HO CHI MINH, December 31 – The Penang Youth Development Corporation (PYDC) and Lead the Change to become official partners by signing an official Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) last week. As both parties embark on a mission to develop the next generation of change leaders who can demonstrate confidence in their potential and make a positive impact to society, this MoU between PYDC and Lead The Change is a significant milestone for developing the youth.
Those present during the Signing Ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding were Dr. Gwee Sai Ling, General Manager of Penang Youth Development Corporation abd Ms. Linh Hoang, Director of Lead the Change witnessed by YB Soon Lip Chee, Penang State EXCO of Youth and Sports and Mr. Tan Shi En, Project Assistant Lead the Change. The parties were eager to enter into this MoU and declare their mutual intentions in establishing collaboration, sharing resources.
And exploring opportunities to develop, support, and enrich the research, educational, and training programmes in the field of youth development that will be beneficial to all parties involved. Lead The Change is a formidable organisation with an impressive leadership and capacity-building record. Lead The Change serves as an educational organization established in 2016 to cultivate excellence in the next generation of “Change Leaders” who exhibit self-assurance, perseverance in lifelong learning, and advancement in their capacity to empathise, adapt and have a positive impact on society.
They can lead themselves in alignment with their motto, “Lead Themselves, Lead Others, and Lead the Change”. YB Soon Lip Chee noted in the ceremony saying, Today’s youth is a very dynamic generation and a global talent pool that should be utilized and nurtured. When we face new challenges and opportunities, it is a very important duty to equip our youth with the skills, capacity, and resilience to face the future. This situation signals the need for more collaborations between different agencies and parties, working together to help and nurture the youth for this mission.
Dr. Gwee Sai Ling stated, this collaboration will not only benefit PYDC and Lead The Change, but it will help to enliven further the involvement of Penang Youth in the other sector, especially knowledge skill and technology, and at the same time help create an accelerator ecosystem, and knowledge sharing in the near future. Ms. Linh Hoang also mentioned in her speech, Further collaboration and enhancing this relationship is vital. The door is always open to network in the InnoLab ecosystem. We are not only limited on entrepreneurship and partnerships.
We can also further develop social entrepreneurial programmes to benefit Vietnamese youth. She also mentioned, “This is the first time Lead The Change is signing an MoU with Malaysia, connecting young people in Vietnam and Malaysia. There will be more to learn from the ecosystem, sharing resources, cooperating, and exchanging knowledge and experience.” She was very enthusiastic about this collaboration.
The delegation by PYDC was led by YB Soon Lip Chee who also paid a courtesy visit to mother of Lead The Change – InnoLab Asia. InnoLab Asia promotes stakeholders within the Open Innovation ecosystem. InnoLab Asia helps start-ups, government agencies, NGOs, corporations, and SMEs to grow and collaborate. Also attending the discussion was YB Kumaresan a/l Aramugam, State Assemblyman for Batu Uban cum Director of PYDC.
