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Latest News & Highlights

>>Impact Study on ECA Exchange Programs in Iowa
The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs is pleased to announce the release of the "Outcome Assessment of International Exchange Programs in Iowa." The purpose of the evaluation was to assess the overall impact that ECA's international exchange programs have on U.S. communities and American volunteers who host or meet with these visitors and on a sample of foreign exchange participants. The evaluation, which focused primarily on ECA's International Visitor Leadership Program and the Community Connections, Sister Cities and Partners of the Americas programs, also assessed the extent to which these exchanges promote mutual understanding between people of the United States and people of other countries. The evaluation involved seven ECA grantee organizations in Iowa. Other ECA program evaluations can be found on the ECA evaluations program page at http://exchanges.state.gov/education/evaluations/completed.htm.
Read the evaluation one-page summary.
Read the evaluation executive summary.

>>Karen Hughes Sworn in as Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs
"I believe there is no more urgent challenge for America's national security and for a more peaceful future for all the world's children than the need to foster greater respect, understanding and a sense of common interest and common values between Americans and people of different countries, cultures and faiths." --Under Secretary Hughes, Sept. 9.
Read the full transcript.

>>Secretary Rice and Under Secretary Hughes Hold Town Hall Meeting on Public Diplomacy
"Public diplomacy has to be a priority for this Department and for this government. And public diplomacy is not just the job of public diplomacy professionals, even though it is absolutely critical, it is the job of everybody who is interested in and concerned about American foreign policy." --Secretary Rice , Sept. 8.
Read the full transcript.

>>Women from the Middle East Meet with Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs Dina H. Powell
On Thursday, August 25, 2005, Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) Dina H. Powell (pictured second from right) met with 18 women from the Middle East who are participating in a 3-week International Visitor Leadership Program, sponsored by ECA. The groups will travel to several cities throughout the United States to learn about entrepreneurship and civil society. For more information, please visit the International Visitor Leadership Program page at http://exchanges.state.gov/education/ivp/.



The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) fosters mutual understanding between the United States and other countries through international educational and training programs. The bureau does so by promoting personal, professional, and institutional ties between private citizens and organizations in the United States and abroad, as well as by presenting U.S. history, society, art and culture in all of its diversity to overseas audiences.

The Fulbright Program provides grants for Graduate Students, Scholars and Professionals, and Teachers and Administrators. This site includes Fulbright Commissions and other information on the program.

EducationUSA promotes U.S. higher education abroad, supports overseas advising centers, collaborates with U.S. educational organizations to strengthen international exchange, and manages the Gilman study abroad scholarship program.

The Office of English Language Programs creates and implements high quality, targeted English language programs overseas to promote mutual understanding between the United States and other countries. Staff, including overseas-based Regional English Language Officers, plan, conduct and support programs sponsored by American Embassies and Consulates.

Programs for Eurasia and Southeast Europe include activities involving individual fellowships or institutional linkages.

Requests for Grant Proposals announce the latest bureau funding opportunities for academic, and non-profit institutions seeking exchanges and training grants.

The Humphrey Fellowships bring mid-level professionals from developing countries to the United States for a year of academic study and professional experiences.

Study of the U.S. promotes better understanding of the U.S. through Summer Institutes for foreign university faculty. This site also contains an extensive number of links to on-line American Studies resources.

The International Visitor Leadership Program brings participants to the U.S. to meet and confer with professional counterparts and to experience firsthand the U.S. and its institutions.

The Office of Citizen Exchanges develops professional, cultural and youth programs with nonprofit American institutions, including voluntary community organizations, professional associations, and universities. Thematic categories for grants include civil society, NGO development, civic education, media development, judicial training, intellectual property rights, and public administration among other themes. The office has three geographic divisions — Europe/Eurasia; Near East, South Asia and Africa; and Western Hemisphere and East Asia — as well as divisions for youth and cultural programs, including ECA's CultureConnect web site.

The Alumni Affairs Division is committed to continuing to engage with the alumni of Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) exchange programs in order to increase the mutual understanding between the peoples of the United States and other countries.

International Cultural Property Protection represents U.S. responsibilities in protecting the cultural patrimony of other countries.

The Ambassador's Fund for Cultural Preservation, established by Congress for the fiscal year 2001, aims to assist less developed countries in preserving their cultural heritage and to demonstrate U.S. respect for other cultures.

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