Professional Training

International Visitor Leadership Program

The International Information Programs office in the U.S. Department of State, in partnership with non-profit institutions, conducts the International Visitor Leadership Program. Foreign visitors travel in group and individual programs designed to accommodate their fields of interest. Each year the Public Affairs Section at the U.S. Consulate General in Jerusalem interviews and selects professionals to participate.

Voluntary Visitor Program

The International Information Programs' Voluntary Visitor Division arranges professional programs for individuals who are traveling to the United States on their own. All candidates must have substantive professional objectives with a short proposal outlining the program. Programs can be as short as one day involving four to five professional appointments in one American city or as long as two weeks and encompassing four to five U.S. cities. Contact our office for details.

Salzburg Seminars

The Salzburg Seminar program sessions take place in Salzburg, Austria for one intense week. They seek participation of articulate mid-career women and men of all nationalities and political persuasions that have professional experience in, and show significant knowledge of, the seminar subject. There should be a direct connection between the applicants’ profession and the subject of the seminar they apply to. Preference is given to mid-career applicants who in most cases cover the cost of their participation and international airfare. Proficiency in spoken and written English is a requisite for admission. For a description and application of the seminars go to the Salzburg Seminar website: http://www.salzburgseminar.org

Democracy Fellowships

The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) invites applications to its annual Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program. Established in 2001 to enable activists, scholars, and journalists from around the world to deepen their understanding of democracy and enhance their ability to promote democratic change, the fellowship program is based at NED's International Forum for Democratic Studies, in Washington, D.C.

Eligibility: The Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program is intended primarily to support practitioners and scholars from new and aspiring democracies. Distinguished scholars from the United States and other established democracies are also eligible to apply. Practitioners are expected to have substantial experience working to promote democracy. Scholars are expected to have a doctorate, or academic equivalent, at the time of application. The program is not designed to support students working toward a degree. A working knowledge of English is an important prerequisite for participation in the program.

Application: For further details and instructions on how to apply, please download the "Information and Application Forms" booklet available online at www.ned.org/forum/R-FApplication.pdf or visit http://www.ned.org and follow the link to "Fellowship Programs". Please note that all application materials must be type-written and in English.

Woodrow Wilson Center Fellowships

Fellowship opportunities are available annually through the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Please visit their website for more information.

Stanford Summer Fellows on Democracy and Development

The Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) at the Stanford Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, California invites policy makers and activists from countries undergoing political, economic and social transitions to participate in its first annual summer fellows program on democracy, development, and the rule of law to be held from August 1-19, 2005 at Stanford University on its northern California campus. Click here for more information and application instructions