In Asia Pacific, examples of Pathways to Progress programming funded in the last 12 months include:
- Youth Co:Lab, a project co-created by Citi Foundation and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), to continue bringing governments and stakeholders together to support young social entrepreneurs in starting and growing businesses that accelerate achievement of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals in more than 25 countries and territories across the region
- Citi Foundation grant investment to UNESCO in Indonesia to build an enabling ecosystem and contribute to sustainable livelihoods for young entrepreneurs in creative industries living in and around Indonesia’s heritage sites
- Citi Foundation grant investment to Youth Entrepreneurship Digital Approach Initiative, a program implemented by Prestasi Junior Indonesia which supports and introduces a digital understanding of business to High School / Vocational School students through online trainings and assistances. Throughout the program, selected individuals began their own actual Student Company Program and competed until the Asia Pacific level
- Citi Foundation grant investment to Skilled Youth, a program implemented by Indonesia Business Links, to empower the economic potential of youths located in industrial area in several part of West Java by enhancing both their soft skills and hard skills, providing business entrepreneurship assistances, and giving job guidance
- Citi Indonesia Volunteers have contributed over 90 volunteering hours and benefited more than 4,700 beneficiaries through the Youth at Indonesian Heritage Sites Program, Skilled Youth Program, and Youth Entrepreneurship Digital Approach Initiative
- Citi’s US$5.8 million contribution in India thus far, impacting over 35,000 youth towards its 10 million commitment to deliver demand-driven future skills training to low-income youth
- Citi’s contribution to the Leaping Social Entrepreneur Foundation in China for the Future-Oriented Vocational Training Program, which trains and certifies youth as “Tinkering Innovative Education Facilitator”
- Paid internships supported by Citi through Hong Kong Council of Social Services and Kyung Hee University in South Korea to provide university students the opportunity to gain work experiences at nonprofit organizations
- Citi Foundation grant investment to the Northcott Society to equip youth with disability with vocational skills to increase employability while meeting the current labor shortages in Australia
- Citi Foundation grant investment to the Philippine Business for Education through First Future, which provides entry-level employees (particularly those with a K to 12 diploma), with training opportunities that will allow them to progress in the workplace and reduce the amount of time it takes for them to land a meaningful wage job
- Citi Foundation grant investment to United Women Singapore to pilot the STEM First Program, which enables young women to realize their potential and gives them opportunities to fulfil career aspirations in STEM-related fields, largely FinTech, at an established organization or as an entrepreneur
- Citi Foundation grant investment to Teach For Malaysia (TFM) to research and develop a Student Leadership Development Framework and train underprivileged youth to drive locally-led community solution projects within their school and community
Since 1999, the Citi Foundation, has been actively engaged across Asia Pacific, investing over $280 million in grant funds. In Pathways to Progress: Insights from Six Years of Programming, the Citi Foundation summarizes the learnings and insights gathered that have helped inform the programming and evolution of this initiative. Meanwhile in Indonesia, Citi Foundation’s Pathways to Progress has been active since 2014 and have reached more than 63,000 beneficiaries.
