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Georgetown SFS Asia Pacific Hosts Dialogue on Building Bridges Through Cross-Cultural Understanding
Georgetown SFS Asia Pacific, in collaboration with Temasek Foundation, the Harmony in Diversity Award, and 5P Global Movement Indonesia, hosted “Pathways to Peace: Building Bridges Through Cross-Cultural Understanding,” a dialogue exploring how empathy, inclusion, and cross-cultural cooperation can contribute to lasting peace across Southeast Asia. The event featured His Eminence Cardinal Orlando B. Quevedo, O.M.I., the inaugural recipient of the 2026 Harmony in Diversity Award, and M. Arsjad Rasjid P.M., founder and chair of 5P Global Movement. Cardinal Quevedo received the award for his decades of working to foster peace in the Southern Philippines through sustained engagement and shifting the…
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Georgetown SFS Asia Pacific Celebrates First Graduating Cohort of the Global Cities Initiative Capacity Building Program
The ceremony recognized 30 civil servants from the Provincial Government of DKI Jakarta who successfully completed the program over two academic semesters. Through an interdisciplinary curriculum, the graduates strengthened their capacity to address complex urban challenges through evidence-based policymaking and cross-sector collaboration. Designed and delivered by Georgetown SFS Asia Pacific, the program equips public sector leaders with the analytical tools and practical experience needed to navigate the increasingly interconnected challenges facing modern cities. Over the course of three semesters, the inaugural cohort completed a rigorous curriculum that included Livable Cities and Social Protection (Fall 2025), Local Development, Policy Analysis, and…
