APYA stands for Asia Pacific Youth Assembly. It is an assembly to gather the young people from Asia Pacific countries in discussing and generating ideas for solutions to face the current environmental issues.

THEME:
“Utilizing Young People to Act on the Environmental Issues Solution”

Sub-themes:

* Youth Initiative on Environmental Issues
* Leadership and Environment
* Managing the Environment: Adaptation and Mitigation

DATE AND VENUE:

Date         :   2-6 August, 2011
Venue       :   Jakarta (tentative, place will be informed soon)

OUTPUT:

* Participants will get mutual understanding about the environmental issues they are facing in their own countries
* Participants will propose and formulate an action that can be implemented in their own countries.
* This action can be implemented through the action plan to be conducted and organized by youth, NGO, Governmental and International Organizations.
* A global youth network on developing a sustainable development

PARTICIPANTS:

1. Australia
2. Bangladesh
3. Brunei Darussalam
4. Cambodia
5. Indonesia
6. Japan
7. Laos
8. Malaysia
9. Myanmar
10. New Zealand
11. Papua New Guinea
12. Philippines
13. Republic of China
14. Singapore
15. South Korea
16. Taiwan
17. Thailand
18. Timor-Leste
19. Vietnam

Each country has to send 2 representatives to participate this assembly.
The qualifications are:

-         2 representatives
-         University students
-         Age: 18-25 years old
-         Those who have experience in the environmental issues,
-         Those who are representing youth organizations or institutions,
-         Those who have good command of English
-         And those who are interested in youth development.

You can download the “Application Form" here

The deadline of submission of the application forms is June 25, 2011 and the announcement will be on June 30, 2011.

The committee will provide accommodation and local transport for participants from each country. The international airfare travel expenses must be paid by each participating country or organization.

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