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Over the past decade, the Indonesian economy has made significant strides towards a prosperous future for the country’s 240 million people. A new generation of skilled professionals is expected to play a vital role in transforming Indonesia into a competitive, knowledge-based nation—but more...

This is an excerpt of a story written by Sanjeevini Mittal and originally posted on the Office Blogs . It’s a familiar scene that takes place every day in classrooms around the world. A teacher shares an assignment with her students, providing informational handouts, a reading list and recommended...

In March 2014, Microsoft Thailand, and its partners the Phuket provincial office and the National Council for Children and Youth Development (NCYD), held a graduation ceremony in Phuket, Thailand, for 200 students who have just completed Tech Training to Help Extend Youth Empowerment Space, (THE YES...

As part of the global Microsoft initiative YouthSpark , Microsoft Thailand has been running a programme called ‘ Enhancing ICT Skills of Small Medium Enterprises in ASEAN to help build the capacity of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), to put them in a better position to capture opportunities...

This is part of a series of articles highlighting the valuable work that Microsoft’s Citizenship Managers are doing in Asia. As if 630,000 NEETs (youth between 15 and 34 years old who are not in education, employment or training) is not a thorny enough problem, other negative employment signs are...

It was an honour for Microsoft to bear witness to Sri Lanka’s historic hosting of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in the city of Hambantota, and participate alongside political leaders, civil society, youth, the business community and others in the summit’s vision of...

Back in May 2013, four projects won funding in a South Asia Regional Grant competition, ‘Youth Solutions! Technology for Skills and Employment’ , to implement ICT projects that can reduce youth unemployment. We catch up with the Bangladesh category winner to hear about their progress on the...

Microsoft Vietnam organised WOWZAPP 2012 , the global hackathon competition to spearhead app development for Windows ®, in November 2012 in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. Around 550 developers took part in WOWZAPP 2012, making it the largest hackathon event ever held in Vietnam. Last year's staging...

Microsoft Vietnam launched on 19 September the Youth Training and Innovation Centre located at the Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST). The centre aims to support youth in poor and rural areas who are lacking access to information and communication technology (ICT) facilities and kills...

Innovative educators and education leaders from 19 countries attended the 8 th Microsoft Partners in Learning (Asia and Pacific) Forum, from 20 to 22 March. Held in Auckland, New Zealand, they were given the opportunity to learn, share and connect with their fellow peers from around the region. Paul...