YURTA has collaborated and keeps partnership with these organizations & people:

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• At the global level: Pastoralism Knowledge Hub (FAO), World Alliance of Mobile Indigenous Peoples (WAMIP), IFAD, IUCN (World Initiative for Sustainable Pastoralism), International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD).
• At  the regional level: Pastoralist Assembly of Central Asia (PACA), World Yak Herders Association (WYHA), South Asian Pastoralists Assembly (SAPA)
• In the Andean region: Central Alpaquera de Puno, Asociación de Pastores de Camélidos Altoandinos
• In Spain: Transhumance and Nature Association (based in Cantabria)
• In Nepal: Nepal Association of Yak and Nak Herders, yak herders from Khumjung, Phortse, Humla, Langtang and Manang, FAO (Nepal)
• In Tibet: yak herders from Hongyuan grassland (Sichuan, China), Plateau Perspectives NGO, Green Camel Bell NGO
• In India: Yak Association of Ladakh (YALA), yak herders from Changtang (Ladakh), LAMO (Leh), WAL (Leh), yak herders from Sikkim, Dungkharpa Welfare Association (Arunachal Pradesh), gypsy artists from Pushkar
• In Tajikistan: Murghab Eco-Tourism Association (META), FAO (Tajijistan), GIZ
• In Kyrgyzstan: Helvetas, Aga Khan Foundation (Alai region), Fazoi Pamir (Mrs. Gulnara Apandieva)
• In Mongolia: Pastoralists Assembly of Central Asia, PACA (headquarters), Jinst Murun, AVSF, Mongolian Federation of Pasture User Groups (MFPUGs)
• In Thailand: Mlabri artisans from Nan

Meetings attended and workshops organized by YURTA Association

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Meetings attended (2007-2018)

• World Congress of Nomadic and Transhumant Peoples (Segovia, Spain, 2007)
• Global Gathering of Women Pastoralists (Mera, India, 2010)
• I World Congress of Gypsy Women (Granada, Spain, 2011)
• Policies against Hunger (Berlin, 2012)
• Indigenous Terra Madre (Jokkmok, Sweden, 2012)
• V World Congress of Reindeer Herders (Aoluguya, China, 2013)
• Global Gathering of Pastoralists (Kiserian, Kenya, 2013)
• Preparatory sessions for the Declaration of the Peasants and other peoples living in rural areas (Geneva, Switzerland, 2013)
• I Meeting of Central Asian Pastoralists (Hustai N.P., Mongolia 2015)
• International Yak Conference (Xining, China, 2018)
• Pastoralism Knowledge Hub partners meeting (Rome, Italy, 2018
• World Biodiversity Forum (Davos, 2020)

Workshops organized  in the WYHA project (2016 - 2018)

• Phortse, Sagarmatha National Park (Nepal, October 2016)
• Leh (Ladakh, India, November 2016)
• Kathmandu (Nepal, 2016), in collaboration with ICIMOD and SAPA
• Dirang (Arunachal Pradesh, India, Marzo 2017), in collaboration with the National Research Centre on Yak (NRCY)
• Murghab (GBAO, Tajikistan, June 2017)
• Sari Mogol (Alai, Kyrgyzstan, June 2017), in collaboration with HELVETAS, Aga Khan Foundation
• Khovd (Altai, Mongolia, July 2017), in collaboration with Pastoralism Association of Central Asia (PACA)
• Murun (Khövsgöl. Mongolia, August 2017), in collaboration with Jinst Murun and MFPUG
• Ikh Tamir (Arkhangai, Mongolia, August 2017)