Shanghai House of Entrepreneurs, NUS (SHEN)

Website: http://shentrepreneur.org/joomlatest/index.php
Contact: Xie Kaiwei (谢凯威), Vice president
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About
Shanghai House of Entrepreneurs, NUS (SHEN) is a youth organization established in 2004 to spearhead, promote and get involved in projects that raise the level of interest in business and entrepreneurship related topics amongst fellow Singaporeans and Chinese in Shanghai.

Program description
In-Conversation: monthly dialogue sessions with distinguished entrepreneurs and business leaders from different industries in Shanghai to develop SHEN members’ entrepreneurial and business skills.
BizBuzz 2009: business competition where students from all over the world gather to compete, and pitch their ideas for business cases.

Participants
Singaporeans, Chinese and other nationalities in Singapore and Shanghai.

 

Spirit of Enterprise

Website: http://www.soe.org.vn/
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About
They promote and advance entrepreneurial spirit in Vietnam by honoring local self-reliant entrepreneurs operating small and medium-sized businesses. Thy also serve to inspire Vietnamese, especially the young, to become entrepreneurs by facilitating interaction, communication and knowledge dissemination between students, the entrepreneurs and the general public.

Program description
Student-Entrepreneur Program: Funds are given to Primary School students to start a business. It has identified 10 schools to participate in its inaugural Student-Entrepreneur programme.

   

SAGE China 赛智中国

Website: http://sagechina.blogspot.com
Contact Ms. Helen Shi (施辰施), SAGE China National Coordinator
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Tel: + 86 21 6481 3669

About
Students for the Advancement of Global Entrepreneurship (SAGE) is an international network that links teams of secondary school students to nearby university students, business leaders and civic leaders.  The SAGE mission is to help create the next generation of entrepreneurial leaders whose innovations and social enterprises address the major unmet needs of our global community.

Program description
SAGE is premised on the compelling usefulness of assisting youths to plan and operate businesses, as a means to for them to use their classroom learning and develop self-reliance. Students work in teams on real life businesses and compete in the annual national and global SAGE competitions.

Participants
School students enrolled in SAGE partner schools. For list of schools please check website.

   

SIFE

Website: www.sifechina.org
Contact: Ms. Cathy Renmin, General Manager, SIFE China
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Tel: + 86 21 6481 3669
Adress: Room 1011,Baidi building No.2006,West Zhongshan Road, Shanghai,200235,China

About
SIFE is a global non-profit organization active in more than 40 countries.  SIFE brings together a diverse network of university students, academic professionals and industry leaders around the shared mission of creating a better, more sustainable world through the positive power of business. By contributing their talents to projects that improve the lives of people worldwide, SIFE participants are demonstrating that individuals with a knowledge and passion for business can be a powerful force for change.

Program description
Working in partnership with business and higher education, SIFE establishes student teams on university campuses. SIFE teams work on projects in their communities to create economic opportunity. These projects are developed around the seven SIFE criteria of market economics, success skills, entrepreneurship, financial literacy, environmental sustainability, business ethics and sustainability. Faculty Advisors support and guide SIFE teams in their activities.

Participants
University students enrolled in SIFE's partner universities. For list of universities please check website.

   

Foundation for Youth Social Entrepreneurship (FYSE)

Website: http://www.fyse.org http://www.paragon100.asia
Contact: Ms. Andrea Krause, Executive Director
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Tel: +852 8170 3587

About
FYSE aims to inspire and empower more young people in Asia to consider entrepreneurship. FYSEs flagship program is the Paragon fellowship, an annual regional program that selects and nurtures 100 young social Changemakers and entrepreneurs of up to 30 years of age and provides them as inspiring role models to our youth. Furthermore FYSE is hosting to the Paragon:2010 conference 2010 in India, in which they will bring aspiring and emerging entrepreneurs together to share ideas and approaches on social entrepreneurship.

