Mekong Connections: Supporting Governance, Transparency, and Local Voices

Mekong Connections focused on building an engagement network of key stakeholders to foster transboundary collaboration and information-sharing among local voices on key policy challenges facing the Mekong region. The network focused on governance and transparency projects from the perspectives of community actors, enhanced and developed regional networks to connect community perspectives to central policy debates in the Mekong, shared global lessons learned and best practices on transboundary challenges in the region and beyond, and proposed concrete policy approaches to these challenges. Ultimately, small-grant awardees and fellows funded through Mekong Connections strengthened community voices and civil society directly.