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The International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) is a professional exchange program funded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
The State Department recognizes a general lack of funding. While spending on traditional diplomacy amounted to $25 billion in 2002 and intelligence spending was $30 billion the same year, spending on exchange programs was at $232 million, a decline from the $349 million spent on exchange programs in 1993. [13]
The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) of the United States Department of State fosters mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries around the world. It is responsible for the United States' cultural exchange programs. [3] [4] [5]
The U.S. Department of State's J-1 Exchange Visitor Program (EVP) annually engages nearly 300,000 future leaders from around the world and advances key U.S. foreign policy priorities – at virtually no cost to the American taxpayer. All of these exchange programs are privately funded and allow the U.S. to engage a wide variety of international ...
The Kennedy Lugar Youth Exchange and Study Programs (KL-YES) are fully-funded student exchange programs administered by the U.S. Department of State. [1] YES includes the "inbound" program for students from close to 40 Muslim majority countries to study and live in the U.S., and the "outbound" program, called YES Abroad, for students from the U.S. to study in [2] selected YES countries.
The Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program is a United States Department of State cultural and educational exchange program which offers approximately 500 [clarification needed] undergraduate or graduate level students from the United States the opportunity to participate in an intensive language study abroad.
The Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship is a United States Cultural Exchange Program.Named after the late Congressman Benjamin Gilman, former chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, the program is administered by the United States Department of State and supported in its implementation by the Institute of International Education.
IA&A runs an internationally focused career training program. This U.S. Department of State-approved program allows international trainees to partake in professional training within arts and cultural-related organizations throughout the United States. Each year, IA&A provides visa and job-placement assistance to "about 100 young people from ...