The East-West Center is a national public, nonprofit education and research institution with an international board of governors. Some 2,000 scholars, government and business leaders, educators, journalists, and other professionals annually work with the Center's staff on major Asia-Pacific issues.
Current programs focus on environment, regional economics and politics, population, and resources.
Since 1960, some 43,000 men and women from the region have participated in the Center's cooperative programs. Officially known as the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange between East and West, Inc., the Center receives its principal funding from the United States Congress. Support also comes from more than twenty Asian and Pacific governments, private agencies and corporations, and through the East-West Center Foundation. The East-West Center is governed by the Board of Governors.