Youth Speak Forum June 2016

aiesec south africa

Increasing youth employability in South Africa

Foreword For four years, AIESEC International has brought together top youth leaders in over 120 countries to India (in 2010), Kenya (in 2011), Russia (in 2012), Egypt (in 2013) and Taiwan (in 2014) for our International Youth to Business Forum. The Youth to Business Forum has been a platform for youth to connect with top business leaders to discuss the issues shaping our world.

However this year, AIESEC has decided to rebrand the Youth to Business Forum into the Youth Speak Forum as we noticed the need for youth to connect not only with business leaders but also with leaders in the not-for-proďŹ t sectors and the international decision makers such as the United Nations.

In South Africa, the Youth Speak Forum powered by AIESEC in South Africa seeks to accomplish the same goals for South Africans. We recognize the social and economic issues persisting in South Africa and the need for youth and top leaders of the country to come together and join forces to make positive impact for the country.

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Table of Contents

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About aiesec

For over 60 years, AIESEC has been developing youth leadership all over the world and up to date, we are present in over 120 countries in the world. AIESEC is an independent, non-political, not-for-profit youth-run organization. AIESEC does not discriminate on the basis of gender, sexual orientation, disabilities, creed, or religion, nor on the basis of national, ethnic or social origin.

It all started after the Second World War when a group of young people determined that cross-cultural understanding was essential to prevent similar conflicts. We strive to achieve peace and fulfillment of humankind’s potential. We place our confidence in youth as the key to unlock a better future, we believe that leadership is the fundamental solution and it can be developed in anyone.

We enable young people to develop their leadership through learning from practical experiences in challenging environments and we do this through cross-cultural exchanges and by creating these opportunities. That is why we strive to develop self-aware world citizens who strive to empower others and who are solution-oriented when facing challenges.

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About youth speak movement The Youth Speak Survey collects youth insights from around the world to better understand what young people care about. This survey will provide decision makers (companies, the government, organizations, AIESECers) with key insights to generate projects and actions to impact the world. The 2014-2015 Global Youth Speak Survey was created in collaboration with PwC and collected over 42 000 responses world-wide.

The Youth Speak Insights is the report that comes out of the Youth Speak Survey and allows AIESEC and the world to take decisions that inuence strategy and operations of our organization.

This insights reects the data gathered in the Youth Speak Survey. AIESEC will be making this insights available to the world.

The Youth Speak Forum is a one-day event that brings together both young and senior leaders to form a diverse cross-sector and multi-generational space for inspiring conversations around pressing global issues.

The forum aims to create an environment to gain new perspectives to create actionable outcomes and projects to push the world forward. This projects are connected to the insights we gain from the survey.

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The objective of the Youth Speak Survey and the Youth Speak Insights is to understand the current trends taking place in order to shape the discussions for the Youth Speak Forum

The Youth Speak Forum will be following these 3 guidelines: Inspire, Engage, Act. The Inspire and Engage elements will be keynote speeches and interactive workshops. The Act element will be a case competition where delegates will have to create projects to solve the problems presented.

With the winning project ideas from the Youth Speak Forum, we would like to potentially move forward and make them a reality. The projects, with the aim to solve a current issue in South Africa or for the organization that posed the challenge, could then be created and implemented by the participating students with the help of AIESEC and the business and thought leaders if they would like to get involved.

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previous Youth Speak Forums On August 24, 2015, more than 800 delegates from 126 AIESEC member entities and over 5,000 virtual participants attended the Youth Speak Forum which took place in India. The day started with keynote speeches from business leaders such as Vishen Lakhiani, CEO of Mindvalley and AIESEC alumnus, and from influential figures such as Ahmad Alhendawi, the UN Secreteray-General’s Envoy on Youth. The day ended with the Youth Speak Challenge where each region presented a project to solve a current pressing issue in their region. Delegates from the African region were awarded with the most Impactful Project.

We also had our very first South Africa Youth Speak Forum on December 3 2015, at P&G Offices in Sandton. Over 60 delegates were present, participated in discussions with our partners about how to Build Ambition for South African Youth.

From this day event, we came up with 4 projects to improve on education and guidance for South African Youth. The winning projects were focused on creating more support and guidance for university students through a mentorship program. AIESEC in South Africa will be running this project.

