PLDT, Smart, and MediaQuest support the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) and Out of The Box Media Literacy Initiative (OOTB) in holding the “Creators Co-Lab: YSEALI Bootcamp for Digital Creators”.
Attended by over 60 delegates and speakers or mentors from across Southeast Asia, the three-day bootcamp supported by the U.S. Embassy in the Philippines, aims to upskill young digital content creators with learning discussions and hands-on activities on cybersecurity, intellectual property rights, brand development, content ideation, audience engagement, and other digital literacy-related topics.
YSEALI is the US government’s program to strengthen leadership development and networking in Southeast Asia. OOTB, implementer of the Creators Co-Lab, is a Manila-based NGO that promotes critical and civic-oriented Media and Information Literacy (MIL).
PLDT and Smart provided communications support to the bootcamp and to the conference delegates. This aligns with THINKaMuna Pilipinas – the MIL initiative in partnership with MediaQuest and the Kapisanan ng mga Broadcaster ng Pilipinas. The support also underscores the group’s shared mission to help build a safer, more informed digital space for all.
