CSR in Action UAE 2016 Overview
- 1. UAE 2016 Organised and Designed by In partnership with w w w . c s r a l a h l i g r o u p . c o m
- 2. w w w . c s r a l a h l i g r o u p . c o m UAE 2016 CSR IN ACTION DUBAI May 1st – 2016 Building Sustainable Future An initiative to enhance effective CSR practices among practitioners and Youth Designed and Organized by In partnership with
- 3. w w w . c s r a l a h l i g r o u p . c o m UAE 2016 The CSR in Action is an initiative set to develop and enhance the practice and awareness of CSR activities among practitioners and simultaneously augment student conceptual understanding. Through capacity building mechanisms, the program aims at engaging the Private Sector, Academia, and Government entities in formulating strategies that are more responsive to community needs. Overview Building on the highly successful 2011 program in UAE and the subsequent additions in Lebanon, UK and Jordan, CSR in Action 2016 will return to the UAE engaging 30 participants, consisting of 25 University students and 5 CSR professionals. Taking place in May 2016. Since its inception in 2011 in UAE, CSR in Action has been a highly successful initiative from Al Ahli Holding Group CSR. This exciting edition opens an excellent opportunity for partnerships from across business sectors. Efforts to break down barriers such as cultures, ethnicity, religion, and race, to name a few from a business perspective, CSR in Action UAE May 2016 opens a door for business communities to join the efforts while enjoying the CSR recognition and getting a hand into the emerging Arab markets
- 4. w w w . c s r a l a h l i g r o u p . c o m UAE 2016 About CSR Al Ahli Holding Group CSR Al Ahli is a division of Al Ahli Holding Group found in 2008. The division aims to develop professional Arab youth by building their skills and widen their horizons and exposure. Through our CSR initiatives, we aim to help them develop full capacity in entrepreneurship skills in order to compete and lead at national and international business levels. Believing in the power of partnership and collaboration, the CSR Division joins hands with different organizations including government and non-government to create the business leaders of tomorrow. CSR Al Ahli has initiated many successful high quality programs with partners across sectors around the globe in countries such as Lebanon, Jordan, Argentina, UK, Columbia, Brazil, South Africa, Zambia, Chili, France, Greece, and Trinidad. Through these initiatives, we pride ourselves to be part of leading organizations that narrow the gap between UAE and other countries while building a worldwide network of young business leaders. Goals & Objectives Help shape the CSR and sustainability divisions within the private sector, government and community development authorities and make them more responsive to community needs Enhance knowledge, awareness and understanding of CSR practices among Arab university students and CSR practitioners in the Arab world Build the participants’ capacity in developing new sustainable social enterprises and CSR projects that will positively contribute to their society, university and CSR divisions in private sector
- 5. w w w . c s r a l a h l i g r o u p . c o m UAE 2016 How do we achieve the program Objectives? • Recruit participants from diverse backgrounds • Engage participants in practical training workshops with best practitioners in the field • Develop critical entrepreneur’s skills through participant projects created from the workshop • Stimulate learning outcomes with a competition on CSR related project initiatives • Connect world class CSR practitioners and participants from fastest growing economies in the world Benefits for Participants • Inspire to change the world from what they do for a living. • Understand the concept of CSR and social enterprise. • Learn from case studies and best CSR practitioners in an engaging and stimulating environment. • Create a business plan with CSR initiatives. • Develop teamwork skills from project works, Understand important aspects of diversity in business practices in an emerging economy. • Walk away with ready-to-implement initiatives from their own project
- 6. w w w . c s r a l a h l i g r o u p . c o m UAE 2016 Projects Specification The project team must consist of 1 CSR practitioner and 3 University students. The company of the practitioner in the group should consider adopting the project: the project must be relevant to the sustainability agenda of the company and the company should support the project in committing resources (employee time, company competencies and seed funding if required). Practitioners must be of senior management level with decision making capacity. Teams are allocated on matching participants in their area of interest, alongside ensuring each team has a complementary set of skill/domain expertise. The project should tackle the issue externally to the company to properly engage the student participants. (eg. Environment projects shouldn’t aim to reduce water consumption in the company; rather the project should find a way water consumption can be reduced in the UAE). For example, Mars supporting coco farmers in the Ivory Coast (http://marsfarmersfirst.com/about/ & http://www.mars.com/global/brands/cocoa-sustainability/mars-a nd-cocoa-sustainability.aspx) The project must be designed to be self-sustaining from the medium term (post year 1) and to be scalable (no obvious limits to its growth) – thus the project should follow social enterprise principles. The project must have an exit strategy for the practitioner’s company of less than 3 years. Each team must identify the social challenge they wish to work on from a set list before the program starts. