49 Fellows will meet regularly online before convening in person at Schloss Leopoldskron in May 2024
Salzburg Global Seminar and the Nippon Foundation are excited to welcome 49 new Fellows to the Asia Peace Innovators Forum.
They join after the successful convening of 60 Fellows of the Asia Peace Innovators Forum in 2023 who continue to collaborate on various projects. Previously, the first cohort consisted of 90 Fellows who convened between 2020 and 2022.
The new Fellows, who completed a competitive application process, will meet regularly online between November 2023 and May 2024, and convene in person in May 2024 at Salzburg Global's home, Schloss Leopoldskron, in Salzburg.
Together the group will build their collective leadership capacity by learning from each other and expanding ideas and ways of working to support peacebuilding in their local contexts. As the Asia Peace Innovators Forum progresses, Fellows will collaborate, both formally and informally, to create new narratives around peace and conflict and to work towards institutional and societal change for peace.
Fellows from previous iterations of the program will have the opportunity to meet and work together, allowing for cumulative impact from the work of all the groups.
The new Asia Peace Innovators Forum Fellows represent 16 countries from five geographic categories: four priority Asian countries (Thailand, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and the Philippines), other south- and east-Asian countries, and relevant countries from the rest of the world.
The new Fellows joining the Forum are:
- Andy Alegre, National Church Partnerships Lead, International Justice Mission, Philippines
- Martha Amadalo, Court Annexed Mediator, Lawyer, The Judiciary of Kenya, Kenya
- Robert Budianto, Executive Director, ASEAN Region India-Peru-Indonesia Cross Border Initiative, Indonesia
- Coline Esther Cardeno, Doctoral Researcher, University of York, England/Philippines
- Haironesah Domado, Doctoral Student, George Mason University, United States/Philippines
- Mohammad Jamalul Giducos, Legal Consultant, Bangsamoro Transition Authority, Philippines
- Oshan Gunathilake, Consultant, Arigatou International, Sri Lanka
- Brian Harding, Senior Expert for SouthEast Asia and the Pacific Islands, US Institute of Peace, United States
- Zainab Hassen, CYPAN Coordinator, Commonwealth, Sri Lanka
- Tin Maung Htwe, Research Fellow, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
- Bactol Jerome, Program Policy Officer, Project Manager SBCCUN World Food Program, Philippines
- Worrawan Jirathanapiwat, Managing Director, FN Educon Co. Ltd, Thailand
- Nonglak Kaeophokha, Senior Program Officer, Spirit in Education Movement, Thailand
- Salina Kafle, Executive Director, Human Rights and Justice Centre, Nepal
- Nilushika Sandamali Katukoliya Gamage, Senior Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Education, Southern Province, Sri Lanka
- Maw Maw Khaing, Founder and Educator, New Education, Myanmar
- Nishchhal Kharal, Executive Director, Freedom Studio, Nepal
- Khine Thazin Wai, Program Coordinator, BadeiDha Moe Organization, Myanmar
- Aung Thura Ko, Independent Researcher, Myanmar
- Suyheang Kry, Executive Director, Women Peace Makers, Cambodia
- Thilina Madiwala, Co-founder and Director, Social Transformative Action Network for Development, Australia/ Sri Lanka
- Maeum Han, Soldier, Army, Republic of Korea
- Staci Martin, Assistant Professor of Practice, Portland State University, United States
- Aliya Mudmarn, Child Protection Officer, UNICEF, Thailand
- Kishoth Navaretnarajah, Co-founder, Dreamspace Academy, Sri Lanka
- Thi Hong Nga Nguyen, Regional Project Manager, Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, Southeast Asia, Vietnam
- Nurliadian Paramita, National Coordinator, People's Voter Education Network, Indonesia
- Mohit Pant, Juris Doctoral Candidate, University of Canberra, Australia/Nepal
- Risa Pieters, Deputy Director of Global Programs, Asia Pacific Obama Foundation, United States
- Chayanit Poonyarat, Lecturer, Faculty of Political Science, Thammasat University, Thailand
- Tshegofatso Pearl Ramatsetse, Operations Officer, Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre, South Africa
- Prattana Samransuk, Assistant Consultant, Kenan Foundation Asia, Thailand
- Priyanthi Sepalika Sarkara Velappan, Senior Project Officer, Sri Lanka
- Rajendra Senchurey, Analyst/Information Officer, Nepal
- Fareeda Shaikh, Community Counselor and Teacher, Pakistan
- Nichan Singhaputargun, Lecturer, Mae Fah Luang University, Thailand
- Sithen Sum, Executive Director, Sunflower Film Organisation, Cambodia
- Lynnette Grace Tagalo, Project Officer, forumZFD Civil Peace Service, Philippines
- Phasiree Thanasin, Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder, Wocation Co Ltd., Thailand
- Pyae Phyo Thant, Joint Permanent Secretary, National Unity government, Myanmar
- Shanmugapriyah Thiyagarajah, Deputy Director, Save the Children International, Sri Lanka
- Kiruthika Thurairajah, Digital Peacebuilding specialist, Search for Common Ground, Sri Lanka
- Cherry Tun, Researcher, Tagaung Institute of Political Studies, Myanmar
- Hamsa Vijayaraghavan, Chief Operating Officer, Migration and Asylum Project, India
- Ma Erlinda Vila, Peace Program Officer, Philippines
- Lalita Yawangsan, Senior Field Coordinator, Save the Children, Thailand
- Yosuke Nagai, CEO, Accept International, Japan
