In conjunction with five co-sponsors, RWI supported the first-ever PWYP Asia-Pacific Regional workshop in Southeast Asia in August 2007. The workshop was organized by Transparency International Indonesia where over 60 participants from 11 countries met to learn, discuss and debate on resource revenue transparency. The program was designed to maximize participation and contributions from all country delegations and to provide sufficient time for interactive, practical training moduals to enhance the skills of CSOs to effectively engage in the extractive industries transparency movement. The regional workshop was the result of growing interest amongst NGOs in Australia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Timor Leste, Papau New Guinea, and the Philippines in forming local PWYP coalitions in the region and in calling for the implementation of the EITI in their home countries. The transfer of tools, knowledge and experiences of civil society coalitions in PWYP campaign and the EITI in countries of the region is vital so that local actors have sufficient information to develop appropriate, effective and realistic action plans. The workshop served to identify priorities and capacity building needs of local civil society in the region so appropriate support mechanisms can now be put into place by international NGO partners, donors and technical experts to help enable greater transparency of natural resource revenues across Southeast Asia.