Mekong-US Partnership Track 1.5 Policy Dialogue

Building Inclusive and Resilient Collaborations in the Mekong Region

A series of six track 1.5 conferences focusing on strengthening the Mekong-U.S. Partnership (2021-2023)

In Southeast Asia Research

The Partnership Policy Dialogues are a series of six multi-day conferences that will take place from 2021 – 2023 to explore solutions to key policy and sustainability challenges facing the Lower Mekong. The conferences will explore the following themes including: Connectivity, energy and infrastructure, non-traditional security, transboundary water governance, and nature-based solutions. Tying the conference experiences together are cross-cutting values of inclusivity, resilience (including climate), and collaboration. The Partnership Policy Dialogues are generously supported by a grant from the U.S. Department of State and implemented by the Stimson Center and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

Project Objectives

Demonstrate the importance of US-Mekong engagement on critical issues and provide space to discuss and promote the work of regional initiatives.

Provide an interactive and publicly accessible approach for policy dialogue that demonstrates values such as respect for sovereignty and international law, transparency, and sustainable development.

Support and enhance multi-track dialogue among the current and next generation of government officials, policy specialists, subject-matter experts, civil society stakeholders, with special emphasis on youth, women, and indigenous cohorts by providing opportunities for building institutional partnerships, data-sharing, and the co-design of innovative policy solutions to key transboundary priorities and challenges.

Build capacity for the dissemination and incorporation of data-driven and transparent tools and resources and best practices in solving key transboundary priorities and challenges.

Press Release
Conference will serve as an opportunity for local Mekong stakeholders to voice key concerns and challenges facing the Mekong region

Keynote by Ambassador Atul Keshap, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Brian Eyler

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This conference summary report highlights opportunities for collaboration through the Mekong – U.S. Partnership related to transboundary water governance
Courtney Weatherby • Brian Eyler
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This dialogue summary report highlights opportunities for collaboration through the Mekong – U.S. Partnership related to non-traditional security issues of trafficking and cyber-enabled crime
Courtney Weatherby • Brian Eyler
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This conference summary report highlights opportunities for collaboration through the Mekong-U.S. Partnership on nature-based solutions
Courtney Weatherby • Brian Eyler • Raphael Glemet...
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This conference summary report highlights opportunities for collaboration through the Mekong – U.S. Partnership on human resources and capacity building needs
Brian Eyler • Courtney Weatherby
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This conference summary report highlights opportunities for collaboration through the Mekong-U.S. Partnership on connectivity issues
Courtney Weatherby • Brian Eyler • Raphael Glemet...
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This dialogue summary report highlights opportunities for collaboration through the Mekong – U.S. Partnership on energy and infrastructure issues
Courtney Weatherby • Brian Eyler
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An overview and recommendations drawn from the first Mekong-U.S. Partnership Track 1.5 Policy Dialogue series
Courtney Weatherby • Brian Eyler • Jake Brunner...

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