APIGA aims to develop youth leaders’ understanding of the Internet and its ecosystem. It also aims to equip participants with the knowledge and skills to participate in Internet policy making through developing a strong foundation in the following:
- The concept of Internet governance, and the multistakeholder model of policymaking;
- Current global Internet governance issues, and applying these issues at the local and regional levels;
- The confidence to speak up in regional and international fora.
Other Events
Youth Action Summit 2025
The Youth Action Summit 2025 (YAS 2025) is an extraordinary gathering of young leaders, innovators, and change-makers from around the world, hosted in the vibrant city of Milan, Italy. This summit provides a unique platform for youth to collaborate, exchange ideas, and design actionable strategies to address global challenges such as climate change, inequality, sustainable development, and technological innovation. Link to registration: https://thecda.co/youth-action-summit-2025/#register
9th International Conference: Shrinking Civic Space in Asia
Asia Centre’s 9th Annual International Conference will revolve around stories of resistance and pushback in defense of civic space in Asia. This topic is pressing and timely given the widespread contraction of civic spaces in the region, which poses a threat to the future of democratic societies. Registration is open to all presenters and participants from academic institutions, media outlets and journalist associations, businesses, national and regional civil society organizations, international NGOs, political parties, parliaments, government agencies, and intergovernmental organizations to facilitate knowledge sharing and networking. Researchers and practitioners wishing to present papers or share their experiences are invited to submit a title and abstract of 300–340 words in English, together with a biographical paragraph of 100 words, here. For those submitting papers, full papers should be 5,000 words (Please refer to the Style Sheet Guidelines). Following the international conference, the Asia Centre will publish the Conference Proceedings. Guidelines for the Conference Proceedings can be found here. Please contact us at contact@asiacentre.org Register here
APrIGF 2023 – BRISBANE
Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum (APrIGF) is one of the key regional initiatives on Internet governance. By adopting the multi-stakeholder approach as its core principle, APrIGF serves as a platform for discussion exchange and collaboration at a regional level and also where possible to aggregate national IGF discussions to ultimately advance the Internet governance development in the Asia Pacific region. Registrations will open soon and further information on programming, sponsorship and fellowship opportunities will be published on this website.