**Attachment I**

**[GLOSSARY OF IVLP TERMINOLOGY]{.underline}**

**Councils for International Visitors (CIV)**

Community-based affiliates, or Councils for International Visitors, are
predominantly volunteer organizations \[501 C (3)\], which develop the
participants' programs at the local level. Often these organizations are
referred to as Local Sponsors.

**DoS Overseas Missions**

Public Affairs Sections are the sections of the U.S. embassies and
consulates that handle public diplomacy activities including media
relations and international exchanges. Each embassy prepares an annual
plan, which identifies specific goals to be accomplished in the host
country. The plans usually are organized around major foreign policy
objectives such as national security, economic prosperity, American
citizens and borders, law enforcement, democracy and human rights,
humanitarian response, and global issues: environment, population,
health, and mutual understanding. This plan is a starting point for
designing most IVL programs. Responsibility for nominating participants
rests with the overseas missions.

**ECA/PE/V Program Officer**

ECA/PE/V program officers coordinate all planning, design,
implementation and evaluation phases of IVL programs and serve as
liaisons with overseas missions. ECA/PE/V program officers approve all
IVLP nominations submitted by missions. Throughout the development of
the program the award recipient should maintain close contact with the
appropriate ECA/PE/V program officer. ECA/PE/V program officers exercise
final authority in approving program design, pace, itinerary, and
budget.

**Electronic National Program Agency (eNPA)**

The software application that allows NPAs to share information and data
electronically through the EVDB-e and with the CIVs as well as produce a
national program book and other supporting documents (e.g., evaluations,
appointment requests and confirmations, participant welcome letters and
various mailing labels) generated directly into Microsoft Word.

**English Language Officers and Interpreters (ELOs/Is)**

English Language Officers and Interpreters are assigned to accompany
groups and individuals. These officers are professionals under contract
with the Department of State's Division of Language Services. The
ECA/PE/V program officer selects them in cooperation with the Office of
Language Services. English Language Officers' and/or Interpreters'
duties include interpreting during meetings and free time, facilitating
contacts with Americans, assisting with travel and program logistics,
and bridging cultural gaps. ELOs/Is are the principal link with the
participant during program travel. They must submit a written report to
the DoS at the conclusion of each program.

**Exchange Visitor Database (EVDBe)**

The International Visitor Leadership Program's administrative database.

**National Council for International Visitors (NCIV)**

The NCIV is a national network of individual members, national program
agencies, and approximately 95 community-based organizations throughout
the United States. These non-profit groups design and implement
professional programs and provide cultural activities and home
hospitality opportunities for foreign leaders, specialists, and
international scholars. DoS and NPAs rely on these community-based
affiliates of NCIV to develop and implement programs throughout the
country as local hosts of International Visitors.

**National Program Agencies (NPA)**

IVL programs are developed by public and private nonprofit organizations
called National Program Agencies. These organizations coordinate the
programs based on themes proposed by ECA/PE/V or DoS overseas missions.
Organizations receiving cooperative agreements through the assistance
award competition will become National Programming Agencies.

**Office of International Visitors (ECA/PE/V)**

The Office of International Visitors, Bureau of Educational and Cultural
Affairs, is divided into four divisions: Regional Programs,
Multi-Regional Programs, Voluntary Visitors, and Community Resources.
The Regional and Voluntary Visitor divisions are organized into
geographic areas.