Being a RAYS Partner

Partners play a meaningful role in shaping the RAYS experience. Our past and current partners contribute in ways that go beyond financial support — offering knowledge, facilitation, academic insight, youth engagement, community connections, and content development that enriches the summit’s programmes and conversations.

RAYS values collaboration that is grounded, respectful, and centred on learning. By engaging as a Partner, organisations help create spaces where young people can explore ideas, understand diverse perspectives, and develop practical approaches to caring for their communities and environments.


What Partners Contribute

Partners may support RAYS through:
- Knowledge sharing: bringing expertise from environmental, cultural, academic, or community fields.
- Youth engagement: sending a delegation of youth from youth groups, networks, and student organisations to the summit.
- Content and facilitation: co-creating sessions, workshops, or discussions that encourage reflection and learning.
- Academic perspectives: contributing research-based insights and strengthening RAYS’ learning environment.
- Community connections: linking local and regional communities with youth-led and cross-cultural conversations.

Why Partners Choose RAYS

- Connection to 700+ youth delegates, speakers, and partners across ASEAN and beyond
- A long-term platform empowering youth learning and regional collaboration to drive climate action & environmental sustainability, amplify youth leadership & advocacy, foster global citizenship & shared responsibility, and champion Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI)
- Visibility across RAYS digital platforms, summit materials, and event spaces
- An environment that values meaningful engagement over one-off visibility


Reach Out

Early partners receive enhanced visibility, preferred placement, and additional registration opportunities.

For partnership and sponsorship enquiries: partnership@rainforestyouthsummit.com

Contact Partnership

We respectfully acknowledge that this summit takes place on the ancestral lands of the Indigenous peoples of Sarawak, including the Iban, Bidayuh, Orang Ulu, and Malay communities. We honour their enduring connection to this land, their cultures, and their traditions, and recognise their continued contributions to the richness of Sarawak's heritage.