OFFICE/DEPARTMENT
The biggest questions of our time call for community-centered and action-oriented leadership that is policy-aware and regionally and globally competent. Defining and resolving our common dilemmas requires inclusion and collaboration. The Indo-Pacific Leadership Lab, jointly launched by the East-West Center and the Japan Foundation, is for rising leaders from diverse sectors, including academia, civil society, non-profit, business, and government, who want to deepen their leadership practice and increase their impact. The Lab is for those who are ready to listen sincerely, question profoundly, and learn from real-world experience and practice.
Each year, leaders in the Lab will focus on a specific complex and interconnected social issue. Alongside fifteen other rising leaders from across the Indo-Pacific, leaders will join a year-long program that includes three one-week, in-person seminars held in Honolulu, Tokyo, and a third regional locale. Together, leaders will critically examine current responses to the issue and explore community approaches and their connections to local and regional policy. They will identify critical gaps and explore and test responses in their home communities, with guidance from community leaders, topic experts, and leadership mentors.
2024-2025 Program Information
Program runs from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025 and will include monthly online virtual sessions and three one-week, in-person workshops in the following locations:
- Honolulu, Hawaiʻi (December 2024)
- Suva, Fiji (April 2025)
- Tokyo, Japan (September 2025
Applications for the 2024-2025 Indo-Pacific Leadership Lab will begin on May 1, 2024. The application deadline is May 31, 2024 (11:59 PM Hawai‘i Standard Time). For information regarding the application, including eligibility and desirable qualifications, please visit the application page.
The biggest questions of our time call for community-centered and action-oriented leadership that is policy-aware and regionally and globally competent. Defining and resolving our common dilemmas requires inclusion and collaboration. The Indo-Pacific Leadership Lab, jointly launched by the East-West Center and the Japan Foundation, is for rising leaders from diverse sectors, including academia, civil society, non-profit, business, and government, who want to deepen their leadership practice and increase their impact. The Lab is for those who are ready to listen sincerely, question profoundly, and learn from real-world experience and practice.
Each year, leaders in the Lab will focus on a specific complex and interconnected social issue. Alongside fifteen other rising leaders from across the Indo-Pacific, leaders will join a year-long program that includes three one-week, in-person seminars held in Honolulu, Tokyo, and a third regional locale. Together, leaders will critically examine current responses to the issue and explore community approaches and their connections to local and regional policy. They will identify critical gaps and explore and test responses in their home communities, with guidance from community leaders, topic experts, and leadership mentors.
2024-2025 Program Information
Program runs from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025 and will include monthly online virtual sessions and three one-week, in-person workshops in the following locations:
- Honolulu, Hawaiʻi (December 2024)
- Suva, Fiji (April 2025)
- Tokyo, Japan (September 2025
Applications for the 2024-2025 Indo-Pacific Leadership Lab will begin on May 1, 2024. The application deadline is May 31, 2024 (11:59 PM Hawai‘i Standard Time). For information regarding the application, including eligibility and desirable qualifications, please visit the application page.