In efforts to enhance market connectivity between the regional young entrepreneurs, the ASEAN Young Entrepreneurs Council (AYEC) will be organising the 1st Asean Young Entrepreneurs Carnival. This carnival is a regional collaboration between Asean Young Entrepreneurs Council and will be held at MATRADE, Kuala Lumpur on 29th and 30th July 2016 at the side of AYEC’s 1st Annual General Meeting.

The Carnival will see participation from all 10 ASEAN member States (AMS), with a forum, exposition and Business Awards Programme all housed under one roof. This first-of-its-kind Carnival will be the only Asean programme under the economic pillar that is held in Malaysia for 2016. Some of the key thrusts of this carnival are elements related to digitalization and automation, start-up and e-commerce ecosystem, enhancement of intra-Asean trade, alternative access to finance, the Priority Integration Sectors of Asean, sharing of best practices and many more.