USAID Community Connections Program – Turkmenistan

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 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;