About

Economic recovery in Asia and the Pacific post Covid-19 will require businesses, governments, and nonprofits to collaborate to future-proof and re-skill people for new opportunities in the digital economy.

The Asia Foundation has activated the Future Skills Alliance, a broad coalition of partners from both the public and private sectors, working together to deliver future skills at-scale to the region’s most marginalized communities.

Our Portfolio

Programs that span the skills spectrum from literacy to career-ready skills across Asia-Pacific

Accelerate My Business

Equipping women-led micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises to sustain and grow their businesses

Skills2Work

Helping women, unemployed youth, and marginalized groups re-skill and return to work

STEM ConnectHER

Providing mentorship and professional development opportunities for early-in-career women in STEM

Go Digital ASEAN

Equipping underserved communities across ASEAN with critical digital skills to leverage the digital economy and grow their businesses online

Let's Read

Cultivating children’s reading and digital skills from an early age

Our Alliance Partners

Cisco
DHL
Visa
Vmware
Zendesk
AT&T
Lorinet Foundation
RTI International
Give2Asia
ALL children Reading
USAID
OCTAVA Foundation
Starbucks
Common Purpose
AWS

Join Us

Organizations can participate in the Future Skills Alliance by investing or providing in-kind contributions to any of our regional programs.

Contributions from businesses may include cash and grants, curriculum and learning resources, products and services, and mobilizing employee volunteers as technical experts, mentors, speakers, and trainers.

Contact us about becoming an Alliance member and make your contribution to building future skills for the digital economy.

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