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APEC Voices of the Future Youth Summit 2021,
New Zealand
The NYAA has played a crucial role in the APEC Voices
programme for more than ten years. NYAA Executive
Director chairs the APEC Voices Leadership Council
with the United States of America. Since 2007, the
NYAA Executive Director has played a significant role
in working with the APEC Secretariat to make APEC
Voices the Official Youth Program of the annual APEC
Leaders’ Week attended by the Heads of Government
of the 21 APEC Member Economies. After the very New Zealand APEC Voices youth leaders are presenting
the APEC Voices Youth Declaration to h.E. Jacinda Arden,
successful virtual APEC Voices program hosted by Prime Minister of New Zealand, at the closing ceremony in
Malaysia in 2020, NYAA has successfully worked Auckland, New Zealand.
closely with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of New
Zealand to host the APEC Voices 2021 in Auckland,
New Zealand.

The APEC Voices 2021 in New Zealand was a huge
success, with more than 200 delegates attending the
event online. H.E. Jacinda Arden, Prime Minister of
New Zealand, officiated the Closing Ceremony and
received the APEC Voices 2021 Youth Declaration
from the New Zealand youth representative in person
in Auckland, New Zealand.

Singapore’s APEC Voices delegates with H.E. Jo Tyndall,
New Zealand High Commissioner in Singapore.

The virtual APEC Voices Youth Summit 2021.

THINC Fellowship
THINC is a 12-month fellowship programme powered
by Tencent, the largest tech company in China.
It invited 50 selected outstanding young talents
worldwide to start conversations about technology
and humanity through virtual meetings and creative
projects. At the end of the programme, the THINC
fellows will be invited to Tencent Headquarters in
Shenzhen for a presentation.

Singapore’s THINC Fellow is represented by Ms Lim
En, a Lieutenant Colonel with the Singapore Armed
Forces and an NYAA Gold Award holder.

THINC Fellowship Global Leaders, 2021.

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