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 Program Information
Program runs from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024 and will include monthly online virtual sessions and three one-week, in-person workshops in the following:
- Honolulu, Hawaiʻi (January 28-February 3, 2024)
- Fiji (April 21-27, 2024)
- Tokyo, Japan (September 8-14, 2024)
The application deadline for the 2024 Indo-Pacific Leadership Lab has passed. Information regarding the 2025 program will be released on our website in 2024. 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 Program Information
Program runs from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024 and will include monthly online virtual sessions and three one-week, in-person workshops in the following:
- Honolulu, Hawaiʻi (January 28-February 3, 2024)
- Fiji (April 21-27, 2024)
- Tokyo, Japan (September 8-14, 2024)
The application deadline for the 2024 Indo-Pacific Leadership Lab has passed. Information regarding the 2025 program will be released on our website in 2024. For information regarding the application, including eligibility and desirable qualifications, please visit the application page.