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Although the APPF is a loosely-structured organization the following organs may be recognized:
It is the highest decision-making organ. The members of the APPF meet annually. The host, date and venue of each annual meeting are determined at the preceding one. The host of each annual meeting chairs the event and makes the necessary arrangements for the gathering, bearing the organization costs, while the participants cover their expenses for attending the meeting. .
The Annual Meeting shall elect a President who represents the APPF, chairs the Executive Committee, serves a three-year term and is eligible for re-election.
The Executive Committee has been established to study matters required for the management of the APPF. The Annual Meeting elects the Executive Committee of sub regional representatives totaling nine countries or less, including the representatives of the host country of the next Executive Committee Meeting and Annual Meeting. The Executive Committee Meeting is chaired by the President of the APPF. The Executive Committee meets at least once a year, usually immediately prior to the Annual Meeting, and assists the hosts of the annual meetings.
Working groups may be established by the Annual Meeting, on the advice of the Executive Committee, to examine specific issues, or to perform specific tasks such as preparing a draft joint communique for consideration, adoption and release at the conclusion of the Annual Meeting. These groups, when in session, shall determine their own priorities. At the conclusion of their deliberations, they report to the plenary session of the Annual Meeting. Reports of the working groups on their work may be made orally or in writing at the Annual Meeting.
The Technological Working Committee
The Technological Working Committee is a working group comprised of Australia, Japan, Peru, and Thailand, with Peru as committee chairman. In this capacity, some of its objectives are to increase the number of existent parliament websites, regulate the rules regarding the APPF website, create an on-line multilingual environment, see to the financial and technological resources of the APPF, study the concept papers and work programs on the APOINT 2001 submitted by Japan, Korea and other countries and, help to coordinate the efforts of the respective parliaments participating within the Asia-Pacific Open Information Network (APOINT).