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Timeline May 1st – May 5th May 8th May 8th – 8th Aug Aug 8th – Aug 30th Sept 1st Activity Training Workshops & Project Conception Group Working & Teams Presentations Pilot Project Implementation Progress Reporting & Projects Assessment Game Changers – Social Ent. Conference ( Presentations & Awards Ceremony)
- 7. w w w . c s r a l a h l i g r o u p . c o m UAE 2016 The Program CSR in Action program consists of 3 stages: Stage 1: Training Workshops & Projects Conception 5-days interactive trainings with high caliber trainers and speakers, building the participants capacities in underlying principles of CSR, and exposing them to the best national and international practices. Forming the teams and conceptualizing the projects’ideas. Teams working in groups on their projects, under the mentors’ supervision. Participants in teams present their projects ideas to an esteemed judging panel, which will qualify them to move to the second stage. Stage 2: Pilot Project Implementation 2 months period whereby the teams will be working on piloting their projects. Progress reporting that shows the management and impact of their respective projects. Stage 3: Projects Assessment and Award Ceremony An esteemed panel of judges will assess the projects progress and success, and nominate best 3 projects for the award. During a prestigious awards ceremony in (Game Changers - Social Entrepreneurship Conference) attended by VIP’s, government representatives, students and various other key players in the CSR sphere, the best project will be awarded.
- 8. w w w . c s r a l a h l i g r o u p . c o m UAE 2016 CSR in Action - Judging Criteria Impact Does the project identify a particular target audience? Does the project identify a particular problem this target audience faces? Does the project solve this problem? Does the project mention specific performance measures to achieve the solution? Project Implementation Has the pilot proven this idea is viable and will provide impact? Does the pilot project show that the team has put a significant amount of passion, hard work and dedication into making it a success? Does the pilot accurately reflect their plans? Sustainability Is the project viable over the long term? Has the team identified in the project how it will maintain the project over the long term both from a financial and organizational perspective? Does the project generate its own organic revenue? Or does it purely rely on continuous sponsorship? Reach How many people will benefit from this project? Is there evidence from the pilot project that a significant amount of people will use the service offered? Does the team have a plan for how the project will be scaled up? Judging Criteria
- 9. w w w . c s r a l a h l i g r o u p . c o m UAE 2016 Program Agenda May 1st 9.00 - 11.00 Understanding CSR Concept 11:00 – 13:00 Understanding Social Entrepreneurship 13.00 – 14.00 Lunch 14.00 - 16.00 Social Challenges Identification Mapping the Value Chain 16.00 - 17.00 CSR Case Studies in the UAE and the Globe May 2nd 9.00 - 11.00 Creativity & Innovation 11:00 – 12:00 Ideation (Designing the Idea) 12:00 – 13:00 Best International Case Studies (Innovative Ideas) 13.00 – 14.00 Lunch 14.00 - 15.00 Case Study Exploring a Social Challenge 15.00 - 17.00 Teams Building Group Working May 3rd 9.00 – 11:00 Project Modeling and Agile Development 11:00 – 13:00 Presentation Skills 13.00 – 14.00 Lunch 14.00 - 16.00 Media Usage to Develop Positive Image 16.00 - 17.00 Group Working May 4th 9.00 - 11.00 Teams’Ideas Presentation 11:00 – 12:00 Intellectual Property 12:00 – 13:00 Microsoft BizSpark 13.00 – 14.00 Lunch 14.00 - 15.00 Dubai SME Session 15.00 - 17.00 Social Impact Measurement May 5th 9.00 - 11.00 Scaling & Fundraising Proposal Writing 11.00-13.00 Project Management 13.00 – 14.00 Lunch 14.00 - 15.00 Case Study – The Maturity Model 15.00 - 17.00 Group Working May 8th 9.00 - 11.00 Group Working (Participants, Mentors, and Judges) 11:00 – 13:00 Teams’ Presentations (Judging Panel) 13.00 – 14.00 Lunch 14:00 – 16:00 Judges Feedback & Closing
- 10. w w w . c s r a l a h l i g r o u p . c o m UAE 2016 Ms. Lina Hourani Division Director CSR Al Ahli Holding Group lina@alahligroup.com T +971 56 259 8342 PO Box 115648 Dubai, UAE info@csralahligroup.com www.csralahligroup.com Contact Details: Mr. Omar Hamdan CSR Officer CSR Al Ahli Holding Group omar@alahligroup.com T +971 55 144 9434