Program description
YBDC organizes workshops, field works and lectures with the aim to have a get-together of youth who are interested in the field of SE, provides them with a perfect opportunity to study about SEs, to experience SEs and even to build social enterprises.

Participants
The profile of the Paragon fellows includes young entrepreneurs and social changemakers of up to 30 years of age from Asia Pacific who are an inspiration to other young people. Paragon fellows  are young people who dared to stride out by sucessfully setting up their own business, social enterprise or NGO. They have overcome challenges by realizing their vision and believing in themselves.

Applications:
Applications for the 2009/10 fellowship are now closed. Applications for 2010/11 will open in May 2010.
Course dates are announced on the website.

   

YBDC (Youth Business Development China)

Website: http://www.cysen.blogspot.com
Contact: Ms. Ruoyun Yang,(杨若云), president
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Tel: +86 138 114 300 52
Adress: Room 521, No.1 Pinyuan Building, 59 Zhongguancun Street, Haidian District, Beijing

About
Youth Business Development China (YBDC) is a student-run organization, partnering with academies, social enterprises, NGOs and other consulting organization to spread the concept of social entrepreneurship, build the network for Chinese young social entrepreneurs, and help them start their own social enterprise by holding competition, workshops, salons, training courses, field trips, etc.

Program description
YBDC organizes workshops, field works and lectures with the aim to have a get-together of youth who are interested in the field of SE, provides them with a perfect opportunity to study about SEs, to experience SEs and even to build social enterprises.

Participants
University students from all over China interested in social entrepreneurship.

Applications
There is no specific limitation for participants. Send basic information to the email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

   

Cultural and Education Section, British Embassy/ British Council

Website: http://dsi.britishcouncil.org.cn
Contact: Ms Peng Yanni, Assistant Director, Society and Development
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Tel: + 86 10 6590 6903 ext 258
Adress: 4/F Landmark Building Tower1, 8 North Dongsanhuan Rd. Chaoyang District, 100004, Beijing, China

About
The British Council is the UK’s leading international organization for cultural relations and educational opportunities. The British Council works in over 100 countries worldwide to build engagement and trust between people of all cultures through the exchange of knowledge and ideas.

Program description
YouChange and The British Council (BC) jointly running the “Skills for Social Entrepreneurs” training , which provides training on social enterprise for people who are working to make a difference in their communities. Participants will link up with existing networks of social entrepreneurs in the UK and around the world for peer support, mentoring and funding opportunities.

Participants
Participants from all over the country attended the Skills for Social Entrepreneurs training in Beijing, Xi’an, Chengdu and other cities. Participants are either experienced NGO practitioners or new starters with creative ideas. They are working in diverse areas such as poverty-relief, care for the old people, employment, education, and environmental protection, the disabled and rural development. Despite the different backgrounds, they came together with the same objective - for a better understanding of social enterprise and the relative skills and for more effective solutions to the social challenges.
Participants compete for 500,000 RMB funding upon completion of the course.

Applications
There is no specific limitation for participants. The applicants are required to fill up an application form that including a whole social entrepreneur program planning. The course fee is RMB1000.

   

AIESEC in Mainland of China

Website: http://www.aiesec.cn/
Contact: Ms Gloaria Wu, president
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Tel: + 86 10 8286 6532
Adress: Room 1507C, Hua Qing Business Center, Haidian District, Beijing, 100083

About
AIESEC is the world’s largest student-run organization. Active in over 1700 universities across more than 107 countries and territories, AIESEC's international platform enables young people to explore and develop their leadership potential for them to have a positive impact in society.   AIESEC Mainland of China joined the global network in 2002 and has been expanding to 10 cities and more than 30 universities in China.

Program description
AIESEC' is the international platform for university students, and its innovative development process consists of unmatched leadership experiences, international opportunities and a global learning environment. AIESEC's approach is to develop young people focuses on taking a proactive role, developing self-awareness and a personal vision, building networks, and developing capacity to drive change.

