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Association of Youth Organizations Nepal (AYON) is a non-political, non-religious, non-governmental, not-for-profit, autonomous network of Youth Organizations and as such, a platform for collaboration, cooperation, joint action and collective endeavor between Youth Organizations in Nepal.AYON defines,
Youth: Youth is an individual, male or female, of any class, caste, creed, origin or religion, who is of the age group between 16 years to 35 years.
Youth Organization: Youth Organization is an organization run by youth, conducting activities directly targeting youth, for the development of youth. These organizations should have at least 75% youths in its membership base and the executive committee.
The objectives of AYON are:
- To bring together nationwide spread youth organizations and movements to foster cooperation, dialogue, network and collaboration for youth empowerment and development
- To act as an umbrella organization for Youth Organizations in Nepal
- To advocate, lobby and facilitate mainstreaming of youth issues in the National agenda.
- To organize capacity building programs, trainings and workshops to strengthen the network and its member organizations.
- To serve as consulting and advisory body to the government agencies and relevant stakeholders regarding youth issues in Nepal.
- To organize various youth events having national and international significance.
- To represent Nepalese youth in international policy/decision making bodies, associations, conferences, and various fora.
- To build network and alliance with international youth organizations and networks to foster youth development.




