2326 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 11 / Thursday, January 18, 2007 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 5674] 

Determination Pursuant to the Darfur 

Peace and Accountability Act Related 

to the Provision of Military Assistance 

in Support of a Southern Sudan 

Security Sector Transformation 

Program (SST) 

Pursuant to the authority vested in me 

by the laws of the United States, 

including Section 8(d) of the Darfur 

Peace and Accountability Act (Pub. L. 

109–344) and the Presidential 

Delegation of Authority in E.O. 13412, 

I hereby: 

—Determine that the provision of non-lethal 

military equipment and related defense 

services (hereafter ‘‘assistance’’) to the 

Government of Southern Sudan for the 

purpose of constituting a professional 

military force is in the national security 

interests of the United States; and 

—Authorize, notwithstanding any other 

provision of law, for Fiscal Years 2007 and 

2008, the provision of any such items 15 days 

after notification of this determination. 

This determine covers the provision 

of all such non-lethal assistance, 

including vehicles and communications 

equipment; power generation; facilities 

construction/renovation; training and 

technical assistance; recommendations 

for force structure, training, equipment, 

infrastructure and resource 

management; military advisers; and the 

provision of other non-lethal defense 

articles and related defense services in 

support of military reform in Sothern 

Sudan, including support to the Sudan 

People’s Liberation Movement, 

appropriate for the aforementioned 

purpose. 

You are hereby authorized and 

directed to report this determination to 

Congress and publish it in the Federal 

Register. 

Dated: January 2, 2007. 

Condoleezza Rice, 

Secretary of State, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. E7–630 Filed 1–17–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–26–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 5673] 

Bureau of Educational and Cultural 

Affairs (ECA) Request for Grant 

Proposals: Turkish Student Teacher 

Internship Project 

Announcement Type: New 

Cooperative Agreement. 

Funding Opportunity Number: ECA/ 

A/S/X–07–02. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Number: 00.000. 

Key Dates: Application Deadline: 

March 21, 2007. 

Executive Summary: The Office of 

Global Educational Programs of the 

Bureau of Educational and Cultural 

Affairs announces an open competition 

for the Turkish Student Teacher 

Internship Project. U.S. public and 

private universities meeting the 

provisions described in Internal 

Revenue Code section 26 U.S.C. 

501(c)(3) may submit proposals to 

administer an eight-week professional 

development program for graduate 

students of education from Turkey 

beginning in January 2008. The focus of 

the program is to familiarize 

participants with U.S. student-centered 

teaching methods and the use of 

technology in the classroom. The 

exchange experience should also give 

Turkish participants an in-depth 

experience of American life and culture 

and contribute to mutual understanding 

between Turkey and the United States. 

The program should include both a 

theoretical component, provided 

through professional development 

seminars in an academic setting, and a 

practical component, provided through 

practice teaching experience under the 

guidance of experienced mentor 

teachers in local school districts. 

Interested organizations should indicate 

strong contacts with local U.S. school 

districts in order to provide the practical 

student-teaching component, as well as 

a demonstrated ability to conduct a 

substantive academic program. Host 

schools for internships may be public, 

private, magnet or charter schools, and 

should exemplify best practices. 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Authority 

Overall grant making authority for 

this program is contained in the Mutual 

Educational and Cultural Exchange Act 

of 1961, as amended, Public Law 87–

256, also known as the Fulbright-Hays 

Act. The purpose of the Act is ‘‘to 

enable the Government of the United 

States to increase mutual understanding 

between the people of the United States 

and the people of other countries * * *; 

to strengthen the ties which unite us 

with other nations by demonstrating the 

educational and cultural interests, 

developments, and achievements of the 

people of the United States and other 

nations * * * and thus to assist in the 

development of friendly, sympathetic, 

and peaceful relations between the 

United States and the other countries of 

the world.’’ The funding authority for 

the program above is provided through 

legislation. 

Purpose 

The Turkish Student Teacher 

Internship Project will bring forty 

graduate student teachers of education 

from Bilkent University and other 

universities in Turkey to the U.S. to 

learn about student-centered teaching 

and technology in the classroom. 

Approximately twenty-six participants 

will be enrolled in a two-year Master’s 

in Teacher Education program, a 

Teaching English as a Foreign Language 

program, or other innovative degree 

programs which train high school level 

teachers of other subjects to use studentcentered teaching methods. Most of the 

students will have completed one year 

of M.A.-level academic work before 

beginning the program in the U.S. The 

English-speaking student teachers will 

be selected by the Commission for 

Educational Exchange between the 

U.S.A. and Turkey (Fulbright 

Commission) in coordination with the 

U.S. Embassy in Turkey. At least twelve 

of the participants will come from 

universities other than Bilkent 

University. Some of these other students 

may be upper-level undergraduate 

students with strong English language 

skills, subject field knowledge, and a 

background in education. The group 

will demonstrate diversity in terms of 

their home regions in Turkey, gender, 

and socio-economic background, and 

will prepare to teach in the subject 

fields of English as a Foreign Language, 

Turkish language and literature, 

mathematics, history, and biology. 

Following their program, the students 

will return to their home institutions for 

additional graduate study before starting 

careers as high school teachers in 

Turkey. 

This program is designed to assist 

young Turkish educators who will 

prepare students to live in an 

increasingly interdependent world, and 

to provide these educators with an indepth exchange experience in the 

United States. It is intended that this 

experience will provide a basis for 

continuing contact with American 

counterparts in order to promote mutual 

understanding between the two 

countries. 

Guidelines 

The eight-week program should 

provide participants with thorough 

exposure to student-centered teaching 

approaches and the use of technology in 

American schools and a substantive 

cultural/educational exchange 

experience in the United States. The 

cooperating institution will, in 

collaboration with representatives of the 

Fulbright Commission, U.S. Embassy, 


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