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Community Connections Program
In September of 2005, World Learning was awarded a 5-year contract to manage the USAID Community Connections Program. The Community Connections Program, formerly managed by the State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), and now funded through the Bureau for Europe and Eurasia at USAID, is designed to promote public diplomacy through the exchange of cultural ideas and values between participants, U.S. families and local community host organizations.
Program Overview & Goals:
The Community Connections Program offers home-stay based practical training opportunities in the U.S. for entrepreneurs, local government officials, legal professionals, non-governmental organization leaders and other professionals from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. Local community host organizations arrange internships for participants based on interests and experience.
The goals of the Community Connections program are to:
Recruitment and selection are carried out by World Learning’s three sub-contractor organizations: Project Harmony (Russia, Western NIS, Caucasus), American Councils (Central Asia and Belarus), and The Center for Social and Economic Development (Moldova). All participants are recruited through an open competition and selected by local USAID Missions.
World Learning identifies U.S. hosting organizations for the overall implementation of the program. Host organizations arrange for internship and host-family placements, local transportation, interpretation, and experience America activities. The U.S. hosting organizations work closely with local businesses and public and private organizations, which volunteer their time and resources to develop and implement programs for Community Connections visitors.
For more information about the Community Connections program, please go to www.cc-car.org
Program Overview & Goals:
The Community Connections Program offers home-stay based practical training opportunities in the U.S. for entrepreneurs, local government officials, legal professionals, non-governmental organization leaders and other professionals from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. Local community host organizations arrange internships for participants based on interests and experience.
The goals of the Community Connections program are to:
- provide participants with professional training and exposure to day-to-day functioning of a free market system;
- encourage public-private partnerships in Europe/Eurasia by including private sector and government participants on U.S. visits;
- create links between U.S. and Europe/Eurasia regions and communities.
Recruitment and selection are carried out by World Learning’s three sub-contractor organizations: Project Harmony (Russia, Western NIS, Caucasus), American Councils (Central Asia and Belarus), and The Center for Social and Economic Development (Moldova). All participants are recruited through an open competition and selected by local USAID Missions.
World Learning identifies U.S. hosting organizations for the overall implementation of the program. Host organizations arrange for internship and host-family placements, local transportation, interpretation, and experience America activities. The U.S. hosting organizations work closely with local businesses and public and private organizations, which volunteer their time and resources to develop and implement programs for Community Connections visitors.
For more information about the Community Connections program, please go to www.cc-car.org