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APFSD Youth Forum in Bangkok

  • Organization: Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW), with co-convenors Youth LEAD, Y-PEER Asia-Pacific Center, Major Group for Children and Youth and Children and Youth Major Group to UNEP
  • Type: Conference
  • Location: Global
  • Deadline: November 16, 2026
  • Funding: Partially Funded

The APFSD Youth Forum is the annual youth convening held ahead of the UN ESCAP Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development, organised by ARROW with regional youth networks since 2017. Young people aged 13 to 30 from Asia and the Pacific spend three days in Bangkok or online reviewing progress on the Sustainable Development Goals and writing the Youth Call to Action that feeds into APFSD 2027, the ECOSOC Youth Forum and the High-level Political Forum in New York. In 2026 the forum brought together 705 young people. **What you get:** - A place at the three-day forum, either in person in Bangkok or online, decided by the selection committee - Lunch and refreshments during the forum for in-person participants - Funding for a select number of participants (the organisers do not say what it covers) - A chance to present your work through the Call for Abstracts - A voice in the Regional, Sub-Regional and National Youth Calls to Action submitted to UN processes **What you'll do:** - Review gaps and challenges on SDGs 4, 10, 12, 15 and 17, plus the crosscutting goals 3, 5 and 13 - Deliberate on the 2027 theme of scaling up just transitions, with young people at the forefront - Help draft the Youth Call to Action at national, sub-regional and regional level - Optionally present a session abstract, or serve as a speaker or country facilitator **Key dates:** - Applications close 16 November 2026, 11:59 PM Bangkok time - Forum runs 18 to 20 February 2027 in Bangkok, Thailand, and online **More information:** - Abstract submitters must also complete the general application - The forum is conducted in English; interpretation can be requested in the application - Questions go to apfsdyouthforum@arrow.org.my

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Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW), with co-convenors Youth LEAD, Y-PEER Asia-Pacific Center, Major Group for Children and Youth and Children and Youth Major Group to UNEPConference

APFSD Youth Forum in Bangkok

Nov 16, 2026 23:59:00 Asia/Bangkok
Opportunity type
Conference
Funding
Partially Funded
Location
Global
Deadline
Nov 16, 2026 23:59:00 Asia/Bangkok

About this opportunity

The APFSD Youth Forum is the annual youth convening held ahead of the UN ESCAP Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development, organised by ARROW with regional youth networks since 2017. Young people aged 13 to 30 from Asia and the Pacific spend three days in Bangkok or online reviewing progress on the Sustainable Development Goals and writing the Youth Call to Action that feeds into APFSD 2027, the ECOSOC Youth Forum and the High-level Political Forum in New York. In 2026 the forum brought together 705 young people.

What you get:

  • A place at the three-day forum, either in person in Bangkok or online, decided by the selection committee
  • Lunch and refreshments during the forum for in-person participants
  • Funding for a select number of participants (the organisers do not say what it covers)
  • A chance to present your work through the Call for Abstracts
  • A voice in the Regional, Sub-Regional and National Youth Calls to Action submitted to UN processes

What you'll do:

  • Review gaps and challenges on SDGs 4, 10, 12, 15 and 17, plus the crosscutting goals 3, 5 and 13
  • Deliberate on the 2027 theme of scaling up just transitions, with young people at the forefront
  • Help draft the Youth Call to Action at national, sub-regional and regional level
  • Optionally present a session abstract, or serve as a speaker or country facilitator

Key dates:

  • Applications close 16 November 2026, 11:59 PM Bangkok time
  • Forum runs 18 to 20 February 2027 in Bangkok, Thailand, and online

More information:

  • Abstract submitters must also complete the general application
  • The forum is conducted in English; interpretation can be requested in the application
  • Questions go to apfsdyouthforum@arrow.org.my

Who can apply

  • Aged 13 to 30, with a birth date on or after 21 February 1997
  • From the Asia and Pacific region
  • Progressive and committed to human rights-based approaches
  • Shows strengths relevant to the SDGs under review at the 14th APFSD and an understanding of the SDGs at country, regional or global level
  • Applicants from marginalised or socially excluded groups and hard to reach places are prioritised
  • Applicants under 18 who are selected must provide parent or guardian consent
  • In-person participants need a passport valid for at least six months

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Good to know

  • +Free to apply, with an online option so travel cost alone does not shut you out
  • +Run every year since 2017 by ARROW and regional youth networks, with UN ESCAP and UNDP as partners
  • +705 young people from 35 countries took part in 2026
  • +You can also submit an abstract to present work you have already done

Worth checking yourself

  • !Open to young people aged 13 to 30 from Asia and the Pacific only
  • !Funding covers only a few participants and the organisers do not say what it pays for; most people attending in person pay their own flights and accommodation
  • !The selection committee decides whether you join in person or online
  • !Abstracts must be for work already carried out, and you still need to fill in the main application

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APFSD Youth Forum in Bangkok
Nov 16, 2026 23:59:00 Asia/Bangkok