The East-West Center experience unites more than 50,000 students, scholars, and professional associates from more than 50 countries. For many, the Center provided a defining chapter in their lives, affecting their outlooks and aspirations and building lifelong personal and professional networks.

The East-West Center Association (EWCA) is an international network of professionals who have a past affiliation with the East-West Center. Regardless of length of stay or type of participation, all are automatically members (associates) of the EWCA. There are no membership fees or other requirements to participate in the EWCA. The association is led by an international Executive Board representing the various professions, regions, and decades of its members.

While participating in education, research, and collaborative programs at the Center, these individuals enriched the institution with their array of talents, cultural perspectives, and ideas. Today, in countries around the globe, East-West Center alumni continue to further the mission of the Center. Collectively, they are contributing to global understanding, building an Asia Pacific Community, and making a world of difference.

The new EWCA Strategic Plan below was approved at the membership meeting in the Hanoi, Vietnam at the International Conference on December 10, 2006.

EWCA Strategic Plan (December 10, 2006)