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USAID Internships Help BiH Students Gain Research Experience
Too often, students emerge from their studies with an excellent education but no real world experience to offer potential employers. An internship can solve that problem by giving students both credit towards their studies and the professional skills employers are looking for... Read More ...
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Development Alliance to Support School Economics Education
USAID, Chevron Khazar Ltd., and StatoilHydrol signed the first public-private partnership memorandum of understanding (MOU) on September 27, 2008 to support the implementation of the School Economics Education (SEE) Program by Junior Achievement Azerbaijan (JAA) in 230 schools between 2008 and 2010... Read More ...
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Dual Events Dedicate School Projects in Kosovo Serb Communities
Ribbons were cut and foundation concrete poured during two events in Kosovo Serb communities on August 21, 2008, as USAID/Kosovo joined with the community and officials to celebrate local school renovations and expansions... Read More ...
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Junior Achievement Serbia Companies Vy for Top Honors
At a recent, USAID-sponsored regional competition in Kopaonik Mountain, Serbia, Junior Achievement (JA) students gathered to award the best of 12 creative and hard-working student companies... Read More ...
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Law Students Teach Schoolchildren About Rights
In mid-June 2008, fifty law students who had led weekly classes for third- through tenth-graders in six cities throughout Azerbaijan graduated from USAID’s Street Law Program... Read More ...
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Russian Youth Take Best Practices on the Road
The USAID-supported Youth Development Competencies Program (YDCP) organized a Youth Empowerment Road Show for May 17-18, 2008 in Petrozavodsk to showcase the winners of a national contest for the best youth-driven projects being implemented across Russia... Read More ...
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Kosovo Celebrates World Milk Day
Kosovo celebrated its first World Milk Day on June 1, 2008 in Pristina's Germia Park. Intended to promote milk and the dairy industry, the event targets its nutrition messages primarily to youth... Read More ...
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USAID Transitions CIPA Program to Local Partners
On June 5, 2008, USAID’s Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Support through Financial Sector Development Project held a certificate award ceremony and transition presentation as part of its continued support of the Certified International Professional Accountant (CIPA) Program in Azerbaijan... Read More ...
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Project Aims to Raise Awareness of Citizens’ Access to Justice
To educate citizens on the role and function of the judiciary, USAID/Kosovo's Justice Support Project produced three TV public service announcements (PSAs) to increase public understanding of the administration of, and citizens’ access to, justice... Read More ...
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Youth Fund Program to Expand to New Regions
The Azerbaijan Youth Fund Program will expand to six new regions of the country—Bilasuvar, Davachi, Zagatala, Barda, and Mengachevir city—thanks to increased assistance for the Eurasia Partnership Foundation from the Foreign Commonwealth Officer of the United Kingdom... Read More ...
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Street Law Students Acquit Mock Trial Defendant
On their last day of school in late May 2008, fifty-five schoolchildren participated in a mock jury trial, held by the American Bar Association Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative (ABA/CEELI) with USAID support in Lenkoran... Read More ...
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Closing Mission Donates Computers to Bulgarian Schools, NGOs
A school for deaf children in Sofia was among the beneficiaries of a computer donation by the USAID Mission to Bulgaria as part of its close-out process. Non-governmental organizations serving Roma children, five schools participating in the Junior Achievement program... Read More ...
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Macedonia Visit Highlights Challenges and Potential
On June 8, 2008, USAID Administrator Henrietta Fore traveled to Macedonia for a two-day visit packed with high profile briefings, visits to USAID project sites, and meetings with private citizens and beneficiaries of USAID assistance... Read More ...
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USAID Launches New Youth Program in the Russian Far East
On April 14-15, USAID and Winrock International launched a new two-year program, LIDER: Youth Advocacy and Social Networks (using the Russian acronym for Leadership, Initiative, Action, Unity, and Results)... Read More ...
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e-Schools Project Brings Technology into Macedonia’s Classrooms
In modern society, computer technology goes hand-in-hand with education and child development. Interactive educational software, online libraries, virtual chat-rooms where teachers and students can exchange ideas and methodologies–-all are effective tools that help children learn better, faster... Read More ...
