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1)Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship by Sorawit Paiboonrattanakorn (Founder of Saturday school Thailand & Forbes 30 under 30)

On November 4, Mr. Sorawit Paiboonrattanakorn’s lecture on Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship marked the beginning of this year’s ASEAN Young Socialpreneurs Program (AYSPP). He started the lecture with an ice breaking session, where the audience could interact with each other before the session starts. Ranging from animals to social problems, the session clarified the scope of what  the lecture would discuss.

On the last day of AYSPP 2017, the participants were invited to enjoy the beauty of Yogyakarta culture by visiting Borobudur Temple. Before leaving for the location of the temple located in Magelang regency, Central Java, the participants ate breakfast at the hotel. After breakfast, participants were immediately mobilized to the two UGM buses to depart for Borobudur because the time had shown at 8.15, 1 hour late than scheduled. This is because the participant must check out the room first and leave their belongings at the concierge before leaving the excursion so that it takes a long time to mobilize the participants. In addition, not all participants took part in this excursion because some of them had to go back to their respective cities or countries.

The fourth day of AYSPP starts at 06.00 WIB. Today is the top 5 announcement for participants held in the hotel ballroom. The five selected participants were Zikaway, Narakopi, Coass, Youth Home, Chhlat, each from the Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam and Cambodia. Assessment of selected participants based on judges’ deliberations and judgments.

After the announcement, the Top 5 that have been announced will remain in the ballroom to get direction on the next stage, while the participants who have not been selected as the Top 5 will be directed to have breakfast immediately.

Today, the execution of AYSPP entered the third day with two main agendas, namely the company visit and also the implementation of a social business competition attended by twenty semi-finalists from all over ASEAN. There were absolutely no significant obstacles encountered today, so that the implementation of the two agendas was counted smoothly.

The activity held on September 17, 2017 began with an announcement regarding the rules and format of the race that would be implemented in the semi-finals. After that, it continued with breakfast and mobilization of participants towards the first company visit location, namely Mandiri Craft by the Independent Disabled Foundation. Mandiri Craft is a wooden handicraft business that is produced and managed by people with disabilities to help people with disabilities to stay productive. From this place, participants learned how to manage a business by integrating social issues in the business center.

Despite being one of the busiest days at AYSPP 2017–and there was general public involvement on top of it, today went going well without major disruptions.

A series of activities which included press conferences, opening ceremonies, public lectures and early morning workshops; everything was on time according to the schedule.

There were 64 workshop participants from the general public and 53 AYSPP 2017 participants. At the end of the workshop, there was a pitching round training session for two semifinalist teams. Here the participants seemed enthusiastic and interested in the speakers’ exposure to the knowledge given.

In general, today’s program ran very well.

Participants were picked up at their respective pickup location (airport and train station), then taken to the Jogja Plaza Hotel where the registration team had been waiting to check it and record their arrival. Participants check in to their respective rooms and no problems are found. Pick up service was also provided for VIP guests, judges and speakers. There were some delays due to the flight delay, but the LO stayed around so that all the guests arrived at their respective hotels.

In preparation for the dinner, the logistics team had gone to dinner a few hours earlier and made sure everything was ready. All guests and participants were transported to Bale Raos on time and arrived at the restaurant just in time for the welcoming event. All 20 participants could attend the welcoming dinner event, and one team was immediately taken to the restaurant from the pick-up place. Here is the list of guests attending a welcoming dinner:

1. Mr. Nicholas Chan (workshop speaker)
2. Dr. Poppy Winanti (Vice Dean of FISIPOL)
3. Ibu Yuni Praptiwi (Dikpora DIY, on behalf of Governor Sri Sultan HB X)
4. Bapak Ponco (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
5. Visitama17 Team
6. Ms. Agustina Kustulasari (Manager GEO)