1. IGEN FOUNDATION LTD
iGen: The Innovation Generation
2015 iGen Foundation Ltd – a not for profit company May 2016

2. INDEX
1. Overview of iGen Foundation Ltd
2. Our Programs
» Youth Entrepreneurship Program
» Interculturalism Program
3. How you can contribute to these causes with us
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3. THE IGEN FOUNDATION LTD
iGen Foundation Ltd objectives
Doing such things as will:
1. advance the capability (education) and mindset of young entrepreneurs &
innovators;
2. advance the building of sustainable, harmonious intercultural communities,
practices and processes and leveraging cross cultural innovation in Australia;
3. advance the good governance and impact of not for profit organisations in
Australia.
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A collaboration with Enterprising Partnership
EP was established in 1990
 EP established a not for profit company limited by
guarantee called the “iGen Foundation Ltd” in 2015
 EP re-invests 10-15% of net private earnings into the
iGen Foundation Ltd to support its social impact work.

4. YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Youth entrepreneurship is a wave emerging globally recognised by the United Nations,
OECD and others.
 Governments in Australia have generally yet to recognise the innovative power of young
people creating their own employment and that of others; yet the evidence shows that
micro businesses are the fastest employment growth sector in Australia.
 Being an entrepreneur is a mindset related to validating business ideas.
 Young people are solving their own employment through validating businesses and
making themselves more employable through building entrepreneurial mindsets.
 We have responded by establishing the iGen Foundation and the iGen Program working
with young entrepreneurs in private and social enterprises.
A Global Trend
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5. YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP
The iGen Foundation Youth Enterprise Benefits
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ISSUE BENEFITS
Young people with no entrepreneurial
support
Delivering entrepreneurial supports
through professional coaching, webinars,
mentoring & networks
Young people with no entrepreneurial
pathway
Delivering capabilities, skills and mindset
as new pathways for young entrepreneurs
Business Networks focus on mature
businesses excluding young entrepreneurs
Creating access to business & industry
networks opening access to resources
Ethical & safe environments for young
people to connect to business networks
Ensuring safe & ethical environments for
young people engaging business networks
Youth with initiative unable to access
employment
Young people creating their own
employment and that of others
Traditional youth employment pathways no
longer reliable
Opening new pathways to employment
through entrepreneurial capabilities, skills
and mindset including self employment

6. YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP
1. Young Entrepreneurs Coaching Scheme – specialist coaching for young
entrepreneurs
2. Young Entrepreneurs Mentoring Scheme – a customised volunteer mentoring
scheme that is web- enabled and linked to the coaching program.
3. Converge for Young Entrepreneurs – a web-based network of young entrepreneurs
sharing ideas and opportunities.
4. Meet ups – metropolitan and regional meet ups of young entrepreneurs.
5. Lightning Learning Webinars for young entrepreneurs – a series of 30 webinars.
6. Customised initiatives, workshops or packages – we working with Economic
Development, Youth Work and other teams supporting young entrepreneurs bringing
customised packages to meet local needs. This includes:
» Delivering Getting Down to Business (GD2B) – a 12 month initiative, a 4 years funded initiative of the
Victorian State Government, for 40 young persons per year 16-25 years supported by webinars, intensive
roundtables and coaching
» Local Government programs – we delivered two programs and are developing four more presently.
» Community Organisations e.g. YMCA – supporting their Youth for Causes school based pilot initiative
» Social Impact Hackathons e.g. Techfugees – we’re now incubating 5 of the team projects through
Cultov8.com
The iGen Foundation Youth Enterprise Initiatives
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7. YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS SUCCESS STORIES
 Patrick – National Apprentice of the Year (2013) – purchased the owners manufacturing business using vendor finance.
Now employs numerous staff.
 Viktoriya – launched Blue Sky Windows after extensive R&D to produce uPVC windows and doors for high end
construction market, now employs several staff.
 Rachel – Computerised managed herd of cattle, selling only to premium Restaurants. Business Woman of the Year in
Western Victoria, now engages multiple sub-contractors.
 Allume – Three graduates of Melbourne University designed a business model and service for solar powering community
housing ventures. Now involved in the exclusive MAP program.
 Hayden – Launched a nationally recognised pain relief range called Zea from natural plant extracts, now employs 4
people.
 James – Launched GrowSmart manufacturer of solar lighting for hydronic and horticultural markets, now employs 3
people.
 Laura – launched Lotus Fitness pain clinic now employing 3 people.
 Lucy May – launched a highly successful tourism business in Gippsland, sold it and now building a new venture in north
east Victoria.
 Simon – launched a laundry service for local wineries, tourism hospitality and accommodation services in Yarra Valley,
now employs a number of staff.
 Ben – launched a development company for entrepreneurs called SirConrad with numerous staff.
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Sample Stories

