IPI (India Peru Indonesia) Cross-Border Exchange Initiative is undertaken by three Asia Pacific Leadership Program Generation 20 fellows with the purpose of learning from each other's company/institution, discovering similar issues, and finding solutions based on practices in other countries. It includes but is not limited to sharing knowledge, resources, skills, technical expertise, and ideas to build sustainable and inclusive futures for our communities. Alphina is empowering South Indian women through financial inclusion. Magaly is empowering Japanese immigrants through lending capital for their SMEs (small to medium-sized enterprise). Robert is empowering small farmers by value-adding their produce through social certification. The leaders of these three initiatives share similarities. First, they all come from developing countries but the way they empower their communities are different. Another is that they worked with one group of marginalized and excluded people, but  then realized there were ways to help others: financial inclusion for immigrants  in India; supporting small farmers in Peru add to their produce to compete in the global market; or expanding financial inclusion to women in villages throughout Indonesia to build their livelihoods. That's the beauty of a cross-border exchange initiative. It can give you ideas and possibilities of proven projects in one country that can be adapted to another country.

About the Speakers

Robert BUDIANTO (Indonesia) is the cofounder of Java Fresh, a Jakarta-based firm focusing on worldwide export of exotic fruits from Indonesia. He also co-founded cengkih.com and agro, e-commerce platform that empower small growers of spices and coffee beans. Robert worked as an International Project Engineer and Manager in Germany and China for a multinational company before he came back in 2015 to work with 3,000 farmers to sell their produce to 20 countries at a fair-trade price until now.

Alphina Jos JOSLIN THAMBI (India) is the Deputy Managing Director of BWDA Finance Limited and the Vice President of Bullock-cart Workers Development Association (BWDA). The aim of her work is “Inclusion of the Excluded” through sustainable holistic development of low income households in South India. She is an APLP G20 fellow. Alphina is passionate about gender equality. Her vision is to build resilient communities to create inclusive and sustainable futures.

Magaly TSUKAYAMA GOYA (Peru) is the cofounder of Consulado Creativo and the Vice President of Education Board at AOPCOOP. She is an Economist and APLP G20 alum. She learned about Okinawa's culture because of scholarships by Chatan town city hall program and JICA. She is interested in Cultural heritage, Education and Sustainability.

If you have signed up for the Leadership in Critical Issues (LCI) virtual certificate, you are automatically enrolled for this session! If you are interested in the LCI certificate, please register for Gen² and check the "I would like to participate in the optional Leadership in Critical Issues certificate" box. Please be sure to read through the certificate requirements (in the Gen² program guide) to ensure that all deliverables are met. Registration for the LCI will no longer be available after noon on December 7, 2022 Hawaii Standard Time.

IPI (India Peru Indonesia) Cross-Border Exchange Initiative is undertaken by three Asia Pacific Leadership Program Generation 20 fellows with the purpose of learning from each other's company/institution, discovering similar issues, and finding solutions based on practices in other countries. It includes but is not limited to sharing knowledge, resources, skills, technical expertise, and ideas to build sustainable and inclusive futures for our communities. Alphina is empowering South Indian women through financial inclusion. Magaly is empowering Japanese immigrants through lending capital for their SMEs (small to medium-sized enterprise). Robert is empowering small farmers by value-adding their produce through social certification. The leaders of these three initiatives share similarities. First, they all come from developing countries but the way they empower their communities are different. Another is that they worked with one group of marginalized and excluded people, but  then realized there were ways to help others: financial inclusion for immigrants  in India; supporting small farmers in Peru add to their produce to compete in the global market; or expanding financial inclusion to women in villages throughout Indonesia to build their livelihoods. That's the beauty of a cross-border exchange initiative. It can give you ideas and possibilities of proven projects in one country that can be adapted to another country.

About the Speakers

Robert BUDIANTO (Indonesia) is the cofounder of Java Fresh, a Jakarta-based firm focusing on worldwide export of exotic fruits from Indonesia. He also co-founded cengkih.com and agro, e-commerce platform that empower small growers of spices and coffee beans. Robert worked as an International Project Engineer and Manager in Germany and China for a multinational company before he came back in 2015 to work with 3,000 farmers to sell their produce to 20 countries at a fair-trade price until now.

Alphina Jos JOSLIN THAMBI (India) is the Deputy Managing Director of BWDA Finance Limited and the Vice President of Bullock-cart Workers Development Association (BWDA). The aim of her work is “Inclusion of the Excluded” through sustainable holistic development of low income households in South India. She is an APLP G20 fellow. Alphina is passionate about gender equality. Her vision is to build resilient communities to create inclusive and sustainable futures.

Magaly TSUKAYAMA GOYA (Peru) is the cofounder of Consulado Creativo and the Vice President of Education Board at AOPCOOP. She is an Economist and APLP G20 alum. She learned about Okinawa's culture because of scholarships by Chatan town city hall program and JICA. She is interested in Cultural heritage, Education and Sustainability.

If you have signed up for the Leadership in Critical Issues (LCI) virtual certificate, you are automatically enrolled for this session! If you are interested in the LCI certificate, please register for Gen² and check the "I would like to participate in the optional Leadership in Critical Issues certificate" box. Please be sure to read through the certificate requirements (in the Gen² program guide) to ensure that all deliverables are met. Registration for the LCI will no longer be available after noon on December 7, 2022 Hawaii Standard Time.