Passerelles numériques A Gateway for Life 2019 ANNUAL REPORT 2019 ANNUAL OUR BENEFICIARIES AT A GLANCE They are typically poor or disadvantaged, in extremely precarious situations. Furthermore, they are keen to learn, have the required faculties to pursue studies, are willing to support their relatives once OUR MISSION graduated and employed, thus breaking the circle of poverty. We provide education, technical and professional training in the digital sector to young underprivileged people by leveraging their OUR OBJECTIVES potential and willpower. We endeavour to truly develop their Our objective is that at least 90% of the students enrolled in our employability which will allow them and their families to escape programmes can escape poverty. Our additional objective is to reduce poverty in a sustainable way, and contribute to the social and inequality between genders. Therefore, PN strives to enrol a ratio of economic development of their countries. at least 50% girls. OUR VALUES Trust • Responsibility • Solidarity • Respect • A demanding approach WHAT WE DO FAIR AND RIGOROUS SELECTION PROCESS Each year our Selection teams go through a rigorous OUR COUNTRIES OF OPERATIONS 4-step process: Information sessions, Written exams, Motivation interviews and Social investigations. GENERAL TRAINING IN BUSINESS SKILLS General training is a distinctive component of our training programme. We prioritize: oral and written English; a « professional life » training and higher-level soft skills. 2010 - Da Nang SOLID TECHNICAL AND PRACTICAL TRAINING VIETNAM Focusing on employability, PN’s training teams constantly update the curriculum to match labour market needs. SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT The success of our students depends on us providing them with: material support, moral and educational support and extra-curricular activities. 2009 - Cebu PHILIPPINES GUIDANCE TO EMPLOYMENT 2005 - Phnom Penh Guidance to employment is offered through both their CAMBODIA internships and job research supported by our team, the alumni network and our partner companies. -2- -3- TABLE OF CONTENTS AT A GLANCE_ 2 VIETNAM 34 SELECTION_ 37 TRAINING_ 39 2019 HIGHLIGHTS_ 6 EDUCATION_ 40 EMPLOYMENT_ 41 ALUMNI_ 42 2019 KEY FIGURES_ 8 LOCAL PARTNERS_ 43 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT_ 10 OUR TEAMS & PARTNERS 44 OUR PARTNERS_ 47 BOARD MEMBERS_ 48 PERSPECTIVES_ 13 FLOW CHART_ 49 OUR TEAMS_ 50 VOLUNTARY WORK_ 52 CAMBODIA 14 SELECTION_ 17 THE FINANCIAL REPORT 54 TRAINING_ 19 COMMENTS_ 56 EDUCATION_ 20 INCOME & EXPENSES_ 57 EMPLOYMENT_ 21 ASSETS & LIABILITIES_ 59 ALUMNI_ 22 PROFIT &LOSS ACCOUNT_ 60 LOCAL PARTNERS_ 23 PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT BY ORIGIN AND DESTINATION_ 62 RESOURCE & ALLOCATIONS_ 64 PHILIPPINES 24 2020 BUDGET_ 66 SELECTION_ 27 TRAINING_ 29 THANKS & CREDITS_ 68 EDUCATION_ 30 EMPLOYMENT_ 31 ALUMNI_ 32 THEY CONTRIBUTEDIN 2019_ 70 LOCAL PARTNERS_ 33 -4- -5- 2019 HIGHLIGHTS TH MAY 27 : 41 STUDENTS GRADUATED NOVEMBER 30TH: 48 STUDENTS IN THE PHILIPPINES GRADUATED IN CAMBODIA FEBRUARY 25TH: PN PHILIPPINES 10Y SEPTEMBER 17TH: ASIA WOMEN FORUM ANNIVERSARY KICK-OFF PARTY IN SINGAPORE WITH PN TEAMS AUGUST 24TH: PN CAMBODIA 6TH DECEMBER 18TH: PN HAS BEEN CAREER FORUM GRANTED THE IDEAS LABEL TH MARCH 9 : PN VIETNAM WOMEN OCTOBER 12TH: 40 STUDENTS TALK GRADUATED IN VIETNAM -6- -7- 2019 KEY FIGURES 195 students selected in 2019 staff 95% 114 coming from rural including SELECTION areas 86% of local staff 623 students in 2019 TEAM 94 volunteers 353 270 EDUCATION 1,515,355 Euros expenses in 2019 129 80% students graduated go to our social mission FINANCIAL in 2019 FIGURES TRAINING 30 international 92% partners of 2019 graduates hired within 2 171 months after local graduation PARTNERS partners EMPLOYMENT over 31% of their salary given back each month to their family Passerelles numériques supports the SDGs ALUMNI -8- -9- Further recognition also can be noted in 2019: fruit of the commitment of all our teams, at the end of the year, Passerelles numériques obtained the IDEAS MESSAGE FROM certification which attests to the quality of control over financial management and the monitoring of efficiency of our association. In this context an audit committee came to finalize the control of our association. We are pleased to be able to provide all our supporters with this THE PRESIDENT testimony of the discipline of our organization. At the same time, like an echo of this award, the teams in PN Cambodia As I write these words today, our society is undergoing a health and economic set up, for the first time, a very wide ranging operational and financial crisis of unusual intensity and unusual globality. Although the object of partnership with the Cambodian Ministry of Finance in the framework of the the exercise of writing an Annual Report is to highlight PN’s achievements “Skills Development Funds” program. A major success, and a further step in 2019, I cannot start this message without saying to you all, partners, towards financial security, which you know is for us a constant line of work. donors, volunteers, teams, students and alumni, that