Cultural Vistas Inc

Programs: Cv's train usa and korea west programs provide students and professionals from all over the world the opportunity to enhance their professional skills and gain knowledge of american culture & business practices. Train usa is a professional development program providing university students, recent graduates, and young professionals from around the world the opportunity for career-focused internships and training programs for three weeks to eighteen months at us companies. Korea work-english-study-travel (west) is a professional development program providing university students and recent graduates from the republic of korea the opportunity to undertake intensive english language training, followed by career-focused internships for three to twelve months at us companies.

the international visitor leadership program ("ivlp") is the flagship professional exchange program of the u. S. Department of state, bureau of educational and cultural affairs. Ivlp builds mutual understanding through carefully designed short-term visits to the united states for current and emerging foreign leaders. Each year, ivlp brings more than 5,500 participants to the united states from countries all over the world to meet and confer with their professional counterparts and gain firsthand knowledge about the united states, its people, policies and culture. As one of only eight national program agencies, cv works in coordination with the u. S. Department of state to administer, design, and implement ivlp programs that directly support u. S. Foreign policy goals.

the robert bosch foundation fellowship enables young american professionals to participate in an extensive work and study program in germany. Although a prime goal of this program is the advancement of transatlantic relations, it also contributes to the participants' professional competence and expertise, and broadens their cultural horizons. The alfa fellowship program is designed to address the problem that there are still too few experts in the u. S. And europe with direct, meaningful experience in the modern business, government, public policy, and cultural environment of russia. The program provides an exciting opportunity for young professionals from the u. S. , britain and germany to live and work in russia and to enable them to develop a genuine expertise through individualized professional assignments.

cv's other programs include: congress-bundestag youth exchange program, a reciprocal scholarship program jointly funded by the u. S. Department of state and the german bundestag (parliament), is designed to give participants an understanding of everyday life, education and professional training in germany and the united states. International association for the exchange of students for technical experience ("iaeste") is a reciprocal exchange program dedicated to developing global skills in tomorrow's leaders through career-building internships for international and american students majoring in science and technical fields. The iaeste network consists of organizations in more than 80 countries and cv is the national agency representing the united states. Internships abroad offers customized professional internship and training programs for american students and young professionals in argentina, brazil, chile, france, germany, ireland, spain, united kingdom and switzerland. The programs are tailored to participants' specific skill sets, ambitions, and career aspirations. The program allows participants to see the world, experience new cultures firsthand, and gain the transferable skills that will set them apart in today's global marketplace. In 2017, the cultural vistas fellowship also provided 12 full scholarships for 3 month programs in germany, india and argentina. The edmund s. Muskie internship program is a summer internship program funded by the u. S. Department of state that provides emerging leaders from eastern europe, the caucasus, and central asia with the opportunity to gain real-world experience complementing and enriching their graduate studies in the united states. The program includes virtual learning, training sessions on team-building, community service, and 3-month professional internships. Short-term programs such as u. S. Embassy study tours provide students and professionals the opportunity to enhance their career skills and gain knowledge of american culture and business practices through seminars company visits and internships for three weeks to three months at u. S. Companies and institutions. The young southeast asian leaders initiative (yseali) seeks to build the leadership capabilities of youth in the region, strengthen ties between the united states and southeast asia, and nurture an asean community of leaders who work across borders to solve common issues. In 2017, cv administered the yseali seeds for the future small grants program, a competition for which teams of yseali members submit proposals for small grants to implement innovative projects that address issues and opportunities in communities throughout asean, and the 2017 yseali summit in manila, a four-day gathering of alumni of all yseali programs which featured a look at advanced leadership concepts, systems thinking, and advanced leadership and partnership development.