Indo-Pacific Leadership Lab
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 in 2023, 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 Hawaii, Fiji, and Japan. 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.
Leaders who complete the Lab will be better equipped to support communities in articulating their adaptation goals and the vulnerability analyses they are rooted in, and in crafting transformative climate change action. Leaders will chronicle their experiences of testing community adaptation plans and build capacities and connections for inclusive, community-led climate change adaptation
JFIPP Network Fellowship Program
Application Guidelines
*Applications for the 2nd cohort (2024-2025) are now closed
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Schedule (2nd Cohort) | Hawaii (December 2024) Fiji (April 2025) Japan (September 2025) |
Items covered by the Program | Round-trip discount economy class international airfare, domestic transportation, accommodation, meals, applicable visa fees (if required), and overseas travel insurance. |
Application Procedure | For more information, please visit the East-West Center’s website. Indo-Pacific Leadership Lab | East-West Center |
Program Advisor
Meet the Fellows
Sixteen fellows from thirteen countries have been selected as the second cohort (2024-2025) of recipients of the Indo-Pacific Leadership Lab.
Cohort 1 (2023-2024) Activity Report
The first cohort fellows joined the program in Hawaii (January 2024), Fiji (April 2024) and Japan (September 2024). . They learned about the local climate change risks and efforts in community initiatives. They also visited various institutions that work on climate change issues in their region and had discussions that strengthened partnerships and networks on “Climate Change and Adaptation”.
Hawaii Program (Honolulu) | 29 January – 2 February 2024 |
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Fiji Program (Nadi, Suva) | 22-26 April 2024 |
Japan Program (Tokyo, Okinawa and Miyagi) | 9-14 September 2024 |
- Hawaii Program(29 January – 2 February 2024)
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- Fiji Program(22-26 April 2024)
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- Japan Program (9-14 September 2024)
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Media Coverage
- NHK Okinawa NEWS WEB 11 September 2024
- 恩納村 サンゴ保全の取り組み 世界の若手研究者らが視察
- Ryukyu Shinpo Digital 13 September 2024
- 12か国の若手研究者画沖縄に集う 「気候変動」をテーマに意見交換
- Okinawa Times 13 September 2024
- 12か国の研究者ら沖縄訪問 インド太平洋の16人 気候問題で交流
East-West Center Website
- About the Indo-Pacific Leadership Lab
Indo-Pacific Leadership Lab | East-West Center | www.eastwestcenter.org - About the Hawaii Program
Indo-Pacific Leadership Lab - O‘ahu Workshops | East-West Center | www.eastwestcenter.org
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Secretariat of JFIPP Fellowship Program
Global Partnerships Department
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