Community Connections
The Community Connections Program, managed by the Bureau for Europe and Eurasia at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and administered by World Learning, is designed to promote public diplomacy through the exchange of cultural ideas and values among participants, U.S. families and local community host organizations.
It seeks to establish and strengthen links between U.S. communities and communities in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.
It seeks to establish and strengthen links between U.S. communities and communities in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.
The Community Connections Program offers home-stay based practical training opportunities in the U.S. for foreign based entrepreneurs, local government officials, legal professionals, non-governmental organization leaders and other professionals.
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.
As a local host, CDCSD arranges local programming for visitors, including homestays, professional appointments, internships, and cultural activities.
To learn more about the Community Connections program, visit the USAID website by clicking here.
Our most recent Community Connections delegation from Russia was just featured in the Community Connections Quarterly newsletter. To read it, click here.
