2027 YSEALI ScamShield Regional Workshop

The U.S. Mission to ASEAN is announcing an open competition for applications to develop, organize, and oversee the Young Southeast Asian Leader Initiative (YSEALI) ScamShield Regional Workshop in Cambodia. The workshop aims to teach young leaders to detect, disrupt, and dismantle criminal financial networks. The workshop will gather approximately 60 YSEALI exchange alumni and up to 11 YSEALI CyberSafe alumni mentors from all 11 ASEAN countries for four days of expert panel discussions, site visits, and workshops. • The workshop will focus on countering online scams and illicit financial flows. • The participants will design action plans for detecting, disrupting, and dismantling the financial flows of scam groups in Southeast Asia. • The participants will deploy the skills and network they develop at the workshop, working together across borders to counter criminal scam groups.