Asia Hub and its MSU and international partners encourage the following set of best practices for building sustainable and equitable partnerships in Asia.

We Value:

• Creating diverse, interdisciplinary teams.
• Co-developing a set of guidelines for ethical practices and adjusting these as needed along the way.
• Incorporating (a) gender dimension(s) early in the process of all research projects and proposals.
• Considering issues of gender and power in the formation, design, and implementation of partnerships.
• Planning for ongoing monitoring and evaluation of all forms of collaboration.
• Listening and responding to partner institutions and their concerns.
• Fostering open and honest communication.
• Providing opportunities to communicate in languages other than English as much as possible/as needed.
• Engaging with MSU alumni in Asia as appropriate.