SWISS-ASEAN LEARNING AND TEACHING

SEA Coopetition 2023

SEA Coopetition 2023 is a cross-cultural transdisciplinary programme utilizing social entrepreneurship as means towards economic progress.

General information

The Social Entrepreneurship Acceleration (SEA) Coopetition 2023 is a cross-cultural transdisciplinary programme utilizing social entrepreneurship as means towards economic progress. It provides structured opportunities for students all over the world to converge, interact and conduct on-site research through their analytical and critical thinking skills as basis for development of real-time business plans. The programme seeks to provide off-campus cross-cultural experiences that will enable participants to advance in the application of research-based strategies, theories and principles. Further, it aims to promote transformative education through inter-cultural exposures.

Objectives

Students will...

• Understand the significance of education for the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals
• Learn about social entrepreneurship
• Refine and develop innovative business ideas
• Create and validate social innovative business models
• Make positive impacts to the society

Undergraduate, Graduate as well as Post-Doctoral students of any faculty from SALT member institutions are invited to participate in the SEA Coopetition 2021.

Stage 1

Students are invited to submit their project idea including the Business Concept and Stakeholder Analysis by May 20, 2023.

Students will be invited for an online interview. If the project is chosen, a facilitator will be assigned to support the student’s project. The results of the project selection will be announced by June 15, 2023.

Additional one to three international students will be assigned to work in team for stage 2. The Team kick-off meeting is organised in June 2023.

Stage 2

All selected teams are required to participate in the virtual Bootcamp from July 19 - 29, 2023 in Vietnam.

All students will receive a Certificate of Participation after completing the virtual bootcamp from the SALT Association.

Project Submission

Students can submit their project ideas including the business concept and the stakeholder analysis either by using the submission link (https://forms.gle/raoHquH3nMjYf1hWA) or send their documents directly to corinne.koepfli@fhnw.ch.