GIST 2011
Effective learning involves traditional classroom and experiential field‐based activities. The Group Independent Study Travel (GIST) component of the Asia Pacific Leadership Program (APLP) is a pioneering approach to field studies that combines leadership and regional learning by deepening participants’ engagement with key issues, enhancing individual competencies through unique team‐based leadership challenges, and diversifying networks of professional contacts.
The APLP's GIST initiative is intended to build on the lessons learned in the classroom, allowing fellows to travel to the Asia Pacific region where they can practice new approaches to leadership, meet leaders in specific sectors of interest and learn about local challenges and solutions to regional issues.
GIST 2011 involves 3 months in the field carrying out projects specific to each fellows interest and background. These projects include social enterprise in the form of public space, accessibility and efficiency of public transport in large cities, HIV prevention and diagnosis, cultural preservation in dance, habitat preservation along the Mekong river, and water management and availability in rural communities. Though each project varies in scope and topic, all members will rely on the overarching aim of cooperation and interdisciplinary linkages built within the group. In tune with East West Center, GIST strives to create and foster a peaceful, prosperous, and just Asia Pacific region.
GIST 2011 PHASES
The APLP's GIST initiative is intended to build on the lessons learned in the classroom, allowing fellows to travel to the Asia Pacific region where they can practice new approaches to leadership, meet leaders in specific sectors of interest and learn about local challenges and solutions to regional issues.
GIST 2011 involves 3 months in the field carrying out projects specific to each fellows interest and background. These projects include social enterprise in the form of public space, accessibility and efficiency of public transport in large cities, HIV prevention and diagnosis, cultural preservation in dance, habitat preservation along the Mekong river, and water management and availability in rural communities. Though each project varies in scope and topic, all members will rely on the overarching aim of cooperation and interdisciplinary linkages built within the group. In tune with East West Center, GIST strives to create and foster a peaceful, prosperous, and just Asia Pacific region.
GIST 2011 PHASES