Asia-Pacific Hub at
CAPRI
From 2020 through 2024, the Center for Asia-Pacific Resilience and Innovation (CAPRI) served as the Asia-Pacific Hub of the Reform for Resilience Commission (R4R), a global initiative convened by former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, former European Commission President José Manuel Barroso, and former Harvard dean Michelle A. Williams. R4R was launched to rethink resilience at the intersection of health, economy, and the environment in response to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The Asia Pacific’s experience in fighting pandemics can help the world become more resilient in facing future global challenges.”
As R4R’s Asia-Pacific Hub, CAPRI led efforts to highlight Taiwan’s globally recognized pandemic response and promote regional-level dialogue on innovative governance. Based in Taipei, the Hub coordinated multidisciplinary comparative research and engaged local and regional policymakers at global platforms, including the World Economic Forum and the Prince Mahidol Award Conference in Bangkok.
One of the most successful healthcare reform initiatives of CAPRI’s work through the R4R platform has been the Partnership for Health System Sustainability and Resilience (PHSSR), a World Economic Forum initiative. PHSSR aims to improve health systems worldwide. As PHSSR’s first research hub in the Asia Pacific, CAPRI has led studies on Taiwan, Malaysia, South Korea, and the Pacific Islands (Marshall Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu), with a forthcoming report on Singapore. These studies have been presented to senior policymakers and launched at key health events across the globe, including the World Health Assembly in Geneva and Expo 2025 in Osaka.
Though R4R concluded its work in 2024, its Asia-Pacific Hub laid the foundation for what is now CAPRI’s core mission: enhance global resilience and promote innovative policy by drawing on the experience of the Asia-Pacific region through comparative public policy research. The frameworks, insights, and networks forged during CAPRI’s tenure as the regional hub remain central to its ongoing research and convening efforts.
CAPRI continues this work through partnerships with leading institutions such as the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia, Brookings Institution, and the National Bureau of Asian Research, connecting decision makers from public health, industry, academia, and civil society across the region.