ACTR/ACCELS announces scholarship for Azerbaijan
Baku, February 24 (AZERTAC). American Councils for International Education ACTR/ACCELS announces the Legislative Fellows Program (LFP) for youth from Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine.
LFP is sponsored by the U.S. State Department, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
Initiated in 2005 under the auspices of the Legislative Education and Practice (LEAP) program, the LFP affords up to 55 promising young professionals the opportunity to gain practical experience in, and exposure to, United States government. The knowledge and interest of these young Eurasian professionals in American political processes will be expanded through short-term fellowships in state legislatures, city halls, federal offices and NGOs across the United States. In addition, the LFP will enable up to 35 Americans to travel outbound on reciprocal visits. One of the program objectives is to enable Fellows to share their knowledge with peers in Eurasia through a follow-on program in which they will conduct conferences and outreach activities in collaboration with American counterparts. Another unique new feature to the LFP is that it will serve countries outside Eurasia, meaning that American Councils’ Georgian, Russian and Ukrainian Fellows will have an opportunity to learn from their peers around the world (Asia, Africa, etc) during large pan-LFP conference to take place at the end of each program in Washington, D.C.
Foreign and domestic participants will be selected through a competitive application process.
The application for LFP will close on March 18. American Councils will announce LFP Fall 2012 finalists in June.
More information about program at: http://lfp.americancouncils.org
