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Asia Pacific Cooperative Youth Summit 3.0

 

The International Cooperative Alliance Asia and Pacific (ICA-AP) in collaboration with the ICA-EU Partnership - coops4dev, the ICA-AP Committee on Youth Cooperation (ICYC), and the ICA-Domus Trust have the pleasure to announce the third edition of Asia Pacific Cooperative Youth Summit (APCYS 3.0). This time, it will be a virtual event from 22nd June to 24th June 2021!

 

APCYS aims to bring together youth from different parts of the region and expose them to the culture of cooperativism. APCYS 1.0 was held in Bali, Indonesia in 2016 and 70 young people from 17 countries participated in the Summit, “Youth Cooperatives and the Power of Entrepreneurship and Innovation.” APCYS 2.0 was organized in Cebu, Philippines and 147 young cooperators from 17 countries participated in the summit focused on “Creative Skills, Cooperative Entrepreneurship, and Sustainable Development.”  The summits provided a platform for youth in the region to interact with each other, hear stories from young coop entrepreneurs, engage in team activities, and make friends from the cooperative movement.

 

This year, APCYS 3.0, “Celebrating Youth as Torchbearers of the Cooperative Identity” will be a virtual event to celebrate the role played by youth in cooperatives, showcase youth entrepreneurs, get ideas from youth about new forms of cooperatives, and excite them about cooperatives and their role in it. 

 

APCYS 3.0 will provide a platform for youth to:

 

  • Shine spotlight on youth who are at the forefront of starting new cooperatives to address needs in their communities.
  • Explore how we make the cooperative identity a competitive advantage in attracting the young and in exploring new opportunities.
  • Create an environment for youth to be engaged in work driven by passion and empathy towards others as well as cooperative values and principles, rather than competition and profit-making.
  • Hear from youth, the new and sustainable enterprise ideas on cooperatives that cater to the needs and aspirations of the youth in their country, through Coop Pitch Competition.

 

Registrations for the APCYS 3.0 are opening soon and interested participants will be able to register online. More details and information can be found at www.apyouthsummit.coop.

We encourage you to spread the word about APCYS 3.0 widely among your networks and promote #APCYS on all your social media channels.