A research partnership between the Great Lakes and Southeast Asia.
TWO REGIONS · SHARED RESEARCH · BETTER POLICY
OUR LEAD PROGRAMME · SDG 17
A research partnership between the Great Lakes and Southeast Asia, two Global South regions working toward sustainable development. Scholars and practitioners from both regions share ideas, research shared policy questions together, and turn what they find into better policy for their communities.
Tell us who you are, where you work or study, and the policy question you care about.
We pair you with a scholar or practitioner in the other region who is working on a related question.
Together you write a short policy note. Selected notes are published on The CPM, with both authors credited, in the languages of both communities.
THE MAP
Burundi · DR Congo · Kenya · Rwanda · South Sudan · Tanzania · Uganda
Egypt · Ethiopia · Sudan
Brunei · Cambodia · Indonesia · Laos · Malaysia · Myanmar · Philippines · Singapore · Thailand · Timor-Leste · Vietnam
Two regions of the Global South, each shaped by a great river and both working toward sustainable development. These letters connect them.
THE LETTERS
Alongside the partnership, our letters department publishes one letter a week on the Great Lakes, the Nile and Southeast Asia.
ABOUT THE CPM
The Credence par Mwesigwa is an independent organisation connecting the Great Lakes and Southeast Asia, two Global South regions working toward sustainable development. Its lead programme, Exchange of Notes, brings their scholars and practitioners into research partnership. Its weekly letters keep both regions informed.
Partner. Bring scholars and practitioners from both regions into direct research partnership through Exchange of Notes.
Research together. Study shared policy questions side by side: refugees, public health, shared rivers, trade and governance.
Improve policy. Turn shared research into practical policy for the communities we come from.
Inform. Publish a clear weekly letter on developments in both regions.
Widen access. Work in English, French, Thai and Kiswahili, so more people can read and take part.
Equal partners. Both regions, and both authors of every note, stand as equals.
Independent. We do not speak for any government or institution.
Evidence first. Every note and every letter names its sources.
An African reading. We bring the perspective that international coverage too often leaves out.
Open. Free to read, free to join, and everyone is welcome to write with us.
FOUNDER
Ugandan policy researcher based in Chiang Rai, Thailand. His master's research examines policy implementation, accountability and stakeholder partnerships, with a focus on Uganda's tourism sector. He founded The CPM and Exchange of Notes to build the same kind of partnerships between the Great Lakes and Southeast Asia, two Global South regions working toward sustainable development.
CO-FOUNDER · CORRESPONDENT IN TANZANIA
He reports from Tanzania on public health in the Great Lakes region.
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