The Asia Regional People’s Assembly 2026 will bring together civil society organisations, people’s movements and community representatives from across Asia and beyond to discuss debt, economic policies, conflict, climate change, democracy and human rights.

Event details:

  • Date: Thursday, October 1, 2026
  • Time: 4–6 pm Bangkok time | 9–11 am GMT
  • Format: Online
  • Keynote speaker: David Archer, ActionAid International

Registration: Register for the Assembly

Concept Note: Read the Concept Note

The Assembly will discuss the impacts of IMF and World Bank policies, debt and social protection, as well as war and conflict in the Gulf, Nepal’s climate catastrophe, climate finance and justice, democracy and human rights and the post-2030 agenda.

The event will also provide space for community voices and experiences from across the region, with participants discussing their challenges and pathways towards economic and social justice.

Organisers:

  1.     Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) (Coordination)
  2.     Asia Dalit Rights Forum (ADRF)
  3.     Global Forum on Communities Discriminated by Work and Descent (GFoD)
  4.     Asia Civil Society Partnership for Sustainable Development (APSD)
  5.     Asia Democracy Network (ADN)
  6.     Asia Development Alliance (ADA)
  7.     OXFAM-Asia
  8.    South Asia Alliance for Poverty Eradication (SAAPE)
  9.     ActionAid International – Asia Region
  10.  Aide Et Action – International
  11.   Wada Na Todo Abhiyan (WNTA), India
  12.  NGO Federation of Nepal
  13.  Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement (PRRM)
  14.  Noakhali Rural Development Society, Bangladesh
  15.  Sri Lanka United Nations Friendship Organisation (SUNFO)
  16.  Sanayee Development Organisation (SDO), Afghanistan
  17.   Pakistan Development Alliance (PDA)
  18.  ONE Singapore
  19.  Africa Japan Forum (AJF), Japan
  20. Cooperation Committee for Cambodia (CCC)
  21.  APCASO
  22.  American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)
  23.  Recourse
  24.  Equity Society Nepal (ESN)
  25.  Foundation for Sustainable Development and Climate Action (FSDCA), India
  26.  Rural Reconstruction Nepal (RRN)
  27. LDC Watch