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Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
Latest News & Highlights
>>Celebrating
International Education Week 2005, November 14-18
The U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education
recognize November 14-18, 2005 as International Education Week
(IEW). For information on the hundreds of events that are taking
place in communities across the United States and in countries
around the globe to celebrate the benefits of internationalism
in our classrooms and educational systems, see the IEW website: www.iew.state.gov/events.htm.
Throughout the week, the Department of State will be highlighting
various aspects of internationalism in the U.S. education system,
as well as U.S.-sponsored programs for international education
and cultural exchange:
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Department
of State and FORTUNE’s Most Powerful Women Form International
Women Leaders Mentoring Partnership
Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs
Dina Habib Powell announced today a dynamic new U.S. Department
of State partnership with FORTUNE’s Most Powerful Women in a mentoring
program for emerging women business leaders from around the world.
Selected participants will have the opportunity to be mentored
by a senior executive in a Fortune 500 company and to develop
management and business skills while gaining experience in the
competitive, cutting-edge U.S. business environment. Ann Moore,
Chairman and CEO of Time, Inc. (parent of FORTUNE), will be the
first business leader to take part in the program.
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NBA
Legend Sam Perkins, WNBA Players Andrea Stinson and Shameka Christon
to Conduct Basketball Clinics in Algeria through Public-Private
Partnership
National Basketball Association (NBA) legends player Sam Perkins
and Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) players Andrea
Stinson and Shameka Christon will conduct basketball clinics in
Algeria, November 9-12, as sports envoys for the U.S. Department
of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA). These
clinics, for boys and girls ages 7-17, will include technique
drills and team building activities, as well as providing an opportunity
for the youth to engage in dialogue with the American players.
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the full release. |
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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