The Office of Citizen Exchanges of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs invites proposal submissions for the FY 2020 Community Engagement Exchange Program (CEE) in Africa, East Asia and the Pacific, Europe and Eurasia, the Middle East and North Africa, South and Central Asia, and the Western

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public and private non-profit organizations meeting the provisions described in Internal Revenue Code section 26 USC 501(c)(3) may submit proposals to conduct this international civic leadership program.

The Community Engagement Exchange Program is a bold new global initiative to support approximately 120 passionate emerging community leaders, ages 20-27, from over 100 countries around the world working at the nexus of public, private, and non-profit sectors to address public concerns and improve the quality of community.

CEE participants will undertake a two- to three-month U.S.-based civil society exchange program with working placements in public institutions, government offices, social incubators, businesses, or non-profit organizations, working with professional counterparts and seasoned civil society and community leaders on pre-defined substantive issues of mutual interest.

The program will include a professional practicum, robust leadership training, service-learning, and opportunities to transform ideas into actionable community projects in participants’ countries.

The program will also support overseas travel for approximately 40 American participants from U.

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host organizations and approximately 30 global leadership professionals, including alumni of U.

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government programs, to work with CEE participants on community engagement projects of mutual interest.

The Community Engagement Exchange Program is intended to promote a global civil society eco-system and build a network of young emerging civil society and community leaders in the United States and around the world through international exchanges, civic leadership education, innovative community initiatives, and civil society projects that maximize the program’s reach and amplify impact.