CENTER FOR CULTURAL AND TECHNICAL INTERCHANGE BTWN EAST AND WEST
1601 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI 96848 www.eastwestcenter.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: Promote better relations and understanding between the United States and the nations of Asia and the Pacific through cooperative study, training, and research.

Since 1960, the East-West Center (Center) has a long and proud legacy promoting better relations and understanding among the people and nations of the United States, Asia, and the Pacific through cooperative study, research, and dialogue. The Center serves as a resource for information and analysis on critical issues of common concern, bringing people together to exchange views, build expertise, and develop policy options. As a national, public diplomacy institution, the Center works in partnership with more than 1,000 organizations throughout the United States (U.S.) and in the region. The collaborative research, education, seminars and outreach, and other programs bring together Americans and counterparts from Asia and the Pacific to work in an atmosphere of academic freedom on issues of mutual importance. The Center's exchange and dialogue programs involve multi country, region wide activities involving everyone as full participants. There were 2,382 participants on award taking part in the Center activities throughout the region. While more information on the Center and its programs may be found at our website (www.EastWestCenter.org), the following is a highlight of the program activities during the year. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM: The Professional Development Program conducts all of the Center's short to medium term capacity-building, leadership training, professional exchanges, career development, and high level dialogue activities. The Center has continuously worked to develop and implement dynamic, cutting edge programs that not only provide our diverse participants with lifelong experiential learning and networking opportunities, but also amplify the Center's goal of improving understanding and relations among the United States and countries of the Asia Pacific region. During the year the Seminar and Journalism Program included 530 U.S. and international journalists, young leaders, women entrepreneurs and smart city development experts participated in 17 reporting and study tours, exchanges, workshops, dialogues and conferences. There were also other programs and initiatives on Asia Pacific Media and Dialogue, Pacific Island Leadership, North Pacific Women's Action, Asia Pacific Leadership Program, Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiatives, Asian Development Program workshops, and the EWC Innovation Labs Initiative where 15 labs were launched with 8,000 people trained, EWCA chapter websites being created to connect them with EWC programs. The Labs provided experiential training for affiliated professionals to co develop, co deliver, and co lead professional development training in their own organizations.

RESEARCH PROGRAM: The Research Program brings a cross disciplinary approach to understanding the process of rapid transformation that is occurring in Asia and the Pacific. The Center's collaborative research and capacity building program aims to promote sustainability, prosperity, equity, and peace in the region. Current research documents how economic, environmental, social, and political change are shaping Asia and the Pacific. Research focuses on changes in climate, land and water use, health, family dynamics, economic roles, and international politics. The Program works with research and policy communities in the US and the Indo Pacific region to provide more complete knowledge and deeper understanding of environments, societies, economies, governments, and international relations in the region. Capacity building and research to support decision making are conducted in close collaboration with networks of individuals and institutions throughout Asia and the Pacific and is shared broadly with planners, policymakers, regional specialists, the media, and the general public. During the year, the Program hosted 33 visiting fellows, scholars, a diplomat in residence, and 14 international conferences and workshops held in Hawaii, Nepal, Guam, India, and South Korea on Asia Pacific economics, technology, conservation and climate change, ocean science, public health, and the Free and Open Indo Pacific (FOIP). The Pacific Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments (Pacific RISA) project continued with Center staff and researchers that coordinated and oversaw the author team that developed the Hawaii and U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands regional chapter of the 4th U.S. National Climate Assessment. The Pacific RISA also held the 2nd Climate Change Adaptation Symposium in Fiji that resulted in published case studies of climate change policy response, as well as 12 additional scholarly works in hydrology, oceanography, sociology, and climate science for Pacific Island nations and Hawaii. The ninth annual North Pacific Arctic Conference, was also held bringing together participants from 8 near Arctic countries to examine social, economic, environmental, and political impacts of sea ice melt in the Arctic.

EDUCATION PROGRAM:The Center is at the forefront of educating people of the Asia Pacific region to meet the evolving demands of global change. The Education Program focuses on community building at the campus level as a stepping-stone to community building at the regional level. The participant's experience is one of grassroots relationship building, cultural exchange, shared experiences, and communal preparation for future leadership roles throughout the region. The Program offers educational opportunities for future leaders in the Asia Pacific region and the U.S. in an era of increased social, economic and technological interdependence. Graduate degree scholarships and certificate programs prepare students and professionals to address the challenges and complexities of the world's most dynamic region. Undergraduate degree scholarships build and strengthen the base of future leaders in the South Pacific. The degree student programs remain central to the Center's mission. In FY 2019, there were 370 graduate degree students and affiliated scholars from 48 countries living in residence or on scholarship. The Center's unique environment builds students' capacity to be agents of positive change in their communities, establishes positive relationships between Asia Pacific and the US, and encourages important values such as service, critical thinking and democratic institutions.

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