Focus Areas

The East East: Partnership Beyond Borders Program collaborates with OSI’s Burma Project/Southeast Asia Initiative in a joint initiative, the Southeast Asia: Beyond Borders Program.

In 2004 the Southeast Asia: Beyond Borders Program prioritized support to strengthen the role of civil society as a force for advocacy and dialogue in Southeast Asia. In 2004 the program supported initiatives for a comprehensive approach to development in the Mekong Sub-Region that engaged local communities affected by large-scale development projects. The program also supported the launch of a long-term initiative to develop leadership capacity of young people working against human trafficking as well as the pilot phase of a long-term initiative to support capacity-building initiatives of organizations engaged in social entrepreneurship in Asia.

The Southeast Asia: Beyond Borders Program will continue to prioritize civic engagement, empowerment, and citizen education; information and knowledge networking, especially among young people; and regional advocacy for civil society.

For more information, see the Burma Project/Southeast Asia Initiative site.