With Founding Support from the Citi Foundation, the AVPN Youth Opportunities Platform aims to catalyse the scale of youth empowerment in Asia. 

By harnessing the power of the AVPN network, AVPN will leverage the resources of more than 600 funders and resource providers to: 

• identify and inform practitioners of priority youth gaps in the region, 
• identify collaboration pathways between AVPN members and impact organisations, and 
• advocate for under-represented youth voices and issues.

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• Build the pipeline of impact organisations/solutions committed to addressing youth causes.  
• Facilitate resource matchmaking between capital providers and/or impact organisations across the regions to bridge resource gaps.
• Drive cross-market and cross-sector knowledge sharing with an aim to equip capital providers and impact organisations with a common language around social investment.
• Pool resources amongst capital providers around a youth thematic pillar to deliver more strategic impact at greater scale.
• Raise visibility of underrepresented youth voices and issues to encourage more capital to be mobilised towards these priority areas.
• Bridge the generational gap between young people and the public and private sectors by nominating young impact leaders to be part of their board advisory. 
• Keep youth communities at the center of decision making processes by ensuring young people contribute to key social investment conversations.

We do not plan to recreate the wheel by developing our own initiatives; Instead, we play the role of an aggregator and resource matchmaker. We seek to support funders, resource providers, and youth-driven impact organisations by equipping and amplifying their existing efforts. 

We see our role as an ecosystem-building one. With so many capital providers already supporting young people, we aim to develop transparency, facilitate collaborations, and ultimately unlock and mobilise more resources towards young people in Asia. 

While conversations on capital mobilisation are typically driven by capital holders,  the Youth Opportunities Platform is keen to place young people at the centre of decision-making. Only in this way, we can bridge the resource and knowledge gaps across sectors and generations. 

• A cohort of 10 young impact leaders, who have been nominated by AVPN members to champion unique and highly pertinent youth initiatives in their Asian markets.
• A strength of 60 AVPN advisors, who have committed to not only support these young leaders in scaling their initiatives, but also lend their resources to youth initiatives across the network.
• A core group of anchor partners, who form the advisory committee that guides the strategic direction of the Youth Opportunities Platform. 
• The Social investment community, where we are able to add value and drive strategic social investment

The young leaders are visionaries and collaborators, who are leading initiatives to empower fellow youths, and tackle critical youth issues. Meet the young leaders and find out their initiatives here. 

The young impact leaders, who are working on individual youth empowerment initiatives, have been nominated by AVPN members to benefit from this opportunity to amplify the impact of their work around youth empowerment, and inspire large-scale transformation. Out of the pool of 100 nominations, AVPN has confirmed our inaugural cohort of 10 young leaders across 10 Asian markets, through a rigorous review process.

The advisors are seasoned professionals from the social investment community, who are keen to share their experiences, insights, resources, and networks with young impact leaders. Their guidance will support the organisational growth as well as the personal development of the young impact leaders. Find out more about our advisors and their work here. 

While we have closed the first round of interest to become an advisor for the network, AVPN, at a higher level, is building a collaborative community of social sector experts. This AVPN Expert Circle is an avenue for seasoned practitioners to channel their knowledge and skills towards programmes and impact organisations across Asia. If you would like to join the expert circle, please indicate your interest here. Once we have recorded your interest and your preferred engagement model, we will share relevant opportunities for you to evaluate if you would like to be a part of it.

An anchor partner will, broadly, serve as part of the advisory committee to surface youth voices and trends that it is observing through their markets or hearing through its networks. The anchor partner will play a pivotal role in guiding the strategic direction of the platform together with the young impact leaders.

The network and communities never stop growing. We are constantly on the look-out for high-impact young leaders, advisors, and anchor partners. If you are keen to be part of this movement, join us here.