Aloha and welcome to the Asia-Pacific Collaborative Security Consortium (APCSC) portal. The immediate goal of the portal is to provide a functional, community-enhancing network to energize the collaborative potential of the consortium - and your role in this will be critical. We now invite you to log on, explore, and take advantage of the information services and tools the portal provides.

APCSC is as much about people as it is about information technology. The consortium is comprised of security professionals, both military and civilian, policy-makers, academics, and others from non-governmental and international organizations who have an interest in creating the conditions for enhanced regional security and response to the humanitarian imperative. The APCSC portal is an on-line interactive collaborative environment that exists in order to bring these people together so that they can share ideas and information on transnational comprehensive security and stability related topics, executive education, disaster management, as well as research and discussion in all of the above. Ultimately, it will help us all be better prepared to respond or mitigate strategic shocks, natural or man-made disasters, and humanitarian crises within the Asia-Pacific region.

We encourage you to make use of this unique resource. If you wish to use the site to share information of interest to fellow community members or others, to use available analytical tools, or just reach out and ask a question, this is your resource to do so. The portal has on- line collaboration tools you may use such as blog, threaded discussions, document sharing and resource links. Adobe Connect, which provides video over IP, real-time chat, white board, and survey/polling functions, is also available.

The portal will remain under constant iterative development, so as you use the site please keep us informed of its utility and suggest ways for us to make it better. You can reach us at tap@apcss.org or at the telephone numbers below with any questions or comments.

We are confident that the portal will provide a virtual environment that many of us can use to build a community of expertise and action, and in doing so, to increase our collective understanding of regional security challenges. APCSC is an inclusive, international, and highly engaged group - let's make the most of it.

Best regards,

Trends Analysis Program
TAP@apcss.org
(808) 971-8973
(808) 971-4082
(808) 971-4077