by Alliance Staff | Sep 20, 2016 | Department of State News, Federal Register, Policy Monitor Weekly Digest, Public Diplomacy
The U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy (USACPD) today released its 2016 Comprehensive Annual Report on Public Diplomacy and International Broadcasting Actives, detailing roughly $1.8 billion in programs worldwide. The report offers analysis, research and evaluation, policy recommendations, regional overviews, and country-specific spotlights for a host of public diplomacy and international broadcasting programs, including Department of State exchanges.
by Alliance Staff | Sep 20, 2016 | Barack Obama, Federal Register, John Kerry, Policy Monitor Weekly Digest, Public Diplomacy
Applauding the administration’s recent announcement to resettle 110,000 refugees in the U.S. next year, NAFSA: Association of International Educators urges the administration to ensure refugees who seek higher education opportunities have a path to do so.
In a letter to President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry, Marlene Johnson, Executive Director and CEO of NAFSA states:
by Alliance Staff | Sep 13, 2016 | Department of State News, Exchange Visitor Program, Federal Register, John Kerry, Policy Monitor Weekly Digest, Public Diplomacy, Study Abroad
Secretary of State John Kerry and Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky announced a new partnership to support the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program by helping send more students to study abroad. In remarks delivered yesterday at the U.S. Institute of Peace, Secretary Kerry highlighted the importance of public-private partnerships to help increase global interconnectedness and mutual understanding:
by Alliance Staff | Aug 2, 2016 | Barack Obama, Federal Register, Policy Monitor Weekly Digest, Public Diplomacy, USAID
The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI), a program launched by President Barack Obama in 2010 to empower young entrepreneurial African leaders, is holding its 2016 Presidential Summit in Washington D.C. this week. The Summit welcomes 1,000 fellows from the initiative’s flagship program, the Mandela Washington Fellowship (MWF), double the number of fellows in the 2014 inaugural cohort.
by Alliance Staff | Jul 18, 2016 | Exchanges in the Media, Federal Register, Policy Monitor Weekly Digest, Study Abroad
Dozens of officials from colleges and universities in the United States have traveled to Cuba in order to strengthen and restore cultural ties, a goal that the U.S. has been trying to achieve for many years now due largely to new partnerships forming between higher education institutions in both nations, according to Education Dive.
by Alliance Staff | Jul 18, 2016 | Congressional News, Federal Register, Funding, John Kerry, Policy Monitor Weekly Digest
The House of Representative’s Committee on Appropriations released the 2017 fiscal year report for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs. The Committee recommended a total of $602.79 million for Educational and Cultural Exchange programs. In total, the Committee recommendations for Academic programs totaled $311,441 million, while Professional and Cultural Exchanges totaled $208,240 million.
Please see below for more details on the Committee Report:
