Project Partners
Each year we conduct between five and seven executive education programmes in collaboration with a mix of social enterprises, donor agencies, and ngos from a range of sectors, locations and countries. What all our partners have in common is a project, product or concept they are keen to scale-up that has demonstrable socio-economic or environmental benefits. GIFT takes a business-oriented rather than aid approach, and does not see itself as a donor agency, nor do we see our local partners as aid recipients. So if you have a project or business concept that would benefit from the YLP and match just some or all of the criteria then please contact Eric Stryson on estryson@globl-inst.com
- Avantage Ventures & TC Capital
- Compassion for Migrant Children
- Global Village of Beijing
- Integrated Farmers’ Association of Heshuiping Region, Hubei
- IDE Vietnam
- Hydrologic Social Enterprise
- Hetong Senior Citizen Welfare Association
- IMC Group
- Aceh Partnerships for Economic Development (APED)
- Lien Aid
- Groupe Energies Renouvelables, Environment et Solidarites in Cambodia (GERES)
- Sunlabob Renewable Energy Inc. (Sunlabob)
- Cambodian Centre for Study and Development in Agriculture (CEDAC)
- Drishtee Development and Communication Ltd.
- Gir National Park & Sanctuary
List of Past Partners
We are continually engaging with organisations across Asia so if you are interested in taking part as a partner please take a look at just some of the benefits to collaboration. Participants will spend up to one week on-site with a partner to work on a pre-identified issue related to the long-term viability of the project. GIFT provides this service free of charge to partners.
Benefits to partners
- 25 individuals from across a variety of business functions to spend one week interrogating an area of your business model that you have identified requires attention
- Six days spent on the project site in market research, information gathering and designing the framework for the identified area
- Offer a new perspective and aid the creation of projections and future strategies
- A copy of the Global Young Leaders Programme (YLP) briefing note, written by GIFT prior to the YLP
- A copy of the output of the YLP, which is a business plan, written by the YLP participants. This is not an exhaustive list and if you require further information please contact Eric Stryson for further
If you are interested in collaborating with GIFT and your project or business meets some or all of the following criteria please contact us.
- The project adopts a business approach through which self-sustaining benefits for local communities, businesses and investors are realistically achievable
- Where the project proponent has been operating for a number of years and has built a solid operational track record in the process. The project proponent is now looking for external advice and input on how to develop a new element to its businesses or improve on an existing aspect.
- The project engenders a solid business/revenue model i.e. there is clear market demand for the product or service offerings
- The project has the potential to nurture local entrepreneurs whose activities would create sustained social and environmental benefits for local communities
- There is strong local leadership, in terms of problem-solving and entrepreneurial mindsets.
- The project has the potential to substantially scale up and replicate
- Infrastructures such as roads, water supply, and electricity are in place
- The project proponent has built strong relationships in the project area over a number of years
- The project area is not in a major conflict-zone.