Overview
Scholarization is very pleased to announce Youth Leadership Programs being offered by The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State, which foster greater understanding and respect between the youth of the United States and other countries and also help to develop a sense of civic responsibility among teenagers and young adults.
Program Details
- Exchanges are three to six weeks in duration.
- All projects include activities related to civic education, leadership development, and community service. They also address specific themes, ranging from conflict resolution to media literacy and student government.
- Projects may involve one-way travel of foreign students to the United States or two-way exchanges
- Programs are primarily for high school students, and most include adult participants who are high school teachers or community leaders who work with youth.
Participants improve their sense of civic responsibility and commitment to community development.
- Participants develop relationships with teenagers from different ethnic, religious, and national groups and engage in building bridges of understanding and respect among the people of the United States and other countries
- Alumni use their newly-acquired skills and knowledge to transform their communities and countries.
Duty and Responsibility
All Youth Leadership Programs include a competitive participant selection process and comprehensive orientations leading into the exchange. During the exchanges, students and educators participate in:
- workshops
- community service activities
- dialogues, simulations, role plays and other activities related to project themes
teambuilding exercises
- school visits
- meetings with community leaders
- leadership development
- discussion groups with instruction
- site visits related to civic education, leadership, tolerance and respect for diversity, and community activism
- homestays
- social and cultural activities
Upon their return home, alumni implement projects that promote the themes they explored during the overseas program.
The Youth Programs Divisions sponsors the participation of approximately 1,275 international and American high school students and teachers in exchanges under the Youth Leadership Programs umbrella.
Following is a list of current Youth Leadership Programs. The Youth Programs Division issues Requests for Grant Proposals (RFGPs), which are published in the Federal Register (http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html), at http://www.grants.gov and ECA’s website at http://exchanges.state.gov/grants/open2.html. The Youth Programs Division does not accept unsolicited proposals. Grants are awarded through a competitive solicitation process, which maximizes the quality of the proposals received, ensures cost-effectiveness in program implementation, engages new players in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs’ programs, and ensures fair and equitable dealings with non governmental institutions and constituents.
Application and How to apply
For more information on the programs below, please contact the administrating organization or YLP@state.gov. Please include your name, country of origin, and reason for interest in the program in your message.
Youth Leadership Program with Indonesia
Administering Organization: Legacy International
Website: http://www.legacyintl.org/programs/indonesia_YLP08.html
Date of Exchange: July-August 2010
Number of Participants: 25 Indonesians
Youth Leadership Program with the Philippines (Mindanao)
Administering Organization: Northern Illinois University
Website: http://www.cseas.niu.edu/
Date of Exchange: April-May 2010
Number of Participants: 25 Filipinos
Youth Visitor Program
Administering Organization: Academy for Educational Development (AED)
Website: http://aed.org/index.cfm
Date of Exchange: Summer 2010
Number of Participants: 32 foreign participants
Youth Leadership Program with Bosnia and Herzegovina
Administering Organization: Willamette University
Website: http://www.willamette.edu
Date of Exchange: March-April 2010
Number of Participants: 21 Bosnians
U.S./Poland Parliamentary Youth Leadership Program
Administering Organization: American Councils on International Education: ACTR/ACCELS
Website: http://www.americancouncils.org/program/3q/USPol/
Date of Exchange: February 2010, June 2010
Number of Participants: 36 Polish and American participants (15 Students and 3 teachers each way)
Serbia Youth Leadership Program
This program consists of three one-month-long exchange projects in the United States. In return visits, 15 U.S. teenagers and trainers travel to Serbia.
Administering Organization: World Learning
Website: http://www.worldlearning.org
Date of Exchanges: April-May 2010, Fall 2010
Number of Participants: 84 total—66 Serbians and 18 Americans
Serbia Youth Leadership Program
This program consists of three one-month-long exchange projects in the United States. In return visits, 15 U.S. teenagers and trainers travel to Serbia.
