Funded by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the East-West Center hosts the Institutes on Environment under the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) and Study of the U.S. Institutes (SUSI). The vision of the Institutes is to develop a vibrant network of young leaders connected to the U.S. who are equipped to create innovative solutions to 21st century environmental challenges. Participants are competitively selected from U.S. Embassies in Southeast Asian countries for the 5-week institutes. Past participants came from Brunei, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, and Singapore (YSEALI) and, Brazil, China, Japan, Jordan, Palestinian Territories, Russia and Turkey (SUSI Global). The first three weeks take place in Hawai‘i, followed by a week in the San Francisco Bay Area and Yosemite National Park, and final week in Washington DC. Past institutes have included field studies in Maui and the Big Island of Hawaii, the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, and Monterey Bay Area of California.
Participants learn about the environment through experiential methods and build leadership skills through active learning. They work in teams with U.S. businesses, NGOs, and government agencies to design crowdfunding campaigns, challenge prizes, accelerators, and leadership retreats that can then be delivered with community partners in their home communities. A key outcome of the institute is to create home country projects with proposals for the Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund, a $25,000 grant awarded competitively to State Department alumni and $20,000 Seeds for the Future YSEALI grant competition.
Follow this site for updates and activities along the SUSI journey!
This website developed by and for SUSI participants.
To view the official East-West Center SUSI site, go to www.eastwestcenter.org/susi
Participants learn about the environment through experiential methods and build leadership skills through active learning. They work in teams with U.S. businesses, NGOs, and government agencies to design crowdfunding campaigns, challenge prizes, accelerators, and leadership retreats that can then be delivered with community partners in their home communities. A key outcome of the institute is to create home country projects with proposals for the Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund, a $25,000 grant awarded competitively to State Department alumni and $20,000 Seeds for the Future YSEALI grant competition.
Follow this site for updates and activities along the SUSI journey!
This website developed by and for SUSI participants.
To view the official East-West Center SUSI site, go to www.eastwestcenter.org/susi