The MUSP-MPP program was developed in response to the mutual need for finding a new way to build trust and engagement with Mekong countries. Through this five-year joint program, up to 14 early to mid-career Lao civil servants, aged 25-35, will be selected in total to attend Fulbright School of Public Policy and Management at FUV for a Master’s Degree in Public Policy – Policy Analysis (MPP-PA). With a wide range of carefully curated activities, and given FUV’s American higher education values, the program builds local capacity in Laos’ public sector through exposure of participants to U.S. approaches to good governance and U.S. policy with respect to regional challenges.