The East Asia Institute, in partnership with Sandhi Governance Institute, hosted an international conference featuring presentations by local Myanmar civil society organizations on current issues and offering evidence-based policy recommendations aimed at bettering governance practices in Myanmar. The conference, which was held at the Reno Hotel in Yangon, was the culmination of the program “Strengthening Civil Society Organizations in Myanmar”, which aimed to build the research and institutional capacity of nascent think tanks in the country. Participating organizations conducted individual research projects on a diverse array of topics including urban planning policy, education for ethnic minorities, local government tendering processes, the federal government budget planning process, and others. Sandhi Governance Institute, the Yangon School of Political Science, the Open Myanmar Initiative, the Salween Institute for Public Policy, Yone Kyi Yar, Another Development, and Naushawng Development Institute presented the results of their research to the public at the conference.