Professional Exchanges Division Highlights
August | June
Professional Exchanges Program
Pakistani educators visit Washington, DC near the conclusion of their summer institute.
Twenty educators from across Pakistan who are in the United States for a month-long Citizen Exchanges program on the campus of Plymouth State University, spent three days in the national capital, engaging in a series of high-level briefings and discussions. Subjects covered included their work in Pakistan, their program in New Hampshire, and their plans for implementation of the “master plans” that they have been developing during the course of their program. Briefings by U.S. Department of State officials included Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Alina Romanowski and other senior officials. The group also met with officers from U.S. Agency for International Development, alumni programming, and the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation.
Philippine Leaders Begin Month-Long Program in Windy City
In late June, twenty-nine participants from the Philippine government, NGOs, and the private sector began a four week institute on active citizenship in Illinois. In program sessions, topics included differences and similarities between American and Philippine democracy and the key differences between a nation of immigrants and an island nation of different ethno-linguistic groups. The group was hosted by Mayor Richard Daley in Chicago for Philippines Independence Day. Program directors report, “This incredibly diverse group of Muslim, Christian, and indigenous peoples' representatives are getting together on their own in the evenings to talk about women's issues, indigenous peoples' issues, and Mindanao issues.”
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Pakistani participants present DAS Alina Romanowski with gifts from Pakistan following their meeting at the U.S. Department of State on Monday, July 21.
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Pakistani educators visit Washington, DC near the conclusion of their summer institute.
Twenty educators from across Pakistan who are in the United States for a month-long Citizen Exchanges program on the campus of Plymouth State University, spent three days in the national capital, engaging in a series of high-level briefings and discussions. Subjects covered included their work in Pakistan, their program in New Hampshire, and their plans for implementation of the “master plans” that they have been developing during the course of their program. Briefings by U.S. Department of State officials included Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Alina Romanowski and other senior officials. The group also met with officers from U.S. Agency for International Development, alumni programming, and the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation.
Professional Exchanges Program
Philippine Leaders Begin Month-Long Program in Windy City
In late June, twenty-nine participants from the Philippine government, NGOs, and the private sector began a four week institute on active citizenship in Illinois. In program sessions, topics included differences and similarities between American and Philippine democracy and the key differences between a nation of immigrants and an island nation of different ethno-linguistic groups. The group was hosted by Mayor Richard Daley in Chicago for Philippines Independence Day. Program directors report, “This incredibly diverse group of Muslim, Christian, and indigenous peoples' representatives are getting together on their own in the evenings to talk about women's issues, indigenous peoples' issues, and Mindanao issues.”