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Please apply now for the chance to be the two representatives from Thailand to join Telenor Youth Forum.
JUNE
8, 2017 –
Telenor
Group today released the findings of its regional online survey that
assessed the attitudes of Asia’s millennials towards technology and
social
impact, as well as the support they feel necessary to become future
leaders committed to peace. Organized to support Telenor Youth Forum
2017 recruitment, the online survey engaged 2,500 respondents aged 15 to
30 years in Asian markets.
They include Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Malaysia, Pakistan, and Thailand.
Thai youth say they’re most passionate for climate change
The
multi-market online survey found that Thai millennials are most
passionate for climate change
and global warming (71 percent of local respondents). Other global
issues that Thai millennials are driven to make change include providing
opportunities for children to receive education (14 percent), and the
stigma surrounding mental health issues (14 percent).
Resolving many of the same issues is also a year-long mission of
Telenor Youth Forum delegates, whose tech-driven proposals were funded
for research and prototyping at a pitching session held in Bangkok last
month.
Asia’s
millennials feel strongly about the role of technology and its impact
when relating to
the pursuit of their social causes. Close to half of Asia’s millennials
(48 percent) polled believe that enabling equal opportunities and
access to education will benefit most from technology advancements.
Selected by the second most number of respondents
was confronting climate change and global warming (28 percent).
Virtual reality for world peace, why not?
When
asked about the technology that has the largest potential to give rise
to peace, 57 percent
of Thailand’s respondents placed their bets on virtual reality,
followed by the Internet of Things (29 percent), and artificial
intelligence (14 percent). Across all six markets, artificial
intelligence, the Internet of Things and virtual reality rank
consistently
in the top three – suggesting the vast potential seen in these future
technologies by the Internet generation.
The most innovative and entrepreneurial generation of all-time
Another
consistent trend across all markets is the youth’s perspectives of
their generation. This
was most apparent in Thailand where 43 percent of the millennials
polled described themselves as ‘the most innovative and entrepreneurial
generation in history’, compared to 37 percent of Asia’s youth.
Education is most critical to shape tomorrow’s peace leaders
Youths
in all the surveyed markets ranked education as the most critical form
of support in order
to enable them to become tomorrow’s peace leaders. This finding was
consistent in all six Asia markets, where 47 percent of Asia’s
respondents believe leaders today should invest in developing a more
inclusive education system that gives everyone equal access
and opportunities.
Thirty-nine percent of Asia’s millennials say that having access to the right platforms to introduce
and launch their digital ideas is crucial. This reinforces the relevance of initiatives such as the Telenor Youth Forum and dtac
accelerate which provide the global stage for individuals to showcase
innovative concepts that can drive real change in the world.
Telenor Youth Forum now recruiting for 2017
Designed
as a year-long program in partnership with the Nobel Peace Centre, the
Telenor Youth
Forum challenges its delegates with solving major socioeconomic crises
facing youth. They are put in teams and paired with mentors from
organizations such as UNICEF, Interbridge, the Red Cross, Techfugees and
Telenor Research. Delegates learn skills such as
service/product design and prototyping, in addition to insights on
issues that can only be gained through hands-on experience.
dtac and Telenor believe in the potential of Thai youth. Also, dtac realizes the significance of developing and supporting Thai youth to obtain
more global experiences to join Telenor Youth Forum. Telenor Youth
Forum search
for Thai youth between 20-28 years of age, who are interested in
digital and internet technologies, can communicate well in English, and
are assertive. Two
ultimate winners will be the Thai youth representatives to participate Telenor
Youth Forum and attend ‘Nobel Peace Prize 2017 Ceremony’. This project
also
gives Thai teenagers an opportunity to meet people of their age from
around the world. They could exchange their wisdom of digital media and
internet which play a vital role to social change. There will be
lectures from world-class organizations and experts
on December 8th to 11th, 2017 in Oslo, Norway. All of these are free-of-charge.”
