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The Australia ASEAN Emerging Leaders Program (A2ELP) is a three month leadership program for 15 social entrepreneurs from ASEAN and Australia. The program includes: pre-program education, a ten-day intensive program in Melbourne and Sydney including workshops, networking events, field visits, cultural activities, and support for implementation.

The A2ELP 2018 aligns with the ASEAN-Australian Special Summit, a high-level event which aims to strengthen Australia’s strategic partnership with ASEAN. A2ELP 2017 alumni and 2018 delegates will partake in a range of activities associated with the Summit, including high level dialogues with leaders in government and business.

A2ELP is designed to:

Enhance the leadership potential of participants;

Strengthen and expand people-to-people, professional, and institutional networks between Australia and South-East Asia and;

Showcase contemporary Australian and South-East Asian creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship.

A2ELP is an Australian Government initiative and is a flagship program for the Australia-ASEAN Council (AAC) with co-funding contributions from the Australia Awards and Alumni Branch (AWB) at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). The 2018 program will also include co-funding from the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C) for the 2017 alumni. The A2ELP is implemented by Asialink, at The University of Melbourne. The 2018 workshop delivery partners include Asialink Business and BlueChilli.

Over a three-month period, participants will:

build knowledge of scalable and sustainable business models to achieve long term change

develop skills to engage a range of stakeholders

receive training in cultural intelligence and lean start-up methodology

participate in networking events and field visits to innovative social ventures in Australia

discuss the latest thinking and ideas in social impact with academic experts and industry leaders

foster connections with participants through peer mentoring exercises and alumni engagement

Participants will travel to Australia from 10 to 19 March 2018 to participate in a ten-day intensive program in Melbourne and Sydney.

ELIGIBILITY: Program participants will need to meet the following criteria:

Citizens of Australia or an ASEAN country (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines)