Programs

Iraq

Southern Iraq Job Skills Development Program is an eight-month program that provides 80 undergraduate and vocational students with training, mentorship, and networking opportunities to develop their leadership, job-readiness, business English language, and entrepreneurship skills. 

Saudi Arabia

A hub for innovation where young minds flourish.

Ukraine

The Ukraine Undergraduate Academic Exchange for STEM and Entrepreneurship (UUAESE) provides an ambitious group of aspiring professionals in the Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and entrepreneurship fields with a scholarship for one semester of non-degree academic study at a U.S. college or university.

Iraq

The English Language Investment and Training for Economic Success (ELITES) virtual program helps Iraqi youth build the professional skills needed to gain private sector jobs.

Iraq, Jordan

Kids Can Code provides engaging, hands-on coding and English language courses that help children in Iraq and Jordan build foundational skills in STEM subjects, English, and applied learning.

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Iraq, Kuwait, United States, West Bank and Gaza

The NextGen Coders Network brings together multidisciplinary university students and young professionals from Iraq, the Palestinian Territories, and the U.S. for a virtual exchange to learn coding and collaborate on a website or application that tackles a grand challenge.

Lebanon

Quality Instruction Towards Access and Basic Education Improvement (QITABI) 2 program aims to improve the reading, writing, and social and emotional learning skills for more than 300,000 students at public primary schools in Lebanon.

Lebanon

For refugees, tertiary education contributes greatly to forging durable solutions to post-conflict reconstruction, promotes social, economic and gender equity, and provides hope and empowerment to students and their families.

The On-Demand Youth Leadership Program (ODYLP) is a unique program created to serve the emerging needs of U.S. embassies around the world.

United States

The Capacity Building Program for U.S. Study Abroad, also known as IDEAS (Increase and Diversify Education Abroad for U.S. Students), is designed to increase and diversify American student mobility in support of U.S. foreign policy goals through a grant competition and workshops.

Global

The Global Undergraduate Exchange Program (Global UGRAD) brings future leaders to the United States to experience U.S. higher education, gain critical professional skills, and explore new cultures and values.

India, Nepal, Pakistan

The Professional Fellows for Governance and Society, South and Central Asia program brings young professionals from India, Pakistan, and Nepal to the U.S. to exchange ideas, strategies, and best practices in legislative process and policymaking.

Belarus

The Community Connections Program in Belarus brings together professionals from Belarus with U.S. counterparts through tailored professional exchanges in communities across the U.S.

Pakistan

USAID Training for Pakistan Project is a five-year, $20 million project that will provide training and capacity building services to address issues such as violent extremism, economic growth, and democracy and governance.

United States

The U.S. Speaker program sends experts from the United States abroad, either in person or virtually, to engage and consult with key foreign audiences on a variety of technical topics.

Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Moldova, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey, United States

Join thousands of SIT TESOL Certificate recipients who teach, travel, and transform lives worldwide.

Global

Global events affecting U.S. foreign policy often unfold at a rapid pace, presenting significant challenges to U.S. public diplomacy efforts, but also unique opportunities for creativity.

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Global

The Youth Ambassadors Program brings together high school students and adult mentors from across the Western Hemisphere to promote mutual understanding, increase leadership skills, and prepare youth to make a difference in their communities.

Algeria, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen

The Leadership Development Fellowship (formerly known as the Leaders for Democracy Fellowship (LDF) Program) is a seven-year leadership development initiative designed to advance civic engagement and social entrepreneurship in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.

Mongolia

USAID's Leaders Advancing Democracy (LEAD) Mongolia Program is a five-year initiative helping to build the next generation of democracy champions across Mongolia.

Mexico

Jóvenes en Acción (Youth in Action), is a ten-month civic education and leadership program, which begins with a four-week exchange experience in the U.S. Participants are selected as project teams of four to five students from diverse communities throughout Mexico.