Administering Organization: American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS
Website: http://www.americancouncils.org/program/49/SYLP/
Date of Exchanges: April, 2010 (Serbians to the United States), July 2010 (Americans to Serbia)
Number of Participants: 75 total—60 Serbians and 15 Americans
Algeria Youth Leadership Program
Administering Organization: Northern Nevada International Center
Website: http://www.nnic.org/youth-education/algeria-youth-leadership-program/
Date of Exchanges: July-August 2010
Number of Participants: 38 total—28 Algerians and 10 U.S. youth (U.S. youth will not travel to Algeria)
Youth Leadership Program with Iraq
Administering Organization: World Learning
Website: http://www.worldlearning.org
Date of Exchanges: Summer 2010
Number of Participants: 45 total—30 Iraqis and 15 U.S. youth (U.S. youth will not travel to Iraq)
Youth Leadership Program with South Asia
Administering Organization: Magee Women’s Research Institute
Website: http://international.mwrif.org/viewcontent.asp?sectionID=35452&subsectionID=355136
Date of Exchanges: April-May 2010
Number of Participants: 21 total—six youth and one teacher from each country (Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldives)
Youth Leadership Program with Southeast Asia
Administering Organization: Northern Illinois University
Website: http://www.cseas.niu.edu/
Date of Exchanges: November-December 2009 (Brunei, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam), and April 2010 (Burma, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand)
Number of Participants: 64 total—32 in each multi-country delegation
Youth Leadership Program with Sub-Saharan Africa: Anglophone Countries
Administering Organization: Critical Mass Leadership Education
Website: http://boldleaders.com
Date of Exchanges: November 11-December 22 2009, and Spring 2010
Number of Participants: 40 total from each country (Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, South Africa)
Youth Leadership Program with Sub-Saharan Africa: Francophone Countries
Administering Organization: Visions in Action
Website: http://visionsinaction.org
Date of Exchanges: November 2009/2010, April 2010
Number of Participants: 60 total—ten from each country (Burkina Faso, Chad, Cote d’Ivoire, Mali, Mauritania, Niger)
Youth Ambassadors Program: Central America
Administering Organization: Georgetown University
Website: http://cied.georgetown.edu
Date of Exchanges: Three exchanges in January-February 2010/2011, June-July 2010
Number of Participants: 116 total from Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama
Youth Ambassadors Program: Brazil
Administering Organization: World Learning
Website: http://www.worldlearning.org
Date of Exchanges: January 2010/2011 (Brazilians to United States), August 2010/2011 (U.S. participants to Brazil)
Number of Participants: 102 total (37 Brazilians and 14 U.S. participants)
Youth Ambassadors Program: Colombia and Mexico
Administering Organization: International YMCA
Website: http://www.internationalymca.org
Date of Exchanges: March-April 2010/2011, November-December 2010/2011
Number of Participants: 64 total (16 from each country each year)
Youth Ambassadors Program: Southern Cone regional project (Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay), Andean regional project (Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru), and Venezuela single-country project
Administering Organization: Partners of the Americas
Website: http://www.partners.net/partners/Youth_Ambassadors_EN.asp?SnID=897608355
Date of Exchanges: Multiple exchanges through 2010 and 2011
Number of Participants: 334 total (262 foreign participants, 72 U.S. participants)
Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Initiative Summer Institute for Youth
Administering Organization: To Be Determined
Date of Exchanges: Summer 2010
Number of Participants: 45 total (35 European and Eurasian youth and ten American youth)
Benjamin Franklin Summer Institute with Central and South Asia
Administering Organization: To Be Determined
Date of Exchanges: Summer 2010
Number of Participants: 45 total (seven from each country—Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, and ten Americans)
Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this leadership program
Scholarization is very pleased to announce Youth Leadership Programs being offered by The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State, which foster greater understanding and respect between the youth of the United States and other countries and also help to develop a sense of civic responsibility among teenagers and young adults.
Program Details
- Exchanges are three to six weeks in duration.
- All projects include activities related to civic education, leadership development, and community service. They also address specific themes, ranging from conflict resolution to media literacy and student government.
- Projects may involve one-way travel of foreign students to the United States or two-way exchanges
- Programs are primarily for high school students, and most include adult participants who are high school teachers or community leaders who work with youth.
Participants improve their sense of civic responsibility and commitment to community development.
- Participants develop relationships with teenagers from different ethnic, religious, and national groups and engage in building bridges of understanding and respect among the people of the United States and other countries
- Alumni use their newly-acquired skills and knowledge to transform their communities and countries.
Duty and Responsibility
All Youth Leadership Programs include a competitive participant selection process and comprehensive orientations leading into the exchange. During the exchanges, students and educators participate in:
- workshops
- community service activities
- dialogues, simulations, role plays and other activities related to project themes
teambuilding exercises
- school visits
- meetings with community leaders
- leadership development
- discussion groups with instruction
- site visits related to civic education, leadership, tolerance and respect for diversity, and community activism
- homestays
- social and cultural activities
Upon their return home, alumni implement projects that promote the themes they explored during the overseas program.
The Youth Programs Divisions sponsors the participation of approximately 1,275 international and American high school students and teachers in exchanges under the Youth Leadership Programs umbrella.
Following is a list of current Youth Leadership Programs. The Youth Programs Division issues Requests for Grant Proposals (RFGPs), which are published in the Federal Register (http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html), at http://www.grants.gov and ECA’s website at http://exchanges.state.gov/grants/open2.html. The Youth Programs Division does not accept unsolicited proposals. Grants are awarded through a competitive solicitation process, which maximizes the quality of the proposals received, ensures cost-effectiveness in program implementation, engages new players in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs’ programs, and ensures fair and equitable dealings with non governmental institutions and constituents.
Application and How to apply
For more information on the programs below, please contact the administrating organization or YLP@state.gov. Please include your name, country of origin, and reason for interest in the program in your message.
