7 years and counting
About us
Established in 2015 to create economic opportunities by empowering the local community, youth, entrepreneurs and women with its many national initiatives and campaigns in support of Brunei’s vision of ‘Wawasan 2035’. Over the years, we have successfully initiated various impact driven community campaigns and projects from environmental awareness projects to supporting local small businesses and women entrepreneurs and from educational workshops to capacity building training, and done over 350 projects both locally and regionally.
Our mission
Big BWN Project’s mission is to empower, encourage and support the local youth and community; to find sustainable and impactful solutions for the main concerns around the country, primarily to become more enterprising and self-sustainable in order to create a diverse group of people from different fields who support each other to grow their interests and ideas, accompany them through delivering their initiatives and addressing the key challenges affecting the growth of local projects. We aim to create a Bruneian community that cares about the environment and the earth by empowering them to live more mindfully and practicing the 4Rs and to keep Brunei clean and green.
We aim to give the local youth and community access to more opportunities and platforms, where supporting them is critical to the sustainable development of communities in Brunei and for the country’s economic prosperity, as the dependency on government subsidies and the unemployment rate goes lower.
Projects
Big BWN Project has been supported widely by local and regional agencies and has collaborated with many different organizations to reach their various goals, and has become an active player in promoting and supporting youths, entrepreneurship and community development, addressing various different panel discussions, workshops and talks within the country and internationally. Big BWN Project was also the recipient of the 2020 National Youth Excellent Project Award by His Majesty the Sultan of Brunei, the 2021 Commonwealth Points of Light Award by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Inclusive Business Award 2021 by the ASEAN Business Awards. Big BWN Project is also the only Bruneian brand to be recognized internationally under both the Royal Institute of Entrepreneurs and Royal Institute of Event Management from the prestigious Royal Institute of Singapore.
Our Focus
BIG BWN COOKOUT
Primarily conducts pop up sales, food markets and picnics focusing on home based food & beverage vendors, who seek to gain market validation for their products, and to build new customer prospects. It gives businesses the opportunity to run their business from a pop-up store and experience owning a store front.
BIG BWN SPORTS
Works closely with agencies and sports organisations to conduct sports based events and tournaments, in order to create opportunities for local athletes and sports enthusiasts to experience participating in a competitive level.
BIG BWN BEATS
Focuses on gathering local young talented performers and musicians and helping them to get awareness and appreciation for their talents. We create opportunities and gigs for these underrated young stars to shine and get their names out there.
BIG BWN CREATE
Encourages everyone to embrace their creative side, and explore their creativity – and turn it into a skill. Be it graphic design or doodling, or even creating crochet fashion wear, we aim to help support these people to Create and make their ideas into an income generating business!