Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The Asia Foundation has announced its 2017 class of Asia Foundation Development Fellows: Emerging Leadership for Asia’s Future program on February 7, 2017. 

The seven women and five men selected are an accomplished group of change makers – talented and inspirational young professionals working in government, the nonprofit sectors, social enterprises, and media, representing 11 Asian countries.

Across the region, a new generation of reform-minded individuals are creating impact, drawing from their experiences locally and globally. The Foundation’s leadership development program, now in its fourth year, will bring together this network of innovators in their pursuit of creative solutions to the region’s most critical development challenges.

Mr. Lkhagva Erdene is an investigative journalist and executive producer of news at MongolTV, Mongolia. Lkhagva was trained at the Journalism and Media Study Centre of The University of Hong Kong on the Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship. Upon returning from Hong Kong, Lkhagva has been overseeing the newsroom and creating the MongolTV brand of journalism bringing the station's prime time news to most-watched in Mongolia.

Former Court Interpreter and Minister's Aid, Lkhagva contributed to the award winning journalism collaboration Panama Papers project from The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. He was one of the founding members of Media Council Club, which led to the first media self-regulation council, where he serves as the Ethics Committee member. Lkhagva is a Global Shaper with the World Economic Forum, was named 30 under 30 by Forbes Mongolia, and International Leader by the UK Government’s Foreign & Commonwealth Office.

The 2017 Asia Foundation Development Fellows are talented individuals, under age 40, who have demonstrated outstanding leadership potential within their professional fields and within their larger community. Representing Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Thailand, the members of the 2017 class represent a diverse mix of backgrounds and incredible records of accomplishment, and were selected for their relevant real-world development expertise, proven community leadership, and exceptional potential.

They each have experiences and accomplishments related to The Asia Foundation’s fields of expertise – governance and law, economic development, women’s empowerment, environment, and regional cooperation. The 2017 program will include a customized Leadership Training Program in Korea, Vietnam, and San Francisco in the US, as well as a small grant of up to $5,000 to design a professional development plan or project to be implemented over the course of the year.

For more information, visit: http://asiafoundation.org/what-we-do/asia-foundation-development-fellows/

Source: Asia Foundation