The Mekong Institute is a unique regional training centre offering tailor-made courses for key public and business sector personnel in the many different aspects of economic and administrative reform. Most courses are conducted in a modern, purpose-built training facility on the campus of Khon Kaen University in Northeast Thailand. Course participants live and study together in a hotel-style facility in which all rooms have personal computers with access to the interned 24 hours a day.

The Mekong Institute aims to assist the six countries of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) to move towards more open economies and greater regional integration. In this transition, the demand for human resource development is increasing particularly in the areas of economic management, governance and public administration.

The Institute can deliver short and long training courses which meet the practical needs of managers and officials from GMS countries, and of the organisations they work for. Emphasis is also placed on acquiring the skills necessary to implement change—communication and English skills, basic IT skills, leadership, management and negotiating skills.

http://www.mekonginstitute.org/int/