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Go Digital ASEAN — Brunei Darussalam

Brunei · Bandar Seri Begawan · See the Brunei profile · See the Bandar Seri Begawan profile

Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported Top 59% 68/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice

A Google.org-funded, Asia Foundation-led programme trained underemployed youth, indigenous-community members and persons with disabilities in digital and e-commerce skills across Brunei's four districts, reportedly exceeding its 2,500-person target.

2500 people
Brunei training target (2020-2021)
2000 people
Youth training target (2020-2021)
450 people
Marginalised/indigenous community training target (2020-2021)
50 people
Persons with disabilities training target (2020-2021)
1500 MSMEs
MSME training track target (2020-2021)
215000+ small businesses
Regional programme reach (10 ASEAN states, not Brunei-specific) (regional total)
Go Digital ASEAN — Brunei Darussalam

Details

Maturity
Discontinued
Promoter
Big BWN Project, with The Asia Foundation and Google.org, in partnership with Young Entrepreneur Association Brunei (YEAB)
Period
2020–2021
Keywords
digital literacy, MSME digitalisation, youth employment, e-commerce

Context

Brunei-specific rollout (mid-2020 to mid-2021) of the regional Go Digital ASEAN initiative, funded by a US$3.3m Google.org grant and implemented by The Asia Foundation, delivered locally by Big BWN Project with YEAB, Brunei's Ministry of Culture Youth and Sports, the Ministry of Education's STEP Centre, AITI and BruCERT.

Objectives

Train underemployed youth, marginalised/indigenous-community members and persons with disabilities in digital literacy, digital marketing and e-commerce skills across all four Brunei districts.

Activities

Training targeted 2,000 unemployed/underemployed youth, 450 people from marginalised or indigenous communities, and 50 persons with disabilities, alongside a parallel MSME digitalisation track for 1,500 businesses run by YEAB; design informed by a baseline study on MSME digital-skills gaps.

Results

Big BWN reported the 2,500-person training target was exceeded, though no audited final participant count was published. The regional Go Digital ASEAN programme (across 10 ASEAN states) was later reported by The Asia Foundation to have reached more than 215,000 small businesses overall — a regional, not Brunei-specific, figure.

Implementation

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