Future Citizens

To build strong local communities we need to energize and empower the young. 
Our Future Citizens program harnesses our future generations by developing the skills and capabilities in children and young people that will enable them to succeed in the digital world of tomorrow. 

Empowering the young people of today expands their freedom of choice, participation and action for tomorrow and beyond.


The Future Citizens Mentoring Program

The Future Citizens Mentoring Program is designed to arm young people with the skills and capabilities that inspire success in business and career and prepare them for a successful transition to their future chosen industry.

The core of the Future Citizens Mentoring Program is in the empowering relationship between adult professionals and young people, which enriches learning experiences.

The Future Citizens Mentoring Program joins industry professionals with young people, to focus on:

• helping students to understand the relationship between classroom learning and career skills.
  
  
• offering career-related advice to young people and providing a glimpse into real-world industry experiences.
  developing business, career and planning skills through experiences that inspire success in work and the world.
  
  
• enriching young people via learning experience through industry specific hands on projects.

Information Technology Camps

Designed for elementary and high school students, these workshops provide attendees with knowledge and skills to begin a career in the digital age.

• IT PRO Camps enable students to understand the Infrastructure side of IT
  
  
• DEV Camps enable students and future developers to understand, use and apply the technology to solve world issues and problem, always with an eye to the community
  
  
• Internet Safety - enable students, teachers and parents to understand and seize the potential of the Internet, and how to use it intelligently, avoiding possible threats and risks.

eSkills Educational Programs for Students, Citizens and Local Community

These programs empower students, citizens and the local community to become digitally savvy through teaching basic and advanced IT Skills for everyday productivity.

Community Programs

These programs facilitate the creation and implementation of new innovative solutions and concepts to provide eServices to the local community. Working with city governments, The Future Cities Institute engages start-up's, entrepreneurs and students to develop functional prototypes to meet the needs of the local citizens.

The results of such projects are:

• New innovative services that local government and the community can provide to their citizens
  
  
• Students first working experience
  
  
• Referral implementation for start-up's and companies to provide them support in the commercialisation phase of their products
  
  
• New business models and social entrepreneurship models that secure self-sustainability of such products and services
  
  
• Connection with external funding institutions
  
  

Technology based Competition

Global competitions for students that incorporate local industry based solutions.