The role of Malaysian UotF in the pandemic and digital era: international community engagement for humanizing digital entrepreneurship education for the b40 unemployed graduate Palestinian youths

• Main Authors: Alsousi, Amjad, Ahmad Dahlan, Abdul Rahman
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: www.researchpublish.com 2021
• Subjects: T58.6 Management information systems
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/90980/7/90980_The%20role%20of%20Malaysian%20uotf%20in%20the%20pandemic%20and%20digital%20era.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/90980/; http://www.researchpublish.com

Young people are the future, the pillar of the present, the strength of the future, and they are considered the principal support in the progress and building of every society. They carry within them energies and innovations and are the main stakeholders in the homeland. The development process so is research and solves youth issues. Unemployment is one of the biggest and difficult economic challenges facing young people, especially in Palestine. Higher education is typically believed to have a dual purpose, which is to build employment and enhancing the quality of life because education is an instrument for social change and social justice. Sustainability of societal wellbeing through humanization digital entrepreneurship education program (DEEP) by universities. This paper offers the conceptual business model of the UotF and its role in enhancing the quality of life of B40 young unemployed Palestinian graduates through the international community engagement focusing on the digital entrepreneurship education program with the main endeavor to reduce unemployment and poverty rate. Then it is followed by building conceptual business models using proprietary modeling tools i.e. the Business Model Canvas (BMC) and the Value Proposition Design Canvas (VPC). The design thinking approach was adopted which includes conducting a literature review to understand the main problems, needs, and challenges of these Palestine youth; formulating initial business model options and formulating solution options to these problems using BMC and VPC, and validation of the initial business model by interviewing different customer segments.