The Youth Co:Lab Summit will bring together the young winners from the 2017-2018 National Dialogues, as well as representatives from government, private sector and the social entrepreneurship community.  We hope that the Summit will lay the groundwork for longer-term regional engagement by UNDP and other partners to empower youth on social innovation and entrepreneurship, and help create an enabling environment for young people to have meaningful and sustained engagement with the SDGs. The Summit will aim:

• To provide an opportunity to learn and engage in key trends that are shaping the youth entrepreneurship ecosystem (E.g. 4th industrial revolution, SDGs and social innovation, social inclusion etc.)

• To provide capacity building, mentoring and south-south knowledge exchange opportunities for youth entrepreneurs and social innovators across the Asia-Pacific region

• To recognise the work and achievements of young social entrepreneurs across the region through the Regional Youth Innovation Challenge and Asia-Pacific Youth Social Entrepreneurship Awards