Asia Pacific Regional Youth Caucus
Asia and the Pacific is the largest regional block of the United Nations, both in terms of number of members states and the size population. The Asia Pacific Youth Caucus Serves as the mechanism for youth engagement in multilateral processes in the Region and the regional element of global processes.
Our Primary Engagement Partners
In addition to the partners listed below we work with regional and subregional offices of several UN entities and other multilateral organisations, to coordinate youth participation in a range of processes across.
The United Nations Interagency Network on Youth (APINY), aims to increase the effectiveness of UN work in youth development by strengthening collaboration and peer-exchange among relevant UN entities, civil society organizations and youth, while respecting and harnessing the benefits of their individual strengths and unique approaches and mandates.
APRCEM is a civil society platform aimed to enable stronger cross constituency coordination and ensure that voices of all sub-regions of Asia Pacific are heard in intergovernmental processes in regional and global level.
The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) serves as the United Nations’ regional hub promoting cooperation among countries to achieve inclusive and sustainable development. The largest regional intergovernmental platform with 53 Member States and 9 associate members. The Commission’s strategic focus is to deliver on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which is reinforced and deepened by promoting regional cooperation and integration.
Addition Regional Process and Partner
Some of Our Additional Regional Partners and Processes are Listed Below
Asia Pacific office for United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR)
UN Environment Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
Regional Consultation Meetings (RCM)
Asia and the Pacific Office of IOM
Asia and the Pacific Regional Consultations for Global Forum on Migration and Development
Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP)
Asia Pacific Urban Forum (APUF), The Asia Pacific Ministerial Conference on Housing and Urban Development (APMCHUD)
Regional Climate Weeks
Asia Pacific Climate Week
GFMD
Asia Pacific Regional Consultations
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Team
Our Asia Pacific Regional Caucus Coordination Team includes Regional Caucus Coordinators (RCCs) representing the different sub regions, Regional Focal Points (RFPs) for specific substantive topics
Regional Caucus Coordinators
Our Regional Caucus Coordinators team represents the five subregions in Asia and the Pacific- 1) South East Asia, 2) South Asia, 3) East Asia, 4) Central Asia, 5) The Pacific and the Asian Youth Council in an observer role. Each sub region is represented by a youth led platform that brings together youth entities from the countries in that sub region,
Regine Guevara
South East Asia- Representing Committee for ASEAN Youth
Valeria Dubravina
Central Asia- Representing Central Asia Youth Caucus, Valeria Dubravina, National Youth Council of Russia
Manduul Alimaa
East Asia- Representing East Asia Youth platform- Manduul Alimaa, UN Youth Advisory Platform Mongolia,
Ernest
Kristoffer Gibson
The Pacific- Representing Pacific Youth Council
Tyler-Rae Chung
The Pacific- Representing Pacific Youth Council
Sharifah Norizah
Observer- Representing Asian Youth Council
Fsahat Ul Hassan
South Asia- Representing SAARC Youth platform- Fsahat Ul Hassan, National Alliance for Youth Associations in Pakistan (NAYA-PAK, YAN)
Regional Focal Points
Our Regional Focal Points team is responsible for coordinating the participation of our members in different substantive issues( across the pillars of the UN), in the region