SCG: Young Generation Needs More Than Scholarships to Face Future Challenges

The younger generation faces increasingly complex challenges, ranging from economic issues and poverty to technological disruption, educational inequality, environmental pollution, and mental health. Amid these various challenges, access to education is considered insufficient. Young people also need opportunities to develop skills and engage directly in solving problems in society.

This is one of the approaches developed by PT SCG Indonesia through the SCG Sharing the Dream programme. The programme, which has been running for 14 years, not only provides educational assistance but also mentoring, skills training, hands-on experience through community projects, and teacher capacity development.

President Director of PT SCG Indonesia Pattaraphon Chartton said human resource development is one form of the company’s contribution in supporting Indonesia, which has a fairly large young population.

“One thing that we at SCG can support, as a partner of this country, is how we build human resources,” Pattaraphon said during a media briefing on SCG Sharing the Dream on Monday (11/8/2026).

According to him, SCG seeks to bridge the world of education with the skills needed by the younger generation. Therefore, programme recipients not only receive financial support to continue their education but also experience that can prepare them to face the world of work and problems in society.

Since its launch in 2012, SCG Sharing the Dream has provided support to more than 5,200 school and university students. The total funding support provided over 14 years has reached more than Rp 22 billion.

The programme currently reaches nine regions, mainly areas around SCG’s operations, with most located in West Java. Scholarship recipients are also encouraged to carry out joint projects with communities in their respective home regions.

To date, 12 community projects have been implemented, with around 7,600 community members receiving positive impacts from the programme. Pattaraphon said this approach is part of SCG’s efforts to encourage inclusive and sustainable growth.

The younger generation is not only directed to have academic abilities but also to understand environmental, social, and governance issues, or ESG. This approach, Pattaraphon said, is also in line with the Indonesia Emas 2045 vision, especially in the aspect of human capital development. According to him, a young generation that has capacity and concern for the environment will be an important part of Indonesia’s long-term development.

Vice President of Corporate Administration at SCG Paramate Nisagronsen said the younger generation is an important asset for the future of ASEAN. According to him, despite coming from diverse educational backgrounds and social conditions, the younger generation in the region has concern for the future and the environment.

SCG, he said, is strengthening efforts this year to build a “Green Active Generation”. The younger generation is expected not only to gain access to education but also to have the opportunity to use their knowledge and energy to create change. Paramate assessed that ASEAN youth have an active character and are increasingly concerned about the problems facing the world, including the climate emergency.

“Asian youth are very active, they love their country, they are optimistic about their future, they pay a lot of attention to what is happening around the world,” he said.