South African BRICS Youth Association fundraiser campaign

Help the South African BRICS Youth Association in the realization of the upcoming BRICS Youth Innovation Summit 2023 through this fundraiser campaign and contribute to youth empowerment. South African BRICS Youth Association needs your help to fulfil the goals and objectives of making youth the centre of development around the world. SABYA is an NPO which provides opportunities to youth in the BRICS, Africa and the Global South, and does not charge a membership fee or any registration fee for their programmes.

Kindly support their crowdfunding campaign by contributing a small amount of money to empower and support young entrepreneurs whose aim is a prosocial impact in the real world.

Since the Summit is targeted at youth and is free, the organization need the funding to cover expenses such as accommodation for participants and speakers, catering, branding, awards and travelling.

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ABOUT THE SUMMIT:

Name of the Event: BRICS YOUTH INNOVATION SUMMIT 2023

Date: 28-30 March 2023

Theme: LINKING INVESTMENT TO YOUTH-DRIVEN INNOVATION

Venue: Tshwane University of Technology(TUT), South Africa Last Date to Apply: January 22, 2023

PURPOSE OF THE SUMMIT: The BRICS Youth Innovation Summit aims to create a BRICS-orientated space that will empower and support young entrepreneurs and innovators already undertaking projects with a prosocial impact in the real world. The summit serves as a meeting point between promising young entrepreneurs and business leaders, investors, partners and experts from across BRICS and the Global South.

Objectives of the Summit: – Create an international platform for young entrepreneurs from BRICS and the global South to present and showcase their ongoing projects. – Foster peer-to-peer networks between young entrepreneurs working on innovative projects in similar or interlinked sectors. – Educate young entrepreneurs on the opportunities presented by the BRICS and other South-South/multilateral platforms. – Connect young entrepreneurs with mentorship from experts and industry leaders to enhance their work. – Provide a platform for investors and businesses from BRICS and the global South to partner with young entrepreneurs and invest in promising innovations. Sub-Themes for Innovation Projects: Young innovators with projects in any of the following sub-theme categories will be eligible to apply to become delegates to the 2023 BRICS Youth Innovation Summit based on the nature of their projects: • Youth Volunteerism – Projects in the non-profit sector that are contributing to increased voluntary citizen participation in communal, cultural or social development in the global South. • Green Economy – Projects that are contributing to accelerating a just transition to a greener and more environmentally friendly economy. • Agribusiness – Projects that are enhancing the capacity of global South nations to achieve and maintain sustainable food security. • Digitalisation – Projects that are contributing to mainstreaming the digitalisation of services in a global South context. • Manufacturing – Projects that are contributing to industrialisation and value-added production in the global South nations. • Skill development & EdTech – Projects that are contributing to closing the education gap and enhancing the quality of education at primary, secondary or tertiary levels in the global South. Target audience: The Summit will be aimed at young entrepreneurs and innovators between the ages of 18-35 from BRICS and global South countries who are already running projects in one of the sub-theme areas listed above. Overall, the Summit will gather up to 42 young entrepreneurs and innovators in Pretoria to present their projects. With 50-150 audience participants. SUMMIT OUTCOMES The outcomes of the Summit both during and after the Summit will be as follows: ➢ Networking: o During the Summit delegates will have the opportunity to Network with their peers and experts. o After the Summit delegates will be added to the SABYA Young Entrepreneurs Network database to stay in touch, share updates on their projects and receive notice of opportunities. ➢ Mentorship: o During the Summit delegates will present their projects to a panel of industry experts from different BRICS countries who will provide written/verbal feedback to share insights with emerging entrepreneurs. o After the Summit delegates will be able to continue reaching out to mentors via the SABYA Young Entrepreneurs Network. ➢ Investments & partnerships: o During the Summit businesses and investors from different BRICS countries will be invited to listen in on the presentations made by the young entrepreneurs, to identify potential projects and businesses they might want to partner with or support. o After the Summit the profiles of delegates and their projects will be shared with the network of businesses and investors who have expressed interest and SABYA will facilitate further correspondence between relevant parties. ➢ Awards: o During the Summit a selected group of adjudicators will also be assessing the project presentations being made to select the best project from each of the sub-theme categories. o After the Summit the top 6 entrepreneurs and innovators will be invited and supported by SABYA and its partners to participate in other international entrepreneurship and business platform and programmes e.g., Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum in 2023/24.

Financial conditions for participation:

• SABYA will provide accommodation and meals during the period of the BRICS Youth Innovation Summit for all participants.

• Participants or sending organizations are responsible for their travel costs to Pretoria, South Africa and back.

• SABYA will provide visa application support and assistance with issuing permission to enter South Africa for international participants who are required to acquire a visa.

• The event will be organized in compliance with South African health and COVID-19 Regulations.

The BRICS Youth Innovation Summit aims to create a BRICS-orientated space that will empower and support young entrepreneurs and innovators already undertaking projects with a prosocial impact in the real world. We work in the Pretoria, Gauteng Province area.

The Summit serves as a meeting point between promising young entrepreneurs and business leaders, investors, partners and experts from across BRICS and the Global South.

Objectives of the Summit

• Create an international platform for young entrepreneurs from BRICS and the global South to present and showcase their ongoing projects.

• Foster peer-to-peer networks between young entrepreneurs working on innovative projects in similar or interlinked sectors.

• Educate young entrepreneurs on the opportunities presented by the BRICS and other South-South/multilateral platforms.

• Connect young entrepreneurs with mentorship from experts and industry leaders to enhance their work.

• Provide a platform for investors and businesses from BRICS and the global South to partner with young entrepreneurs and invest in promising innovations.

The Summit will aim to bring together young entrepreneurs and innovators between the ages of 18-35 from BRICS and global South countries who are already running projects in one of the sub-themes listed below:

• Youth Volunteerism – Projects in the non-profit sector that contribute to increased voluntary citizen participation in communal, cultural or social development in the global South.

• Green Energy – Projects contributing to accelerating a transition to a greener and more environmentally friendly economy.

• Agribusiness – Projects enhancing global South nations' capacity to achieve and maintain sustainable food security.

• Digitalisation – Projects that are contributing to mainstreaming the digitalisation of

• Services in a South global context.

• Manufacturing – Projects contributing to industrialisation and value-added production in the global South nations.

• Skill development & EdTech – Projects contributing to closing the education gap and enhancing the quality of education in the global South at primary, secondary or tertiary levels.

More information about the summit is here -https://sabya.co.za/brics-youth-innovation-summit-2023/