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Legal Clinic Course Gains Official Listing in University Curriculum
A new course providing law students with practical skills is now officially part of the University of Prishtina Law Faculty's curriculum... Read More ...
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Teen Training Teaches Fundamentals for Success
Javid and Javad Allahverdiyev are brothers living in a government institution in Shuvelan, an urban area of Azerbaijan. Separated from their alcoholic father when the boys were young and unable to support them on her own... Read More ...
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Youth Fair Provides Valuable Forum to Share Best Practices
At a Youth Fair in Voronezh, Russia on April 24, 2008 the USAID-funded Youth LINX (Learning, Involvement, Networking and EXchange) program showcased the successful projects it has developed during the past three years... Read More ...
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New Playground Opens for Primary and Preschool Children in Kosovo
More than 300 youngsters in the Kosovo village Gornje Kusce/Kufce e Eperme are enjoying their new school playground, thanks to USAID’s Municipal Integration and Support Initiative (MISI)... Read More ...
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Street Law Grads “Youngest Experts on What is Right”
On May 7, 2008, the American Bar Association Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative (ABA CEELI) held a graduation ceremony in for third-grade participants in the Street Law Program at School #177 in Baku, Azerbaijan... Read More ...
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Innovative Training Helps Entrepreneurship Flourish
Nugzar Tateshvili, the founder and acting chairman of the Akhaltsikhe Center for Social Development in Samtskhe-Javakheti, Georgia, recently launched a new training course to support business education in his region... Read More ...
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Health Workers Strengthen Educational Communication Skills
“The most important thing I learned during this workshop was a step-by-step approach for developing communication strategies,” said Zaur Ibrahimov at the closing session of the USAID-sponsored “Basics of Health Communication” workshop... Read More ...
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Program Matches Student Ambition with Market Realities
“The project developed by the students was impeccable! It encompassed all aspects of a business plan including marketing strategy, consumer analysis, operations planning, and the financial status of the company”... Read More ...
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Kosovo Training Program Recognizes Participants
More than one hundred civil servants, lawyers, judges, and civil society representatives were honored at USAID/Kosovo's annual Participant Training Program award ceremony in March 2008... Read More ...
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Exchange Experience Helps NGO Strengthen Youth Programs
Young people in Sheki, Azerbaijan can access business opportunities through a youth entrepreneurship initiative run by Uluchay Charitable Society, a local nongovernmental organization (NGO)... Read More ...
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Creating Opportunities for Business Educators in Azerbaijan
Through USAID’s School Economics Education (SEE) Program, the Lead Teacher Conference brought together 100 economics teachers, USAID representatives, Chief USAID Economic Advisor and Nobel Laureate Arnold Harberger... Read More ...
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Narmin’s Story – Rejoining Society through Center’s Support
Imagine being a 12-year-old girl with special needs, no siblings, and two parents with problems of their own – one with mental health issues and the other with serious back problems... Read More ...
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Citizenship Offers Hope for Macedonia’s Roma
For years, USAID has worked to help Macedonia’s Roma community claim basic rights—including the right to legal employment or unemployment registration, basic free health care, social welfare, and access to public education—through citizenship... Read More ...
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Renovations Completed at Eight Macedonian Primary Schools
Eight Macedonian schools received a total of $300,000 from USAID and $44,000 from their local municipalities for major renovations, which were recently completed as part of the first round of USAID’s Primary Education Project... Read More ...
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University Upgrades Promise Improved Administration, Learning Environment
Thirty-nine participants of a USAID-sponsored summer workshop held in cooperation with the University of Prishtina (UP) in Kosovo were honored at a ceremony held on November 7th... Read More ...
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Exam Revenues Now Sustain Central Asian Accounting Certification Body
A USAID-supported regional accounting certification body generated $1.9 million in revenues from exams in Kazakhstan in November 2007, covering examination costs not only in Kazakhstan but for all of Central Asia... Read More ...
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Campaign to Eliminate Violence Against Women Launches in Moldova
Over 40 percent of women in Moldova have been victims of a violent act at least once in their lives. To raise awareness of this widespread problem, USAID’s Anti-Trafficking Initiative held a series of activities throughout Moldova... Read More ...
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New Project to Continue Support for Education Reforms in CAR
USAID recently announced a five-year, $12 million Quality Learning Program aimed to improve learning outcomes for students in Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkmenistan... Read More ...
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Thousands of Kazakhstani Students Learn Economics from JA
During the 2006-2007 academic year, over 200,000 school students in Kazakhstan studied economics and entrepreneurship through USAID-supported Junior Achievement (JA) programs... Read More ...
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Bulgarian IT Experts Earn American Masters Degrees
The first 16 Bulgarian students to successfully complete the Master of Science in Information Systems at the Stevens Institute of Technology received their diplomas on October 30, 2007 at Sofia University... Read More ...
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Improving Education for Central Asia’s Children
In October 2007, USAID and its education sector partners celebrated completion of the USAID-funded Participation, Education and Knowledge Strengthening (PEAKS) project... Read More ...
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Program Places College Grads with Prospective Employers
Every morning Khatia Jambazishvili hurries to her new job. She is one of 35 young people who received permanent jobs after participating in Georgia’s Youth National Internship Program... Read More ...
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School Renovations Result in More Funds for Education
On October 25, 2007, the students of the “7 Marsi” primary school in Celopek, within the municipality of Brvenica, Macedonia, will mark the newest addition to their school building – new energy-efficient windows... Read More ...
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USAID Mourns Loss of Macedonian Megastar, Partner
Eleven days before the tragic automobile accident that claimed his life, 26-year-old pop megastar Tose Proeski allied with USAID to hold Macedonia’s largest-ever benefit concert... Read More ...
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Azerbaijani Students Gain Real-World Business Experience
Each year, the USAID-supported School Economic Education (SEE) program’s most successful students intern with Junior Achievement (JA) partner companies... Read More ...
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USAID, DOD Renovate Primary School in Azerbaijan
On September 18, 2007, Kish Community in Sheki held the opening ceremony of a primary school renovated with financial assistance provided by USAID’s Community Development Activity and the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) European Command... Read More ...
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Central Asia’s Professors Improve Accounting Teaching Methods
Over 250 university professors in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan have completed courses on accounting, financial management, and auditing, organized by the USAID A/CIPA project, implemented by Pragma... Read More ...
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Voronezh Students Unite Against Racial Violence
Racial tensions run high in the southern Russian town of Voronezh, where foreign students have become the target of racially-motivated killings. In October 2005, local youths severely beat and killed a Peruvian student... Read More ...
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Azerbaijani Financial-Sector Accountants to Earn Certification
Azerbaijan’s financial sector suffers from an acute shortage of qualified accountants. A survey conducted in 2006 found a single certified accountant in the Azerbaijani banking industry... Read More ...
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Azerbaijani Team Wins International Business Competition
The USAID School Economic Education program’s (SEE) alumni team (from the Azerbaijan State Oil Academy) became world champions at the 12th Annual Hewlett Packard Global Business Challenge... Read More ...
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Specialist Certification Stimulates Development of Leasing in Ukraine
Ukraine’s leasing industry is experiencing strong growth on a percentage basis, but the amount of lease financing is still very low compared to other countries. In 2005, of all investment in fixed assets in Ukraine, less than two percent was financed through leasing... Read More ...
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Tajikistan Scales Up Education Financing Reforms
On June 29, the Government of Tajikistan signed a decree institutionalizing the education financing model developed and introduced with assistance from USAID and the World Bank... Read More ...
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President, Minister of Education Endorse Kyrgyzstan’s National Scholarship Test
On July 3, President of the Kyrgyz Republic Kourmanbek Bakiev hosted an award ceremony for the National Scholarship Test, which was introduced and implemented in the country with support from USAID... Read More ...
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Volunteers Offer Expertise to Grassroots Initiatives
A group of Peace Corps volunteers and the Bulgarian Center for Development and Training (BCDT)—an NGO formed by the staff of the USAID Participant Training Program—recently conducted a series of pilot initiatives... Read More ...
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USAID Supports Workshop Sessions on Cost-Benefit Analysis
The USAID Public Investment Policy (PIP) Project conducted four half-day interactive, practical training sessions on cost-benefit analysis in Azerbaijan. The workshops were aimed to deepen understanding of the principles... Read More ...
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USAID Partner Organizes Moscow Education Rally
On May 31, over 200 people participated in a rally organized by USAID partner Perspektiva, to raise awareness about inclusive education in Russia. Rally participants promoted the idea that all children regardless of their physical, intellectual and other needs... Read More ...
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USAID-supported Drug Demand Prevention Curricula Adopted by
Tajikistan’s Police Schools
In April 2007, instructors from Tajikistan’s Police Academy and the Primary Police School of the Ministry of Internal Affairs participated in a “train-the-trainers” seminar on drug use prevention curricula in Dushanbe... Read More ...
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USAID Online Street Law Program Graduates
In mid June, the USAID-funded ABA Online Street Law Program held a mock trial and graduation ceremony for 64 schoolchildren from Ganja and for 32 students from Mingachavir, both in central Azerbaijan... Read More ...
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Vica Receives New School for its Young Students
June 8th will be remembered as School Day in Vica, Shtërpce/Sterpce municipality, following the official opening of a new school building by Dr. Douglas Menarchik, USAID Assistant Administrator for Europe and Eurasia... Read More ...
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Smart Cards, Smart Jobs
In February 2007, Belgrade’s Singidunum University opened the first training program for smart card technology in southeast Europe. An estimated 200 students are projected to complete the course in its first year... Read More ...
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Nearly 9,000 Students Learn Business Skills from Junior Achievement
In May 2007, the USAID-supported Junior Achievement program in Turkmenistan marked the official completion of its school year and summarized its achievements... Read More ...
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Kyrgyz Scholarship Exam Registers Record Number of Test Takers
A record 34,000 students took Kyrgyzstan’s 2007 National Scholarship Test to compete for government stipends for higher education. The test was created with USAID assistance in 2002 to provide a fair and transparent way... Read More ...
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U.S. – Central Asia Education Foundation Launched
In June 2007, the U.S.-Central Asia Education Foundation announced commencement of operations and the establishment of programs to support business and economics education in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan... Read More ...
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Young Economists Show Promise for Uzbekistan’s Future
An award ceremony on May 1, 2007 completed the fifth annual Young Economist Contest for university students in Uzbekistan. The contest is organized by the Center for Economic Research (CER) and the Economic Review Magazine... Read More ...
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Junior Achievement Increases Economics, Management Skills
Over 450 students comprising 57 teams from 33 educational institutions in the Lebap, Mary, and Balkan provinces of Turkmenistan took part in a Management and Economic Simulation Exercise (MESE) tournament... Read More ...
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Young Entrepreneurs Showcase Business Skills
On May 22, 2007, Junior Achievement together with the local Committee on Youth, Sport, and Tourism and the Sughd Regional Department of Education organized a “Young Entrepreneurs Fair 2007” in Khujand, Tajikistan... Read More ...
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Family Medicine Trainers to Share Expertise across Tajikistan
In May 2007, eight medical professionals graduated from an 11-month “Train the Trainer” course offered through the Family Medicine Training Center at Tajikistan’s Post Graduate Medical Institute... Read More ...
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Drug Demand Reduction Program Targets Tajik Labor Migrants
The USAID-funded Drug Demand Reduction Program (DDRP) and its implementing partner, the Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation, has produced a labor migrant guide for Tajikistan citizens migrating to Russia... Read More ...
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College Scholarships Offer Opportunity for Kosovo's Minority Students
In an effort to help minority students gain access to better education, USAID is providing a number of scholarships for students wishing to study at the American University in Kosovo (AUK)... Read More ...
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Multi-Ethnic Dialogue Helps Bridge Divided Kosovo Media
USAID's Kosovo Media Assistance Program (KMAP) recently conducted the first of its multi-ethnic dialogue sessions for media professionals to support expanded collaboration... Read More ...
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First Women’s Bar Association Founded in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan has one of the lowest rates of female legal professionals in the Newly Independent States, and support to women lawyers is greatly needed. To this end, USAID has been working together with the American Bar Association... Read More ...
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In Cultural Shift, Girls’ Education Becomes Community Priority
In mid-2006, Hasanly village in the Masally region of southern Azerbaijan joined USAID's Community Development Activity program, which promotes civic participation by working with communities and local governments... Read More ...
