Asia Pacific Youth Exchange – Thailand 2018

14th – 26th January 2018 Tentative Program Agenda

Day 1 | Monday 15th January 2018 | United Nations Conference Centre Bangkok

Asia Pacific Youth Forum: Youth and Sustainable Development Goals in Thailand

TIME SESSION TITLE SPEAKER(S) (Tentative)

8:00 – 9:00 Arrivals and Registration

9:00 – 9:30 Ice Breaking

9:30 – 10:30 1.1. Opening remarks

Key conveners delivering their key messages to welcome delegates to the 3rd “As ia Pacific Youth Exchange Thailand 2018”

Mr. Hyoungmin Kim Managing Director, Urban Youth Academy

Dr. Hongjoo Hahm Deputy Executive Secretary, UNESCAP

Mr. Martin Hart-Hansen Deputy Resident Representative, UNDP Thailand

Mr. Kiatchai Sophastienphong Vice Minister of Finance, Ministry of

Finance, Thailand

10:30 – 12:00 1.2. Introduction to the Sustainable Development Goals and the Role of Youth

Providing an overview of the Sustainable Development Goals, encourage youth to take action and become responsible community leaders for our generation.

UNDP Asia - Pacific

12:00 – 13:00 Lunch

13:00 – 14:30 1.3. Social Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Development

Panel discussion of young entrepreneurs and their personal connection with sustainable development will provide insights of their contribution towards the achievement of the Global Goals, through social innovation and entrepreneurship.

Dr. Marco Roncarati Youth Focal Point for Asia-Pacific, UNESCAP

Mr. Aukrit Unahalekhaka Co-Founder & CEO, Ricult

Mr. Somsak Boonkam Co-Founder & CEO, Local Alike

Ms. Siraprapha Rungpry Project Manager, Innovation Strategy

Department, National Innovation

Agency

Ms. Zahin Faizah Hussain Global Entrepreneurship Program Manager, Hanyang University

14:30 – 15:00 Coffee Break

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15:00 – 16:30 1.4. SDGs and Social Progress in Thailand

Delegates have a chance to understand the current social context and development progress in Thailand, connection between SDGs and Sufficient

Economy Phi losophy (SEP) and how grassroots communities across Thailand adopt to this concept.

Dr. Wanchat Suwankitti Director, National Economics and Social

Development Board

Mr. Sanon Wangsrangboon Co-Founder, Trawell

16:30 – 17:00 1.5. Hanyang Changemaker Scholarship Ceremony & Closing Remarks

Congratulate and award Certificates to the winners of Hanyang Changemaker

Scholarship. Wrap up the output of Asia Pacific Youth Forum and thank you

session to a ll conveners.

Mr. Hyoungmin Kim Managing Director, Urban Youth

Academy

Mr. Jinseok Seo Director, Hanyang University Social Innovation Center

17:00 – 19:00 Arrivals to SD Avenue Hotel & Dinner

19:00 – 21:00 1.6 Connecting Stories

A space for delegates to share personal va lues in a lignment with SDGs, and establish s trong connection with others.

APYE

Day 2 | Tuesday 16th January 2018 | SD Avenue Hotel

Capacity Building Workshops

TIME SESSION TITLE SPEAKER(S)

09:00 – 9:30 2.1. Morning Plenary

Recap of Day 1 and orientation through Day 2

APYE

09:30 – 10:30 2.2. Foundation of Sustainable Development Generation

Introduce the key characteristics of the new generation of community leaders

contributing to sustainable development, and behaviors that would enable them to understand and engage with grassroots communities.

APYE

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:00 2.3. Social Entrepreneurship Skill Workshop – Design Thinking

Introduce Design Thinking as a guiding tool and mindset for delegates through the

journey of the program.

Mr. Kal Joffres

Co-Founder & CEO, Tandemic

12:00 – 13:00 Lunch

13:00 – 14:30 2.4. Social Entrepreneurship Skill Workshop – Design Thinking (Continue)

How to gather insights and reframing issues while engage with communities.

Mr. Kal Joffres

Co-Founder & CEO, Tandemic

14:30 – 15:00 Coffee Break

15:00 – 17:00 2.5. Social Entrepreneurship Skill Workshop – Social Business Model Canvas

Introducing the Social Business Model Canvas, how to integrate the model with Des ign Thinking Process and use them as tools to create innovative solutions to address social issues

Mr. Kal Joffres

Co-Founder & CEO, Tandemic

17:00 – 17:30 2.6. Wrap Up

Wrap up learning and output of Day 2

APYE

17:30 – 19:00 Dinner

19:00 – 22:00 Special Event: Cultural Night

Delegates celebrate Asia Pacific’s diversity of culture through traditional costumes, local food, arts and perform ances.

