Mekong - U.S. Partnership
Enhancing Equality in Energy for Southeast Asia (E4SEA – under Clean EDGE Asia) (2020-2026)
Improves gender equality in the energy sector, which supports both a sustainable and secure energy sector and overall women’s empowerment. To achieve this goal, the activity supported by USAID works to: 1) increase diversity of the energy sector workforce, 2) support inclusive workplace environments, and 3) increase promotion and leadership opportunities for women in the…
U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Resident Legal Advisor for Counter Wildlife Trafficking (CWT) (2018-Present)
The U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training has a Regional Resident Legal Advisor (RLA) for Counter Wildlife Trafficking, based in Vientiane, Lao PDR, to enhance the capacity of Lao PDR, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam to combat illegal wildlife trafficking. Currently, the RLA’s primary…
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Seed Trade Capacity Program (2019-2024)
The Seed Trade Capacity Building program, led by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, aims to develop the seed sector building institutional capacity for research, innovation, and new seed technologies; promoting and enabling policy environments for seed trade; and facilitating cooperation and partnerships with the private sector in the Mekong Region.
Wonders of the Mekong (2017-Present)
The USAID-funded Wonders of the Mekong project applies research, capacity building, and outreach to solve conservation and development challenges in the Mekong sub-region. These challenges include overexploitation of natural resources, habitat degradation and fragmentation, flow modification, deforestation, loss of biodiversity, and pollution. The project engages in simultaneous efforts to gather and synthesize environmental data, conduct…
USAID Mekong for the Future (MFF) (2020-2025)
This project aims to increase community actors active and meaningful participation in the natural resource governance processes across the region by identifying and understanding those actors’ strengths, limitations, priorities, and needs, and providing the relevant and needed training and capacity building support. MFF seeks to strengthen community networks and coalitions and improve their ability to…
USAID SERVIR-Southeast Asia (2023-2028)
Under the MUSP umbrella, USAID, in collaboration with NASA, supports climate resilience studies, providing early warning of dramatic changes in regional water and disasters, air quality, food security, weather and climate, and land cover and land use, with a focus on the Mekong sub-region.
Department of Transportation East-West Transport Connectivity Program (2020-2024)
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) is partnering with stakeholders, including Mekong country governments and U.S. government interagency partners, to strengthen institutional capacity and legal and regulatory frameworks in alignment with international best practices for regional transport planning and connectivity.
USAID Southeast Asia Smart Power Program (2021-2026)
USAID’s Southeast Asia Smart Power Program is designed to support modern, connected, reliable energy system, with a particular focus on Mekong sub-region countries. The program aims to decarbonize and strengthen the region's power systems by increasing regional energy trade, accelerating the deployment of clean energy technologies, and actively engaging private sector leaders. The program operates…
USAID-Australia Mekong Safeguards (2018-2024)
Mekong Safeguards accelerates the sustainable infrastructure transition in the Mekong sub-region by reducing negative environmental and social impacts of large-scale energy and transport projects through the application of environmental, social, and corporate governance standards (ESG) at both local and transboundary levels. The program engages governments, banks, and communities to improve ESG standards using transnational standards…
Connecting South and Southeast Asia through Improved East-West Linkages
This report, completed by the U.S. Department of Transportation and funded by the U.S. Department of State working together under the Mekong-U.S. Partnership, presents the preliminary findings of an initiative to promote and expand intra-regional and east-west connectivity between the Mekong countries and South Asia. It provides a framework for engaging with regional stakeholders to…
Keynote Address for the Mekong-U.S. Partnership Track 1.5 Dialogue on Infrastructure and Energy
EAP Assistant Secretary Kritenbrink’s Keynote Address for the Mekong-U.S. Partnership Track 1.5 Dialogue on Infrastructure and Energy Good morning and good evening, everyone. It is an honor to speak to so many distinguished guests, YSEALI participants, innovators, leaders, and policy makers from across the region. It is a region I am passionate about, having recently…
Mekong-U.S. Partnership Pathfinder Health Program (2022-Present)
A non-traditional security focused flagship initiative, the Pathfinder Health Program helps Mekong sub-regional health authorities identify and respond to future emerging infectious diseases. After working with U.S. government experts to develop action plans, Pathfinder fellows will receive funds for pilot research programs to help communities prevent disease emergence and spread. The Pathfinder program complements long-standing…