Participants
Members of AIESEC.Most of them are college students in the universities where AIESEC operated. The members of AIESEC in Mainland of China are diversified in terms of the educational backgrounds. And 3% of their members are graduates.

Applications
There is no deadline for the member registration.. Process: 1. On-line application from www.aiesec.cn 2.Group evaluation. 3. Individual interview. Participants need to register as part of AIESEC members.

   

China Social Entrepreneur Foundation, 友成企业家扶基金会 (YouChange)

Website: http://youchange.org.cn
Contact: Ms Chen
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Tel: +86 10 848 61231 - ext. 623
Adress: Suit 1805, Capital Mansion, 6 Xinyuan South road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100004

About
The China Social Entrepreneur Foundation (YouChange) is a non-profit charitable organization based in Beijing.

Program description
YouChange is planning to set up a credit course of Social Entrepreneurship in which cooperate with Peking University.  There are mainly three dimensions of the credit course first, spirit encouragement and value guidance - focus on enhancing the acknowledgement and recognition of social innovation, social entrepreneurship and volunteerism for young people.  Second, capacity building - provide basic ability and tools for young people participate in social innovation.  Third, practice and research opportunity – supply a platform for young people to broaden their horizon, contact with society and practice what they learned from the course.

Participants
Students from Peking University.

Applications
Follow university course elective procedure

   

China Social Entrepreneur Foundation, 友成企业家扶基金会 (YouChange)

Website: http://youchange.org.cn
Contact: Ms Hou
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Tel: +86 10 848 61231 - ext.604
Adress: Suit 1805, Capital Mansion, 6 Xinyuan South road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100004

About
The China Social Entrepreneur Foundation (YouChange) is a non-profit charitable organization based in Beijing.

Program description
Skills for Social Entrepreneurs YouChange and The British Council (BC) jointly running the “Skills for Social Entrepreneurs” training , which provides training on social enterprise for people who are working to make a difference in their communities. Participants will link up with existing networks of social entrepreneurs in the UK and around the world for peer support, mentoring and funding opportunities.

Participants
Participants from all over the country attended the Skills for Social Entrepreneurs training in Beijing, Xi’an, Chengdu and other cities. Participants are either experienced NGO practitioners or new starters with creative ideas. They are working in diverse areas such as poverty-relief, care for the old people, employment, education, and environmental protection, the disabled and rural development. Despite the different backgrounds, they came together with the same objective - for a better understanding of social enterprise and the relative skills and for more effective solutions to the social challenges.
Participants compete for 500,000 RMB funding upon completion of the course.

Applications
There is no specific limitation for participants. The applicants are required to fill up an application form that including a whole social entrepreneur program planning. The course fee is RMB1000.

   

Asia-Pacific Student Entrepreneuship Society (ASES)

Website: http://stanford.edu/group/ases/cgi-bin/wordpress  Zhejiang http://www.ases.net.cn/  Beijing http://www.ujelly.org/group/ASESbeijing
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About
ASES (Asia-Pacific Student Entrepreneurship Society) is a student organization whose mission is to educate and network the future leaders in business, technology and the Asia-Pacific in order to foster a global entrepreneurship society.  ASES has several chapters in China, including Zhejian, Shanghai, Beijing, and Hong Kong

Program description
ASES in Zhejiang  have a Reading Party program and informal activities for everybody to communicate and to share ideas. One or two speakers incl. professors, VC, managers, entrepreneurs and students will be invited at a time.
ASES in Beijing: Similiar to Zhejiang Chapter
ASES in Shanghai:  Similiar to Zhejiang Chapter
ASES in Shanghai: FUTURE Program - cooperation with leading high schools in Shanghai by inviting students for a one-day entrepreneurship event at Fudan (Selected high school students) Global Internship Program (ASES International) In Conversation with SHEN (ASES members/staff) Alumni Programs: Alumni Discussion Panel - invite alumni who have already started their own business to share their experience (ASES members/staff) Alumni Party - Networking (ASES members/staff)

Participants
Students with interest in entrepreneurship, eager to communicate. No deadlinee to join.