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In New Center, National Institute of Justice Sees Promising Future
After over a year of planning, design, and construction, the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) opened its new building on May 4 in Sofia, further expanding the reach of judiciary training in Bulgaria... Read More ...
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Parents Consider New Role to Improve Quality of Children’s Education
The Eurasia Foundation (EF) launched a one-day, USAID-supported conference on the “Public Components in School Management and Their Role in the Improvement of the Quality of Education” in Azerbaijan on May 8... Read More ...
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Pilot Schools Stride Towards Sustainability
Over the past two years, the 11 pilot schools participating in the USAID Participation, Education and Knowledge Strengthening (PEAKS) project in Kyrgyzstan have received assistance to become high-quality training... Read More ...
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A Marketplace for Education in Macedonia
During the second annual Educational Rendezvous in April, high school students marketed themselves to future employers at Macedonia’s largest recruitment event of its kind... Read More ...
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US Pledges Support for Macedonia’s Primary Schools
The American people have pledged to provide funds to upgrade primary education in Macedonia through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by USAID/Macedonia Mission Director Patricia Rader... Read More ...
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New Prosecutor Class Uses USAID-Supported Curriculum
Bulgaria’s newest entering class of junior prosecutors began its studies at the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) on March 19—and is the first class to use new curriculum designed with the support from the USAID Judicial Strengthening Initiative... Read More ...
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USAID Supports Child-run Advocacy Group Elections
On April 5, Azerbaijani children at Children and Family Support Centers in the Mingechevir (central), Goranboy (southern) and Shuvelan (urban) districts of Azerbaijan held elections to select representatives to self-advocacy groups... Read More ...
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Isolated Community Receives its First Legal Clinic
On March 12, 2007, the law school at Azerbaijan’s Naxchivan State University celebrated the opening of its first legal clinic, an activity supported by USAID through the American Bar Association... Read More ...
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Azerbaijani Media Students Learn to Ask Tough Questions
“Tell Me” is a bi-monthly production of a local USAID media project that provides opportunities for students from the nine Baku-based journalism faculties to hone their skills as future news correspondents... Read More ...
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Judicial Mentorship Program Expands in Kazakhstan
The mentoring of new judges by a senior colleague is a proven, useful means of continuing education for members of the judiciary. Over the past year, USAID’s Kazakhstan Judicial Assistance Project (KJAP) has increased the number... Read More ...
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Pop Star Partners with USAID for Macedonian Schools
In mid-March, USAID’s new Primary Education Project (PEP), a five-year initiative targeted toward all public primary schools in Macedonia, embarked on a National Information Tour that traveled to schools eight cities... Read More ...
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JA Azerbaijan Hosts ‘School Business Day’ Student Competitions
Junior Achievement (JA) Azerbaijan recently held its Student Business Day encompassing three simultaneous activities: the finals of the “Student Companies” project competition; a student product fair... Read More ...
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Ethics Training for Kosovo’s Ministry of Justice
Fourteen staffers from the Department of Legal Affairs, within the Ministry of Justice, attended
legal ethics training from February 20-24. As a part of the training, participants were given a hypothetical case of an ethics violation... Read More ...
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Program Boosts TV News Production, Educates Viewers on Local Issues
“Problems/Solutions” is a USAID-sponsored television production conceived by a local television station manager in Tovuz and implemented by IREX to explore issues that affect Azerbaijan’s citizens while honing the skills of local journalists, camerapersons and editors... Read More ...
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Azerbaijani Student Economics Team Ranks Third Worldwide
USAID’s School Economics Education Program (SEE) student-team from Zangi Lyceum in Baku placed third at the prestigious Hewlett Packard Global Business Challenge (HPGBC) which drew more than 1,000 teams from 68 nations... Read More ...
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School is a Beacon of Hope in Remote Tajikistan
“Let’s not stay there too long: it’s the den of the mujahedeen,” said the driver after we made the turn to Yazgulam Village, leaving behind the picturesque road along the river Pyanj in Gorno Badakhshan Oblast of Tajikistan... Read More ...
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Junior Achievement Student Fairs Provide Practical Economics Education
On January 24, seven “school companies” participated in a Student Companies’ Fair organized with USAID support by Junior Achievement in Turkmenistan. Participants presented their marketing strategies and offered them for sale... Read More ...
