PROGRAM SNAPSHOTS

On June 2, 2023, Skills2Work welcomed 32 Malaysian graduates of the Customer Experience (CX) Pathway to its alum network after completing the three-week training program. Despite the disruption of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Global Business Services (GBS) industry witnessed substantial growth. According to MSC Malaysia, there are 579 active GBS comp… Read more

Recently, The Asia Foundation’s Subnational Governance Program (SNGP) in Nepal supported the Flourish Australian Embassy Women’s Leadership Summit 2023 in Kathmandu to mark International Women’s Month. Celebrating women’s leadership, the summit provided a platform for women leaders of the local government and women diplomats to share their inspirat… Read more

On April 13, 2023, The Asia Foundation launched the USAID Civil Society and Media (CSM) program in Nepal’s Lumbini Province. Chief Minister of Lumbini Province, Lila Giri, and Mission Director of USAID Nepal, Sepideh Keyvanshad, jointly announced the formal commencement of the five-year USAID CSM program (2022-2027) at the event in the city of Butw… Read more

In anticipation of disinformation ahead of the 2024 elections, The Asia Foundation, in partnership with the National Resilience Agency and Katadata, hosted the public discussion “Counteracting Disinformation in the Political Year” on May 4, 2023. This event highlighted the need for media literacy and methods of determining information accuracy for… Read more

In Cambodia, The Asia Foundation supports key partners who form the country’s knowledge sector to inform public policy analysis and dialogue – including on foreign policy.   On March 14, the “Ponlok Chomnes: Data and Dialogue for Development in Cambodia” program co-hosted a workshop and networking event on “The Knowledge Sector in Foreign… Read more

On March 8, 2023, The Asia Foundation in Indonesia continued the tradition of celebrating International Women’s Day (IWD) with a gathering of gender focal points from organizations across Indonesia, following the campaign of embracing equity. Celebrating IWD 2023 is a part of the Promoting Women’s Forest Stewardship program supported by Google.org… Read more

On March 18 and 19, the United States Embassy in Islamabad, in collaboration with The Asia Foundation and National Incubation Centre Islamabad, successfully organized the United States–Pakistan Innovation Expo at the Pakistan National Council of the Arts. The event aimed to celebrate the United States contribution to Pakistan’s entrepreneurship eco… Read more

On January 23, 2023, The Asia Foundation and Kathmandu University School of Arts (KUSoA) launched A Survey of the Nepali People (SNP) in 2022. The nationally and provincially representative perception survey aims to gauge people’s views on critical contemporary, social, development, and governance issues. KUSoA led the study in collaboration with I… Read more

On January 24, 2023, The Asia Foundation hosted the Accelerate Women’s Entrepreneurship and Access to Capital project closing workshop. The project was funded by the Visa Foundation and implemented from February 2021 to January 2023. The project’s main objective was to promote inclusive economic growth by supporting women-led small and micro busine… Read more

On January 24, 2023, the First National Innovation Conference provided a platform for stakeholders in Nepal to exchange policy ideas and stimulate dialogues on inclusive innovations to support social and economic development. The Asia Foundation’s Data for Development (D4D) program in Nepal organized the event in collaboration with The Nepal Academ… Read more