Youth Leadership Program with Indonesia
Administering Organization: Legacy International
Website: http://www.legacyintl.org/programs/indonesia_YLP08.html
Date of Exchange: July-August 2010
Number of Participants: 25 Indonesians
Youth Leadership Program with the Philippines (Mindanao)
Administering Organization: Northern Illinois University
Website: http://www.cseas.niu.edu/
Date of Exchange: April-May 2010
Number of Participants: 25 Filipinos
Youth Visitor Program
Administering Organization: Academy for Educational Development (AED)
Website: http://aed.org/index.cfm
Date of Exchange: Summer 2010
Number of Participants: 32 foreign participants
Youth Leadership Program with Bosnia and Herzegovina
Administering Organization: Willamette University
Website: http://www.willamette.edu
Date of Exchange: March-April 2010
Number of Participants: 21 Bosnians
U.S./Poland Parliamentary Youth Leadership Program
Administering Organization: American Councils on International Education: ACTR/ACCELS
Website: http://www.americancouncils.org/program/3q/USPol/
Date of Exchange: February 2010, June 2010
Number of Participants: 36 Polish and American participants (15 Students and 3 teachers each way)
Serbia Youth Leadership Program
This program consists of three one-month-long exchange projects in the United States. In return visits, 15 U.S. teenagers and trainers travel to Serbia.
Administering Organization: World Learning
Website: http://www.worldlearning.org
Date of Exchanges: April-May 2010, Fall 2010
Number of Participants: 84 total—66 Serbians and 18 Americans
Serbia Youth Leadership Program
This program consists of three one-month-long exchange projects in the United States. In return visits, 15 U.S. teenagers and trainers travel to Serbia.
Administering Organization: American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS
Website: http://www.americancouncils.org/program/49/SYLP/
Date of Exchanges: April, 2010 (Serbians to the United States), July 2010 (Americans to Serbia)
Number of Participants: 75 total—60 Serbians and 15 Americans
Algeria Youth Leadership Program
Administering Organization: Northern Nevada International Center
Website: http://www.nnic.org/youth-education/algeria-youth-leadership-program/
Date of Exchanges: July-August 2010
Number of Participants: 38 total—28 Algerians and 10 U.S. youth (U.S. youth will not travel to Algeria)
Youth Leadership Program with Iraq
Administering Organization: World Learning
Website: http://www.worldlearning.org
Date of Exchanges: Summer 2010
Number of Participants: 45 total—30 Iraqis and 15 U.S. youth (U.S. youth will not travel to Iraq)
Youth Leadership Program with South Asia
Administering Organization: Magee Women’s Research Institute
Website: http://international.mwrif.org/viewcontent.asp?sectionID=35452&subsectionID=355136
Date of Exchanges: April-May 2010
Number of Participants: 21 total—six youth and one teacher from each country (Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldives)
Youth Leadership Program with Southeast Asia
Administering Organization: Northern Illinois University
Website: http://www.cseas.niu.edu/
Date of Exchanges: November-December 2009 (Brunei, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam), and April 2010 (Burma, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand)
Number of Participants: 64 total—32 in each multi-country delegation
Youth Leadership Program with Sub-Saharan Africa: Anglophone Countries
Administering Organization: Critical Mass Leadership Education
Website: http://boldleaders.com
Date of Exchanges: November 11-December 22 2009, and Spring 2010
Number of Participants: 40 total from each country (Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, South Africa)
Youth Leadership Program with Sub-Saharan Africa: Francophone Countries
Administering Organization: Visions in Action
Website: http://visionsinaction.org
Date of Exchanges: November 2009/2010, April 2010
Number of Participants: 60 total—ten from each country (Burkina Faso, Chad, Cote d’Ivoire, Mali, Mauritania, Niger)
Youth Ambassadors Program: Central America
Administering Organization: Georgetown University
Website: http://cied.georgetown.edu
Date of Exchanges: Three exchanges in January-February 2010/2011, June-July 2010
Number of Participants: 116 total from Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama
Youth Ambassadors Program: Brazil
Administering Organization: World Learning
Website: http://www.worldlearning.org
Date of Exchanges: January 2010/2011 (Brazilians to United States), August 2010/2011 (U.S. participants to Brazil)
Number of Participants: 102 total (37 Brazilians and 14 U.S. participants)
Youth Ambassadors Program: Colombia and Mexico
Administering Organization: International YMCA
Website: http://www.internationalymca.org
Date of Exchanges: March-April 2010/2011, November-December 2010/2011
Number of Participants: 64 total (16 from each country each year)
Youth Ambassadors Program: Southern Cone regional project (Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay), Andean regional project (Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru), and Venezuela single-country project
Administering Organization: Partners of the Americas
Website: http://www.partners.net/partners/Youth_Ambassadors_EN.asp?SnID=897608355
Date of Exchanges: Multiple exchanges through 2010 and 2011
Number of Participants: 334 total (262 foreign participants, 72 U.S. participants)
Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Initiative Summer Institute for Youth
Administering Organization: To Be Determined
Date of Exchanges: Summer 2010
Number of Participants: 45 total (35 European and Eurasian youth and ten American youth)
Benjamin Franklin Summer Institute with Central and South Asia
Administering Organization: To Be Determined
Date of Exchanges: Summer 2010
Number of Participants: 45 total (seven from each country—Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, and ten Americans)
Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this leadership program
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