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Civil Service Employees Receive Public Investment Training
The USAID-supported Public Investment Policy (PIP) Project, jointly with the Azerbaijan Center of Economic Reforms (CER), successfully completed the fourth round of the formal Training Program... Read More ...
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A Drawing Contest Promotes Water User Associations Work
The USAID-funded Water Users Associations Support Program (WUASP) organized a contest of drawings titled “How do I imagine the WUA?” in Kyzylai School, Bazarkorgon Region, Jalalabat Oblast, Kyrgyzstan... Read More ...
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Junior Achievement Participants Establish an Alumni Club
In November, thirteen alumni and Junior Achievement Kazakhstan staff officially established an Alumni Club for this USAID-supported program... Read More ...
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Albanian Business Students Shine on International Stage
The bright lights of Paris could not outshine the pride and excitement of fifteen business and economics students representing the Albanian chapter of Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) as the judges announced their team as the winner... Read More ...
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PEAKS Teachers Receive Presidential Award
Two of the 100 teachers who received awards from Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov on Teacher’s Day (October 1) 2005 were former participants of a USAID education program, Participation in Education and Knowledge Project (PEAKS)... Read More ...
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Street Law Program Helps Students Grow
USAID’s Street Law Program, implemented by ABA-CEELI, provides second- and third-year law students with the opportunity to learn how it feels to be on the other side of the podium... Read More ...
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Promoting Economics Education in Turkmenistan
In November, 75 students from 14 high schools in Ashgabat competed at the first annual Economics Brain-Ring, organized by the USAID-funded Junior Achievement economics program... Read More ...
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Newly Certified Professionals to Develop Leasing in Ukraine
On November 30, 26 individuals were recognized for passing a series of examinations and satisfying the requirements to become Certified Leasing Professionals... Read More ...
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Support Center Teaches Children, Teens Self-Sufficiency
In Azerbaijan, institutionalization is the only form of support offered by the government for thousands of children whose families are in crisis... Read More ...
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USAID-supported Association Helps Change Microfinance Legislation
Starting in July 2006, the Association of Microfinance Institutions (AMFI), representing 11 microfinance institutions, including USAID-supported Bai Tushum, Frontiers, and FINCA, have cooperated with Kyrgyzstan’s National Bank... Read More ...
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A Better School for Children in Mitrovica
Tina Kaidanow, Chief of Mission for the U.S. Office in Pristina, joined students of the Sveti Sava primary school in Mitrovica in celebration of the completion of a school rehabilitation project on December 12... Read More ...
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USAID Inspires New Hope for Disabled Children
In Azerbaijan, most disabled children are diagnosed as “unable to learn” and denied access to the school system. Only a small proportion of disabled children attend mainstream school... Read More ...
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USAID, ABA/CEELI Provides Legal Aid to Thousands
Clinical legal education provides law students with practical experience to complement their classroom education. It is also a much needed source of free legal information and assistance... Read More ...
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Big Bird Comes to Kosovo
After months of planning, recording, editing and translating the footage for Season Two of Sesame Street, the show is ready for broadcast... Read More ...
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Tajik Communities Learn to Protect their Environment
On October 31, USAID’s Water Users Associations Support Program (WUASP) organized an environmental protection public campaign “How to avoid pollution of canals” at School #64 in Chorteppa Jamoat, Rudaki District... Read More ...
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Teachers Talk Trafficking in Russia’s Far East
On October 24, more than 60 teachers from Amurskaya Oblast, Primorskiy and Khabarovsky Kray, along with representatives of school administrations and the Ministry of Education... Read More ...
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USAID Continues Support for Kyrgyz National Scholarship Testing
On October 2, 2006, the Ministry of Education, Science and Youth Policy of the Kyrgyz Republic and USAID signed an agreement to continue collaborative support in development of a national standardized test for university entrance... Read More ...
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Students Enhance Communications between Gov’t and Citizens
Too often, governments can seem distant from those they serve. Citizens may voice their opinions at the polls, but there are few mechanisms for continued involvement between elections... Read More ...
