The Australasian Zionist Youth Council (AZYC), was established to strengthen zionist aims in Australia by facilitating collaboration amongst Australian Zionist youth movements. It is the umbrella organisation for six Zionist youth movements in Australia and New Zealand. The six member movements have branches in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane, Adelaide and Canberra in Australia and Auckland and Wellington in New Zealand.
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The AZYC is responsible for governance of the movements, representing the movements' interests to the Zionist Federation of Australia and is a forum for cooperation and dispute resolution between the movements. The AZYC is instrumental in operating programs for Jewish youth in the smaller Jewish communities of Adelaide and Canberra by working with the National Jewish Memorial Centre in Canberra and the Adelaide Hebrew Congregation.
Shnat
Shnat is a year-long educational and leadership gap program in Israel run by each member movement for high-school leavers from Australia and New Zealand. The AZYC administers and supports each movements' Shnat program by providing a unified registration system for all participants and assisting with insurance and flights. It runs seminars for all Shnat participants in Israel throughout the year, including:
The AZYC works in conjunction with Machon L'Madrichei Chutz La'Aretz (The Institute for Leaders from Abroad), which runs a five-month educational component of Shnat for most of the movements.