The Asia-Pacific Institute in Alumni Relations (APIAR) is a focused professional learning experience for alumni relations practitioners working across diverse institutional contexts in the Asia-Pacific region.

APIAR is an immersive learning experience for alumni relations professionals looking to strengthen how they design, deliver, and evolve their engagement strategies.

It offers a structured space to step back from day-to-day work, exchange ideas with peers across the region, and explore practical approaches to building more meaningful and sustainable alumni relationships.

Rather than focusing on theory, APIAR helps you reflect on your current practice and identify ways to enhance impact within your own institutional context.

What You Will Gain

Strengthen your approach to alumni engagement

Develop a clearer understanding of how alumni relations contributes to broader institutional goals such as engagement, advocacy, volunteering, mentoring, and long-term relationship building.

Practical ideas for immediate application

Explore real-world approaches to areas such as:

• Alumni engagement strategy design
• Volunteer and ambassador programmes
• Alumni events and experiences
• Engaging intergenerational alimni
• Communications and storytelling
• Using data and AI in alumni engagement
• Measuring engagement and impact

Regional perspectives and shared practice

Gain insights into how institutions across Asia-Pacific are approaching alumni engagement in different contexts, and identify ideas you can adapt to your own environment.

Peer learning and connection

Connect with alumni relations professionals across the region, exchange experiences, and build a network that continues beyond the programme.

How Your Institution Benefits

Attending APIAR supports both individual development and institutional advancement outcomes.

Following the programme, you will be able to:

• Apply practical approaches to strengthen alumni engagement
• Improve communication and relationship-building with alumni
• Develop more structured and intentional engagement activities
• Enhance collaboration across advancement functions
• Share insights and good practice with your team
• Contribute to a more connected and engaged alumni community

The learning is designed to be immediately applicable, helping translate ideas into practice within your institution.

Take the Next Step

If you are committed to advancing your fundraising knowledge and contributing more effectively to your institution's goals, APIAR offers a unique opportunity to learn, connect, and grow alongside advancement professionals from across the region.

Copy, paste, and customize this sample justification letter to give to your manager to make the CASE to attend.

Dear [Supervisor Name],

I would like to request approval to attend the Asia-Pacific Institute in Alumni Relations (APIAR), organised by CASE.

APIAR is a professional development programme for alumni relations practitioners, focusing on engagement strategy, volunteer management, communications, events, and measuring alumni engagement. It also provides opportunities to learn from experienced practitioners and connect with peers from across the Asia-Pacific region.

I believe attending APIAR would support both my professional development and our institutional priorities. It will help me strengthen my approach to alumni engagement, gain practical ideas that can be applied to our work, and learn from how other institutions in the region are building and sustaining alumni relationships.

After the programme, I will share key takeaways and recommendations with the team so we can explore how these insights may be applied to our own alumni engagement activities.

Thank you for considering my request. I would be happy to discuss this further.

Kind regards,
[Your Name]