Applications
No deadlinee to join.

   

National Collegiate Social Entrepreneurship

Website: http://www.ncse.org.cn
Contact: Ms Zoe Shen, General Manager
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Tel: +86 10 8440 0011-ext.401
Adress: 7F Gateway Plaza A Xiaguangli No. 18, North Rd. of East Third Ring Chaoyang District, Beijing, China

About
National Collegiate Social Entrepreneurship (NCSE) was initiated by Horizon Research & Consulting Group Company in August 2008. NCSE has been committing itself to build up a supporting platform of Social Entrepreneurship for university students, meanwhile ,to initiate, support and foster more university students to devote to Social Entrepreneurship since very beginning. Capability Building is a major focus of this program. NCSE provides training courses on various subjects related to Social Entrepreneurship, in parallel, provides small start-up capital, mentoring, consulting, information and resource sharing, and, media support, etc. In addition, NCSE offers optional lessons in some universities for interested students.

Program description
The courses provided by NCSE is to enable the participants grasp the value, approaches of realization and methods of Social Entrepreneurship, and, master the core skills on how to initiate, coordinate and manage a public organization through practice courses. NCSE also provides small start-up capital, mentoring, consulting, information and resource sharing, media support, etc.

Participants
1.University students from groups who are qualified with NCSE's requirements.
2. University students who have applied for the optional course in Horizon's cooperated universities, such as Tsinghai University, Beijing Institute of Technology, Southwest Jiaotong University.
3.University students who are interested in Social Entrepreneurship or core staffs of NGOs.

Applications
Dates for application are published on the website (www.ncse.org.cn ) before the training program. Download the application form on www.ncse.org.cn, fill as required and send to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it through email Courses are free for people who are qualified with NCSE’s requirements

   

Youth Business China (YBC)

Website: http://www.ybc.org.cn/
Contact: Zou Shujun, Project Director
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Tel: +86 10 6848 6670
Adress: 505, Jiabin Building of Beijing Friendship Hotel, No. 1 of Zhongguancun South Street, Beijing, China

About
Youth Business China (in short refer as YBC) is a non-profit organization focus on youth entrepreneurship. As an educational program, YBC was established by the All-China Youth Federation, All-China Federation for Commerce and Industry, and other China government agencies in 2003 and has now 19 local offices in China's main cities in 9 province.

Program description
YBC provides seed capital, business mentoring, technical support and business network to the youth to help them start up their own businesses successfully.
1. Know About Business (KAB), provide some idea about what is business, how business running, what is the entrepreneurial sprite and etc. introduction of business information. The course developed by ILO, and now in many Chinese Universities set courses. YBCcompressed the course into 3-5 day long trainings. Each class is not more than 20 clients.
2. Business learning big hall: developed by YBC. The main topic is entrepreneurial sprite. It is always invited the successful businessman to have a 2-3 hours speech and provide some idea for the youth who want to self-employment. Each time may invite 100-200 participants.
3. Start and improve your business (SIYB) : a course developed by ILO, which provide the information and knowledge of how to start up your business, like project selection, registration, how to find your clients and etc.
4. YBC's own courses: including how to start up business, how to write the business plan, how to use the relationships to extent your business and what YBC could do for the youth.
5.Micro-enterprise development: HP enterprise Learning Program (HLEP) and GET-IT courses: cooperated with HP that introduces how to use the high technologies to improve your business.

Participants
YBC include the young people who are aged between 18-35 years old, currently and have a passion to be entrepreneur. Applicants have an available business idea or plan but lack business experience or knowledge.

Applications
Applicants need submit the application form and business plan in YBC website. (YBC provide the templates). Application on a rolling base.