research knowledge
generation and community
engagement

Setiu Wetlands: The need to
cooperate with local youth and
institutions for more
sustainable initiatives

Kampung Dew: The need to
engage government and
enforcement agencies in
environmental issues that impact
the communities

KSNP: The need to redefine
“community” and the valuable
stake of each in the
engagement process




t
and Recommendations
Objective # 4. ASEAN Youth Eco-Leadership

What does being an ASEAN youth leader mean to
you - after the programme?
“I’ve learnt leadership that gave me new thoughts about bridging communities to a
better place. The communities could be many things: villagers, students, families
etc. As I started to believe that being chosen as eco-leader I kept bearing in mind
that I, at the same time, have been given a big responsibility to actually become one
of agent of changes who can lead and share the experience I have got so that others
could also be inspired and do something more for people.”
“Being an ASEAN youth leader means a person who embraces his/her identity.
Someone who’s aware of issues plaguing his/her country and the region as a whole,
has solutions to propose and is Saran@AsiaEngage@UKM
willing to act on them.” – Hannah , Philippines



Impact on Environmentally based Job Choices
Before I flew to Malaysia, I just quit my job. I want
to look for my passion in life. After 5 weeks, I can
say that AYVP was a really good opportunity for me
to understand how NGOs work. I think I already
found my calling – for the environment.
- Tu, Vietnam

I was lucky to bump into the founders of the start-up,
Recovr Resources.
It was quite serendipitous that I became part of the
Mersing group in AYVP with the Recycling Project.
Now I moved to the marketing world to start helping
this take root as its Director.
- Atiqah, Malaysia

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and Recommendations
During the last week, the volunteers broke
into groups and discussed the qualities and
skills that can be found in ideal volunteers,
site coordinators, and facilitators.

Qualities of an ASEAN Youth Eco-Leader
-

Flexible to various environments
Responsible of tasks assigned
Helpful and supportive of peers
Adaptable to different cultures
Punctual, follows the schedule
Creative and resourceful
Willing to learn, and share
Able to communicate in English

“ASEAN Youth EcoLeaders must also be
willing to carry out
research on the social
and environmental
context of their sites.”
– Post-Programme
Workshop with Site
Coordinators and
Facilitators



and Recommendations
Qualities of Ideal Site Coordinators and Facilitators

Ideal Site
Coordinator
Experienced and
knowledgeable, goal-oriented,
accommodating while keeping
command, professional,
patient

Ideal
Facilitator
Supportive, multi-talented, fun/
humorous, fair to everyone,
culturally-sensitive, resourceful,
responsible

Stress management,
interpersonal skills, expertise
Time Management,
mentoring, communication
in biodiversity,
communication skills,
skills
mediating and liaising skills



and Recommendations
Key Messages for Site Coordinators and Facilitators




and Recommendations
Assessment of Project Proposals
Many of the 38 proposals have promising ideas, but need tightening of details,
and this leads us key recommendation for the future

Development of online
materials to develop
Impactful Proposal writing
for community engagement

Fundraising guidelines –
youth need to understand
how strongly this is linked to
the quality of the proposal they need to be to show
funders how the proposal
relates to the funders needs
as well.


Module on social innovation
and entrepreneurship
Module on awareness of
gender empowerment and
equality



and Recommendations
Increased Visibility of AYVP and its Partners across ASEAN
The programme was covered by the national press, 7 of the 10 ASEAN countries. Print
publications included the Brunei Times, The Star, Tuio Tre, as well as Seventeen
Magazine. Some Eco-Leaders were interviewed by radio stations in their home
countries such as Philippines, Singapore and Thailand, while a special TV episode was
aired in Jakarta and major cities in Indonesia.
Philippines

Singapore
Brunei
Malaysia

Vietnam

Thailand

Indonesia



On November 14, 2013, AYVP launched its youth FB movement which now has 2,955
followers from all over the region and rated 4.5 out of 5. It is being managed by the
AYVP Secretariat and carefully-selected AYVP Social Media Ambassadors who follow
a country-based schedule. Posts include a rich variety of information about the
region – youth programmes, university scholarships, internships and volunteer
work with non-profit organisations, current events about the region, other relevant
write-ups and educational resources.



and Recommendations
Recommendations for PR and Branding Guidelines
Development of Branding Guidelines
Ensuring an innovative and creative
communications plan that creates impactful
visibility for all stakeholders

Development of AYVP Micro-site
Developing an online portal where the alumni can
interact, update about their projects and access
valuable resources

Upgrading Social Media
Developing the Facebook page into an online
portal for capacity building – with more
knoweldge-driven posts



and Recommendations
Impact for the Development of Regional Collaboration rooted
in National Collaboration
Source: Group presentations on ASEAN collaboration

“Through gotong royong, people of different
communities come together in good times and bad, to
develop empathy and interdependence..“
“Despite our different backgrounds, we work together
towards a common purpose just like how the different
patches make a selimut kain perca more beautiful with
the diversity of patterns.”

Shared problems
call for shared
solutions

- Setiu Wetlands Group

Unity in Diversity



Volunteers in Action
The ASEAN value of community spirit called "bayanihan" in
Tagalog, or "gotong royong" in Bahasa Melayu was naturally
displayed by the ASEAN Youth Eco-Leaders from the Philippines
and Malaysia who took initiatve to come together last
December 1.
They organised post-disaster rehabilitation for the victims of
Typhoon Haiyan in Manila, in which they gathered 250
children-evacuees from Eastern Visayas in a temporary shelter
for a series of fun-filled therapeutic activities. The event was in
collaboration with 4 local NGOs - Young Moro Professionals
Network, Teach Peace Build Peace Foundation, Ayala Young
Leaders Alliance and the Adventists Young Professionals.
To quote a Louie, “This was one small but impactful step in
their journey to recovery yet it aims to restore their positive
attitude towards life.”



Volunteers in Action
Many other volunteers did their part to respond to this
urgent call of need. An email from Mai, a Thai volunteer:
“Since I got back to Thailand, I've been seeking more
opportunities for me to be a volunteer, to help out. As the
typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines, my Thai friend asked
me if I could help. Of course, my answer was YES!
From AYVP, I realized that we are living in global
community. We need to help when our neighbor has a
problem. I thought of my Setiu family members,
especially Sonny, Ace, and Anj. We are all interconnected.
We are ASEAN, we are family.
I'm thankful for my AYVP experience. It has shaped me to
become a better person.”



Roles of the AYVP Secretariat

Advice on the Selection of
Thematic Areas for Countries
to Lead, Excel and gain
visibility across ASEAN

Developing
Network of
Volunteer Alumni

Selection of
ASEAN
Volunteers

Advice on
Development of
Innovative
Curriculum and
Modules

Quality Assurance Measures to
Ensure Impactful and Productive
Volunteerism and Community
Engaged Programmes

Capacity Building
through the Sharing
of experience &
learning

AVYP Model to
create the
multiplier effect
across ASEAN
countries

18-30 years

Setting up of a
regional knowledge
portal



…a legacy for community engagement and volunteerism that will have
a long-lasting effect on the development of our youth and all our
communities
across ASEAN and beyond

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