Provide space where indigenous elders, women and youth in Asia can meet to transmit indigenous knowledge, exchange experiences and lessons, including a learning exchange-immersion program for Asia indigenous youth in indigenous communities in the Cordillera, Philippines.
APIYN traces its roots to the First International Indigenous Youth Conference (IIYC) in 2002 hosted and organized by the Cordillera Youth Center (formerly the Cordillera Peoples’ Alliance – Youth Commission) as response to the increasing challenge of globalization on indigenous peoples worldwide. APIYN was born in order to consolidate the various indigenous youth organizations and their struggles in the Asia-Pacific region while maintaining and forging international unities and solidarity among indigenous youth and peoples worldwide. APIYN is a non-stock, non-profit organization duly registered with the Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission.
