About Us
We envision an equitable world where communities impacted by injustice have the power, skills, and determination to create lasting change.
Our mission is to catalyze powerful people's movements through training, education, research, and organizing.
A LEADING TRAINING ORGANIZATION SUPPORTING ACTIVISTS ON THE FRONTLINES OF CLIMATE JUSTICE AND THE ENERGY TRANSITION.
AktivAsia delivers this through finding, enabling and strengthening a dynamic network of experienced organisers, trainers, educators, facilitators and coaches who serve to catalyse collaborative national campaigns and support movement needs.
In all the geographies it works, AktivAsia is establishing contextualised, locally-driven and led national training programs that support the needs of campaigners and organisers in Asia. We respond to capacity gaps and contexts on the ground, building partnerships with local CSOs and community groups to reach both community leaders at the frontlines of the climate crisis, as well as early stage and seasoned campaigners.
We work closely with the movement to respond to people where they are at in their campaigning and organising journey, and co-design training experiences that meet their needs. We carefully identify individuals and organisations that are playing an emerging role in the climate justice movements in their countries and try to support them.
We recruit past alumni into training roles and work closely with them to build their capacity over sustained periods. This helps to build a pool of highly skilled facilitators who recruit, train, and pass on those skills to others.
Behind the Movement
Alex Ryan
Co-Founder and Managing Director
"To me, movements means people on the ground expressing their greatest desires and wishes for change. It means people being organised and collaborating together and building power in order to achieve the change that they want to see in the world. It means people power."
Francis Dela Cruz
Co-Founder and Philippines Lead
"Citizens’ movements give me hope. Hope is contagious, and when people come together to work on things that truly matter to them, the first meaningful results begin to emerge. Building solidarity should be the foremost outcome."
AKTIVASIA FAMILY
Our roots span across the continent.
AktivAsia Regional connects activists across countries, supports cross-border learning and develops experienced facilitators within the movement.
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AktivAsia's programs are:
Locally Led And Co-Designed
Needs-Driven And Adaptive
Responding to participant feedback, campaign context and movement dynamics
Rooted In Organising And Strategy
With a strong emphasis on relationships, power analysis, leadership and collective action
Accessible
With extensive outreach and free training provided to approximately 95% of participants.
Across all geographies, programs prioritise practical application, peer learning and long-term movement capacity rather than one-off workshops.