ABOUT
ASEAN-AUSTRALIA YOUNG LEADERS FORUM
The ASEAN-Australia Young Leaders Forum (AAYLF) is a fully-funded four-day intensive workshop which aims to cultivate the next generation of leadership in the ASEAN-Australia relationship. Delegates to the Forum will develop a deeper knowledge of the ASEAN-Australia relationship, foster stronger intercultural leadership skills, build a regional network of like-minded young people and design and implement projects to improve ASEAN-Australia relations. Delegates will leave the Forum as advocates and agents for increased partnership and collaboration between ASEAN and Australia.
The AAYLF will connect 40 outstanding young leaders aged between 18 and 29 who have demonstrated a capacity and commitment to solving the pressing challenges facing our region. Delegates will be a mix of students, artists, young professionals and entrepreneurs from across all 10 ASEAN nations and Australia.
Applications for 2019 have closed
EMPOWERING REGIONAL LEADERS
CREATE CONNECTIONS
Connect outstanding young Australian and Southeast Asian leaders in an empowering, close-knit environment that fosters close intercultural friendships at every opportunity.
enhance knowledge
Equip 40 young leaders with deep and applicable knowledge of the complexities and opportunities of ASEAN and ASEAN-Australia cooperation.
DEVELOP SOFT SKILLS
Develop important soft skills in negotiation, collaboration, leadership, entrepreneurship and intercultural relations.
LINK NETWORKS
Provide opportunities to engage with expert speakers, university, industry and government partners, business figures and community organisations leading in the ASEAN-Australia space.
strengthen ASEAN-Australia relations
Inspire long-term engagement in promoting joint partnership and collaboration through a one-year term as ASEAN-Australia Strategic Youth Leaders and provide a pathway of opportunities to engage in the relationship.
