USINDO is honored to be the in-country partner of American Councils for International Education and the U.S. State Department for the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Professional Fellows Program. The YSEALI Professional Fellows Program (PFP) is the U.S. government’s flagship initiative to strengthen leadership development and networking in Southeast Asia. It provides the best and brightest community leaders from Southeast Asia working in the fields of civic engagement, NGO management, innovation, entrepreneurship, economic empowerment, governance, legislative process, and environmental and natural resources management, with the opportunity to spend five to six weeks in the United States for a professional development exchange program.

YSEALI takes into account emerging challenges facing the region and thus, the program focus on the following themes:

• Civic Engagement
• Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Empowerment
• Society and Governance 
• Sustainability and the Environment

As an in-country partner organization, USINDO assists with recruiting, selecting, and supporting a cohort of finalists from Indonesia for the fall and spring cycles. USINDO helps to disseminate the program information to prospective individuals and institutions, as well as work closely with both American Councils for International Education and the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta in the selection process, visa application, and pre-departure briefing.

For more information, visit: www.ysealipfp.org