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  • ​Last week, American Councils said goodbye to six exceptional leaders from the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP). This extraordinary group of teacher trainers from India traveled across the U.S. for three weeks as part of their IVLP project, “Designing and Implementing Professional Development Programs for K-12 Teachers.”While in the U.S., the cohort traveled to Washington, DC, Massachusetts, Vermont, California, Missouri, and North Carolina, exchanging ideas with locals on topics… Read More
  • In Samarkand and Tashkent, Uzbekistan, the U.S.-Central Asia University Partnerships Program (UniCEN) hosted two capacity-building workshops for university administrators, researchers, and faculty members from Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan. The key objectives of these workshops were to enhance the research capacity of Central Asian faculties and to promote interdisciplinary and regional cooperation.   The agenda of these intensive workshops combined… Read More
  • From May 11-13, 2023, the 2022-2023 Teachers of Critical Languages Program (TCLP) cohort of exchange teachers traveled to Washington, DC, to attend the annual TCLP Spring Leadership Workshop. The TCLP exchange teachers from Egypt, Morocco, and Taiwan have spent the academic year teaching Arabic and Mandarin to U.S. students in primary and secondary schools, developing partnerships with U.S. schools, and sharing resources, teaching methods, and aspects of their cultures. The workshop began at… Read More
  • The American Councils Research team has examined the measured language proficiency outcomes of U.S. language learners participating in summer, semester, and academic year programs over the period 2017-2022 with special attention to understanding the differences in the impact of virtual programs vs in-person formats on student language gains.  Thanks to the cooperation of the National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y), Critical Language Scholarship Program (CLS), Advanced… Read More
  •  American Councils is proud to announce that it will administer a new program in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The C5+ONE (Opening Networks Through English) program, sponsored by the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs of the U.S. Department of State, will be administered by American Councils’ regional offices across Central Asia.C5+ONE is a regional English language training program that will engage entry and mid-level employees in the government… Read More
  • On March 31 – April 1, the U.S.-Kazakhstan University Partnerships Program brought together 30 representatives of six Kazakhstan higher education institutions in Astana, Kazakhstan for a workshop led by University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison) experts. UW-Madison shared their best practices and coached the Kazakhstan universities on university governance, financial planning, revenue generation and program administration.Kazakhstan universities used their time with UW-Madison to further… Read More
  • Through funding from the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, American Councils organized a Study Tour for the second cohort of the Ukrainian Business Leaders: Promoting Innovation and Entrepreneurship (UBL PIE) program. The Study Tour became the second and final part of the modified UBL PIE Program for the program finalists of 2022, who could not participate in the scheduled fellowship program due to Russia’s war on Ukraine.During orientation in Washington, D.C., participants… Read More
  • On March 24-25, the Central Asia University Partnerships Program (UniCEN) Internationalization Workshop brought together over 40 Central Asian university representatives from Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The distinguished delegation attended for the first time from five Turkmenistan higher education institutions, which marked a significant moment in the history of the UniCEN program and reflected the commitment to internationalization and cross-border… Read More
  • On March 23, American Councils hosted “Education During the War: One Year of Russia’s Aggression Against Ukrainian Schools,” a presentation by savED, a Ukrainian international charitable foundation. savED was founded to restore and improve Ukrainian educational infrastructure destroyed by Russia’s unprovoked and brutal war. savED founders, Anna Novosad (the former Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine) and Ksana Nechyporenko were joined by Olenka Severenchuk, Head of the savED Charity… Read More
  • Among the American Councils alumni community of over 100,000 people, there are many national leaders, members of parliament and ministers, ambassadors, and business executives. Ambassador Gvaram Khandamishvili, a Professional Fellows Program alumnus from Georgia, is one person leading the way in international development and diplomacy as Georgia’s newly appointed Ambassador to the Republic of Argentina. American Councils had the honor of speaking with Ambassador Khandamishvili about his career… Read More