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USAID Supports Nationwide Roll-Out of Judicial Mentorship Program
In September, USAID’s Kazakhstan Judicial Assistance Project (KJAP), implemented by Chemonics International, led a hands-on training for judges... Read More ...
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Central Asia’s Universities Pilot Credit Hour Systems
Recently, USAID’s Business and Economic Education Project (B&EE) was asked to assist in converting Tajik universities to the U.S.-based credit hour system... Read More ...
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Junior Achievement Bulgaria Trains Teachers on Economics and
Entrepreneurship
Marking significant progress in the development of business education in secondary schools, the largest-ever Junior Achievement (JA) Bulgaria teacher certificate training course on economics and entrepreneurship took place in Sofia September 8-10... Read More ...
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USAID-Funded Documentaries Garner Festival Prizes
Two films, produced by TV Cacak and funded by USAID, took honors at the International Golden Beggar TV Festival in Kosice, Slovakia... Read More ...
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State Department Reps Join Students to Paint School
John Boris, Director, Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Division in the Office of the
Coordinator of Assistance for Europe and Eurasia joined students of Sveti Sava School in painting the school wall... Read More ...
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Teachers Work to Prevent Youth Drug Use
During the academic year 2006-2007, the Ministry of Public Education will distribute countrywide 20,000 copies of the Drug Use Prevention Manual for Teachers of Secondary Schools... Read More ...
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USAID Prepares Teacher Trainers for the Fast Track
From August 21-28, USAID’s Participation, Education, and Knowledge Strengthening (PEAKS) program provided training to instructors from In-Service Teacher Training Institutes to prepare them... Read More ...
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Law Program Success Leads to New Launch
The USAID Attorneys’ Professional Development Initiative (APDI) celebrated its successful completion on September 8 at the Central Military Club in Sofia, Bulgaria... Read More ...
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Bulgarian Lawyers Receive Georgetown Degrees
Raya Dimova, a public prosecutor for the city of Sofia, and Hristina Valtcheva, legal counsel for the Financial Supervision Commission of Bulgaria, received master degrees from the Georgetown University Law Center this spring... Read More ...
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Democracy, Economics Camps Attracts Central Asia’s Youth
For a second time, the USAID-funded IFES project in the Kyrgyz Republic conducted the International Democracy Summer Camp for youth from Central Asian countries... Read More ...
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Rocking Against Human Slavery
Last year, Ukrainians walking down Khreschatyk in Kyiv could see posters of Slava Vakarchuk, front man for the popular rock group, Okean Elzy, addressing a burning social issue: the fight against human slavery... Read More ...
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From Intern to Chief Accountant in 18 Months
Only 26-years-old, Pavel Vagero is the chief accountant of one of Belarus’s most promising enterprises. A few years ago, he signed on for a summer accounting internship... Read More ...
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USAID-Funded Junior Achievement Programs Received Tajik Ministry of Education
Approval
Junior Achievement has received approval from the Ministry of Education of Tajikistan to train teachers in
Junior Achievement programs in partnership with teacher retraining institutes... Read More ...
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Bulgarian Tourism Teachers Sharpen Skills
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Innovative Theater Program Teaches Tolerance
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Junior Achievement Russia Honors Essay Winners
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Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan Cooperate to Improve Education
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USAID Project Changes How Macedonian Teachers View the World
Even though her classes are finished, Nevena Pecijarava, a chemistry teacher at a local high school is still at work. She’s in the computer lab preparing for tomorrow’s class... Read More ...
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Russian Students Learn About U.S. Federalism
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USAID-Supported Local Testing NGO Wins World Bank Contracts
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Kazakhstan Initiates Medical Education Reform
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USAID Partners with Nestle Bulgaria, JobTiger to Produce Internship and Career Forum for University Students
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USAID Provides a Model for Education Reform in Kazakhstan
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USAID Programs Building Peace by Encouraging Youth to Think Critically
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Steven Institute and Sofia University launch Joint MSc in Information Systems
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Junior Achievers Earn Profit and Win “Best Company” Award
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“Fast Track” Offers Boost for Tajikistan’s Education Sector
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Giving Every Macedonian Student a Gateway to the World
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Khabarovsk Youth Learn Critical Thinking Skills in to Prevent Trafficking
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