you are in my thoughts supporting you and in solidarity with you during these strange times. For this reason, and more globally, in 2019 we maintained rigorous management of our expenses and our resources. And I would like to thank Last year I announced the launch of a serious strategic reflection aimed all those, recent or already faithful supporters, donors, partners, volunteers at ensuring the longevity and relevance of our organization, and if it is and employees, who allowed us, through their financial, material or skilled appropriate to look at this strategic reflection in light of the pandemic which support, to make it possible for us to accomplish our mission every day. we are facing and its consequences on development issues, the reflections carried out in 2019 have lost none of their power. On the contrary. In the Already last year I shared with you my happiness in belonging to an section entitled « Perspectives », you can read about the ambitious projects ‘‘association which knows how to adapt to change”; whether it be home- we intend to implement. grown or exogenous, each year it requires our “agility” and our endurance. Qualities which will be particularly required in 2020. Not only because it will be Whilst concentrating on these goals, our teams have also shown that they are the year we implement our new strategic goals, but also, as we already know, able to implement their daily tasks and several tangible achievements have because it is the year of unprecedented upheavals in our operations, of our punctuated the year. teaching methods, our financial perspectives and our means of collaboration. We understand the stakes involved and the impact on families and the As you know, we are intent on our impact being tangible, efficient and aligned youngsters we support every day. with the Sustainable Development Goals to which we contribute: For this reason, we are ambitious and determined to contribute towards the - In 2019, we welcomed, grouping different years, 623 students, of which 57 provision of critical employability because it is being heckled in a world which % were girls. more than ever has become “digital”. - 129 students graduated and 92 % of them found jobs within two months. In The Philippines, we celebrated PN’s ten-year commitment to these goals in the region of the Visayas and in partnership with the San Carlos University: an opportunity to remember that, to date, 443 youngsters are have been freed from poverty, so including their families, that is over 2000 people. Although our association is first and foremost concerned with our impact in the countries in which we operate, our longevity, and I think also, the recognition of our expertise and commitment, provide us with the opportunity of having a say and contributing to people’s key stakes. We are pleased to have been able to participate in various events in 2019 such as the Asia Women’s Forum in Singapore, or again an APEC conference on innovative skills for the future of inclusive work in Hanoi. We also organized a conference in Paris entitled: “The Blockchain Revolution: myth or reality?”. Michel Cantet, President -10- -11- PERSPECTIVES In our previous Annual Report, we announced the decision of PN’s Board of Directors to embark on a learning journey to adjust to the evolutions of our environment: ● Constant evolution of the Asian economic, social and educational environments ● Rapidly changing workplace environments. ● Shifting expectations towards the workforce in the IT and digital sector ● New educational alternatives for underserved youngsters, ● Funding challenges in a more “competitive” and “demanding” environment. Little did we know at the time that the world would soon be entering, early in 2020, into an unprecedented worldwide crisis, where the COVID 19 pandemic would accentuate the impact of digitalization in our current workplace and society, as well as the divide between those with access to TECH and/or digital literacy and those without. We cannot help looking back at 2019 with those insights in mind, and our strategic journey then suddenly takes on a different perspective and a greater urgency. In 2019, PN invested time, effort, resources, and the contributions of all of PN’s Stakeholders (Board Members Directors, Managers, Teams and NICOLA CROSTA Partners), supported by the assessment and the guidance of skilled experts CEO & FOUNDER, IMPACT46 and professionals, into analyzing our challenges and designing PN’s new goals. We have noted that, more than ever, technology is a steppingstone to My team and I work with world-class organizations in the philanthropic inclusion. PN has chosen to engage in a new dynamic to embrace this and non-profit sector. In 2019, we conducted a strategic review movement, with a broadened reach (targets and geography) to fill of Passerelles Numériques in order to assess the organization’s the gaps to inclusion for underserved youngsters. Not only do we want current Impact, Operations and Governance and provide strategic to enhance the relevance of our existing solutions in Asia, but we want recommendations for PN moving ahead in the future.