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Day 3 | Wednesday 17th January 2018 | SD Avenue Hotel

Capacity Building Workshops

TIME SESSION TITLE SPEAKER(S)

09:00 – 9:30 3.1. Morning Plenary

Recap of Day 2 and orientation through Day 3

APYE

09:30 – 10:30 3.2. Social Entrepreneurship Skill Workshop – Parallel Tracks

Para llel tracks to provide necessary skills and balance understanding between team members.

Track 1: Design Thinking (Continue)

Finalize Design Thinking process and to use it to produce social project ideas.

Track 2: Community Engagement

Bas ic skills to quickly integrate to community lifestyles, engage them in the research and design process to generate relevant and sustainable social project ideas.

Track 3: Impact Assessment

Clear definition of social impact, how to ensure project ideas created can generate meaningful social impact and how to measure them.

Track 1: Tandemic

Track 2: APYE

Track 3: Yunus Center at AIT

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:00 3.3. Social Entrepreneurship Skill Workshop – Parallel Tracks (Continue)

Continue the parallel tracks as above Same facilitators as above

12:00 – 13:00 Lunch

13:00 – 13:30 3.4. Closing Plenary

Wrap up Leadership and Development Training

APYE

13:30 – 15:30 3.5. Local Immersion Preparation

Understand community context in relation with the SDGs of each local

community, orientation throughout Local Immersion Week and basic cultural preparation to immerse with Thai community.

APYE

15:30 Dinner and Leaving to Local Immersion Sites

Day 4 – Day 9 | Local Immersion

Capacity Building Workshops

TIME SESSION TITLE SPEAKER(S)

Local Immersion

Divided into groups, the youth participants engage with local communities to develop a deeper understanding of existing development challenges on the ground in relation to the SDGs. Each group assess the needs of the communities to conduct research and design solutions with community to produce project

proposals that solve existing challenges in local context.

APYE

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Day 10 | Wednesday 24th January 2018 | SD Avenue Hotel

Asia Pacific Youth Symposium

TIME SESSION TITLE SPEAKER(S)

09:00 – 09:30 10.1. Morning Plenary

Recap of Local Immersion week and orientation through Asia Pacific Youth Sympos ium

APYE

09:30 – 10:30 10.2. Mentoring

Each SDG Team will meet with their mentor who have experience working in Social Innovation related to their SDG. The mentors will provide their expertise and feedback to improve youth delegates’ social project ideas.

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:00 10.3. Mentoring (Continue)

Continue mentoring session and finalize project details

12:00 – 13:00 Lunch

13:00 – 15:00 10.4. Community Development Dialogue

Dia logue with local enablers, organizations and foundation on how to make the project ideas become reality with local communities

APYE

15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break

15:30 – 17:30 10.5. Future Orientation

Reflection of delegates on key learning from the program, and how they can integrate the implementation of SDGs in their daily l ife

APYE

Day 11 | Thursday 25th January 2018 | United Nations Conference Centre Bangkok

Asia Pacific Youth Symposium – Final Showcase

TIME SESSION TITLE SPEAKER(S)

08:00 – 09:00 Arrivals and Registration

09:00 – 10:00 11.1. Opening Remarks

Key conveners delivering their key messages to welcome delegates to the final

showcase of “Asia Pacific Youth Symposium”

Mr. Beniam Gebrezghi Program Specialist, Civil Society & Youth

Mr. Hyoungmin Kim

Managing Director, Urban Youth Academy

10:00 – 11:30 11.2. Social Innovation for SDGs Festival

SDG Teams will showcase their ideas in a living library format, to be opened to public and high-level guests.

11:30 – 12:30 Lunch and Preparation for Final Pitching

12:30 – 15:00 11.3. Final Pitching

The SDG Team will pitch their final project presentation to panels of judges in 3 groups

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15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break

15:30 – 17:30 11.4. Closing Remarks and Award Ceremony

Key conveners delivering their key messages to official close “Asia Pacific Youth

Exchange Thailand 2018” and Awards to the winning projects

Mr. Hyoungmin Kim Managing Director, Urban Youth

Academy Ms. Deirdre Boyd

Resident Representative, UNDP Thailand

17:30 – 19:00 Arrivals to SD Avenue Hotel & Dinner

19:00 – 22:00 Special Event: Gala Dinner

Embrace connection of youth network in Asia Pacific and farewell to APYE 2018

Day 12 | Friday 26th January 2018 | SD Avenue Hotel

Study Tour

TIME SESSION TITLE

09:00 – 10:00 Hotel Check-Out

10:00 – 17:00 Study Tour

A chance for international youth to learn about the rich history and culture of Thailand