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agenda of the day 9.00 – 9.30

Networking Breakfast

9.30 – 9.45

Morning Keynote

9.45 – 10.30

Panel Discussion

10.30 – 11.00

Networking Break

11.00 – 12.00

Round 1 Workshops

12.00 – 1.00

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Johannesburg June 30, 2016

Lunch

1.00 – 2.00

Round 2 Workshops

2.00 – 2.30

Networking Break

2.30 – 4.00

Round One of Youth Speak Challenge: all delegates participate in the case competition

4.00 – 5.00

Round One of Judges Feedback and selection of finalists

5.00 – 5.45

Round Two of Youth Speak Challenge: Finalists improve their plans for final round of judging

5.45 – 6.30

Round Two of Judging and final decision

7.00 – 8.00

Dinner and Title Partner Keynote The winner of the case competition will be announced after Evening Keynote

Reverse Panel Discussion

Sponsorship tiers Title Partner - R33 000 Pose a challenge your organization faces or a social issue happening in South Africa your organization would like to contribute to solving. You will have the opportunity to capitalize on the creative solutions given by all students participating.

Opportunity to present 2 one-hour workshops to 25-50 delegates (engagement with a total of 50-100 delegates) Opportunity to deliver Evening Keynote speech 3 tickets to both lunch and dinner keynote during the Youth Speak Forum 5+ sponsored social media posts leading up to the forum Distribution of materials in delegate package Logo on Youth Speak Forum banners Recognition on AIESEC South Africa website Booth space reserved during networking breaks 5 complimentary tickets to our Alliance Dinner (in May)

Theme Partners - R15 000 Pose a challenge your organization faces or a social issue happening in South Africa your organization would like to contribute to solving. You will have the opportunity to capitalize on the creative solutions given by all students participating.

2 tickets to both lunch and dinner keynote during the Youth Speak Forum 5+ sponsored social media posts leading up to the forum Distribution of materials in delegate package Logo on Youth Speak Forum banners Recognition on AIESEC South Africa website Booth space reserved during networking breaks 3 complimentary tickets to our Alliance Dinner (in May)

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Who are we bringing?

Founded in 1958, AIESEC South Africa is currently has local committees present in 10 universities across the country. At Youth Speak, we would be bringing 60 students from universities outside of Gauteng and 90 students from universities in Gauteng, a total of 150 delegates for the day.

Current local committees expansion committees Future Expansions includes: - university of western cape - varsity college (Sandton, pretoria and cape town)

3 universities in johannesburg: - Monash South Africa University - University of Johannesburg - University of witwatersrand university of pretoria North-West university (Potchefstroom campus)

3 universities in johannesburg

University of Kwa-Zulu Natal

university of Cape town

stellenbosch university

Our social media reach

nelson mandela metropolitan university

With local committees in 9 dierent universities in South Africa, we are able to connect with close to 1000 South African members across the country.

On social media, our reach is over 5000 fans on our national Facebook page only. This does not account for the reach that each of our local committees’ Facebook page is able to gather.

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Why get involved?

Youth speak Challenge The Youth Speak Challenge will be the case competition where you will have the opportunity to pose a challenge for the students to solve. Through this, you will be able to communicate your company’s values, show your company as a leader and role model in addressing challenges South Africa faces, learn from students how your communications impact their perception.

You will also be able to capitalize on how students would approach the issue being proposed to them.

Workshops Through workshops, you will be able to interact with students in a more effective way. Moreover, this will be a unique opportunity to gain input from potential employees and young customers on initiatives as well as communicate your company’s values in an interactive fashion.

Other benefits The networking spaces during Youth Speak Forum will serve as platform for you to interact with our delegates. After the event, you will gain access to the event’s output, which summarizes key learning points from the day.

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Let your voice be heard.

contact us www.aiesec.org.za

Thabiso Ncube

Hang Tran

President Telephone: +27 74 345 2370 thabiso.ncube@aiesec.net

Vice President of Marketing Telephone: +27 84 833 9186 hangp.tran@aiesec.net

AIESEC in South Africa Telephone: +27 11 072 8173 linkedin.com/company/aiesec-south-africa AIESEC in South Africa NPC Co Reg No: 2007/011622/08 NPO No: 056-312 NPO