The full members of WAY are national youth councils from all continents. WAY additionally serves youth through the production and dissemination of international youth publications, which summarise WAY's activities, workshops, programmes and provide additional newsworthy information from the WAY Secretariat.
Publications also address a broad span of youth issues, from political issues to youth development.
Beyond this function, each WAY event is designed for the more specific purpose of enabling selected youth leaders to increase the knowledge, skills, and experience available to their youthorganizations in contributing fully to the appropriate development of nations and the world.