8. INTERCULTURALISM
Interculturalism - the practice
of building on a multicultural
society by specifically creating
opportunities for people from
diverse religious, cultural and
language backgrounds to
develop meaningful, long term
relationships to engender
harmony and respect for
diversity.
Intercultural Innovation – the
practice of leveraging the
problem solving approaches of
different cultures in an
intercultural framework that
engages people of diverse
backgrounds in the business
ecology of Australia.
Building Welcoming Communities
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9. INTERCULTURALISM
The iGen Foundation Interculturalism Benefits
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ISSUE BENEFITS
An increasingly complex society due to growing cultural,
language and faith diversity in Australia
Harnessing the diversity of thought, experience, opinion and
practice to identify and create meaningful interactions for
Australian-born and overseas-born residents
Limited strategies and initiatives to engage multicultural
communities in intercultural understanding and rapport
Creating a community sense of identity based on the diversity
of its populations
Absence of intercultural community practice & intercultural
innovativeness
Capturing and creating examples of intercultural community
practice and leveraging intercultural innovativeness
Absence of shared understanding and standards of
interculturalism across Australia
Enabling a community of interest in shared standards and
good practice across multiple communities
Absence of intercultural competence for all building
empathy between cultures and engaging rapport
Strengthening the bonds of empathy and rapport between
cultures by enabling intercultural competence
Absence of good practice examples of the dimensions of
interculturalism at all levels of the community
Building case examples of intercultural trust thus ensuring
cohesion and solidarity between the walls of ethnic cultures
Limited research & training into benefits of interculturalism
to drive policy and practice
Building positive informed discourse of the economic and
social advantages of stronger intercultural public policy

10. INTERCULTURALISM
1. Australian Intercultural Standards – we’re working with partners to design a set of
intercultural principles and standards for the assessment of the interculturality of Australian
cities/communities.
2. Intercultural Good Practice – we work closely with the Council of Europe’s Intercultural
Cities Program to draw the best experiences and examples from across more than 100
European cities to inform the work of Australian local governments.
3. Cultov8 Incubator – this is our virtual incubator for projects arising from social impact
hackathons to promote relationships leading to intercultural innovation.
4. Intercultural Magazine – we work with a partner to publish a resource of case studies of
communities engaged actively in intercultural practices.
5. Intercultural Innovation - leveraging the problem solving approaches of different cultures.
6. Walk a Mile – a unique workshop for leadership teams to appreciate the role of empathy in
creating stronger workplace and community intercultural relationships
7. Customised initiatives, workshops or packages – we work with Local Government,
Economic & Youth Development teams and NFPs supporting young culturally diverse
entrepreneurs by bringing customised packages to meet local needs.
The iGen Foundation Interculturalism Initiatives
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11. REQUIREMENTS
3. Advisory Board
We are assembling an Advisory Board to
 advise us on next best practice in the
iGen initiatives and to
 enable us to have access to networks
we cannot reach.
Allow us to grow…….four areas….
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2. Targeted Webinars
We are continuously assembling a
appropriate webinars and resources to
support our work through iGen.
4. Voluntary Mentors for Young
Entrepreneurs
Mentors with industry networks, specific
skills and willingness to support young
entrepreneurs.
Must have a Working with Children
assessment and undertake our training.
1. Additional Sponsors & Partners
We are assembling sponsors & partners to
 Contribute to iGen - the cost of delivering
these support services (specifically we
need ongoing sponsorship)
 Enable us to extend our involvement with
young entrepreneurs and intercultural
communities
 Talk about our work with local Politicians
 Support us by joining our Advisory board.

12. SPONSOR OPPORTUNITIES
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We don’t presume to know what sponsors require in return as every sponsor is
different. However we prefer to build a strong reciprocal value-based relationship.
We negotiate a package with our sponsors based on what they indicate would best
serve their needs and aspirations.
Some variations include:
 Involvement of sponsor teams in projects to learn from the young entrepreneurs
 Inclusion of the logo on marketing collateral as a hyperlink;
 Recognition throughout any events we hold (e.g. Meet Ups every two months);
 Recognition in our website and FaceBook pages;
 Opportunities to present their offerings at events etc.
We’d be happy to negotiate a sponsorship package with you ………..

13. IGEN TEAM
Working in collaboration…….our youth team
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iGen Foundation Ltd
Frank Wyatt – Director
Lynda Ford – Director
Pam O’Donnell - Director
COLLABORATORS
Shona Malberg – TMH Pastoral Consulting
Business Advisory Services
Ben Flavel – NeoCogs Innovation Consultant
Graham Robertson – Sounding Board Consultant
Peter Tregilgas – Social Enterprise Consultant
Andres Alvarez – Entrepreneurship Consultant
Anthony Murphy – Open For Business - podcaster
Strategic Alliances
Youth Business International
(Spain) http://www.youthbusiness.org/
Barcelona Activa
http://www.barcelonactiva.cat/barcelonactiva/en/ Face Book pages:
Converge: http://tiny.cc/8int4x
IGEN_EP: http://tiny.cc/jgnt4x
Enterprising Partnerships: http://tiny.cc/7d3v9x
Website pages:
iGenFoundation:
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14. 0414 392 323
frank@igenfoundation.com
lynda@igenfoundtion.com
iGen Foundation Ltd
PO Box 5127
South Melbourne 3205
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