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 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
History
Since 2006 through USAID Community Connections program 159 professionals from Kazakhstan have participated in this program.Depending on program themes professionals from Kazakhstan had chances to visit different organizations and institutions in the United States. The participants from 16 groups represent the following fields: (1) Religious education; (2) Non-governmental organizations; (3) Small business; (4) Medicine; (5) Journalism; (6) Government; (7) Agribusiness; (8) Jurisprudence; and (9) Tourism.Upon return from the program, CC/KZ alumni conduct different alumni activities in their communities including press-conferences; trainings; and conferences.
ANNOUNCEMENT
We are currently recruiting for the following group: “Introduction to the US Adversarial Legal System”
Kazakhstan
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