The Institute for Representative Government is to conduct a program on the American political system, democratic principles and values for delegations of parliamentarians from China, Mozambique, Kazakhstan, and Morocco. The Institute for Training and development is to implement programming with the Academy of Political Culture, Russia, to educate government officials, media representatives, NGO activists and professionals in the Tver Oblast regarding democratic governance and accountability. Intensive academic seminar to promote better understanding abroad of the principles and institutions of constitutional government. This project is to promote more effective and transparent local governments with greater citizen participation in Mali and Senegal. African community leaders are to spend two weeks in New England for training workshops and site visits of government and NGOs in action.
American specialists are also to travel to the target countries for two weeks to conduct workshops.
The representatives will be brought to the United States for a three-week training program. This includes two weeks of training conducted by representatives from DTA and during the third week a visit to New York City. Various cultural activities will be offered in Washington, D.C., and New York City. The project will send American faculty to teach a Masters Program of Public Administration at the Georgian Institute of Public Administration in Tbilisi, Georgia. The National Academy also will offer U.S.-based training for the director of the Georgian Institute and training for the librarian.