SUBJECT: ECA SEEKS NOMINEES FOR GLOBAL CULTURAL INITIATIVE &LANDMARKS OF AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE8WORKSHOPS SUMMARY: THE CULTURAL PROGRAMS DIVISION (ECA/PE/C/CU) IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE A SECOND YEAR OF THE ECA/ NEH (NATIONAL ENDOWMENTMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES) SUMMER INSTITUTE PROGRAM: LANDMARKS OF AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE. ECA IS NOW INVITING POSTS TO NOMINATE CANDIDATES FOR INNOVATIVE, EXPERIENTIAL ONE-WEEK SEMINARS THAT WILL RUN IN JULY AND AUGUST 2008. THIS INTENSIVE SEMINAR PROGRAM IS FULLY FUNDED BY ECA AND IS DESIGNED FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATORS WITH RESPONSIBILITIES IN CIVICS, SOCIAL STUDIES, JOURNALISM AND RELATED ACADEMIC AREAS. THE PROGRAM IS ALSO OPEN TO OTHER PROFESSIONALS IN THE FIELDS OF EDUCATION, JOURNALISM AND/OR MEDIA. THIS YEAR,S SEMINARS WILL CONSIST OF ONE-WEEK STUDY TOURS FOCUSING ON AMERICAN POLITICAL HISTORY AND CULTURE. POSTS INTENT ON NOMINATING CANDIDATES SHOULD NOTIFY ECA PROGRAM OFFICER JILL STAGGS BY E-MAIL AT STAGGSJJ@STATE.GOV, BY APRIL 24, 2008. FINAL POST NOMINATIONS ARE DUE IN ECA CITIZEN,S EXCHANGE OFFICE BY APRIL 30, 2008. PLEASE SEE SECTION TWO FOR SPECIFIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE NOMINATION PROCESS. ECA WILL NOTIFY POSTS OF PARTICIPANT SELECTIONS BY MAY 9, 2008. SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS, IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT FY08 FUNDS WILL PROVIDE FOR TEN TO FIFTEEN (10-15) PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS. ECA/PE/C/CU SEEKS NOMINATIONS FROM POSTS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO ENSURE TIMELY VISA ISSUANCE BY POSTS. END SUMMARY. 1. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: THE BUREAU OF EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS (ECA) HAS COLLABORATED WITH THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES (NEH) TO PRESENT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR AT LEAST 15 INTERNATIONAL VISITORS TO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN THE 2008 NEH &LANDMARKS OF AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE8 WORKSHOPS. THE ECA/ NEH SUMMER INSTITUTES PROGRAM WILL ENGAGE INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPANTS IN INTENSIVE STUDY AND DISCUSSION OF IMPORTANT TOPICS IN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE. THESE ONE-WEEK ACADEMIES WILL GIVE PARTICIPANTS DIRECT EXPERIENCES IN THE INTERPRETATION OF SIGNIFICANT HISTORICAL SITES AND THE USE OF ARCHIVAL AND OTHER PRIMARY HISTORICAL EVIDENCE. LANDMARKS WORKSHOPS PRESENT EXEMPLARY SCHOLARSHIP ON A SPECIFIC LANDMARK OR RELATED CLUSTER OF LANDMARKS, ENABLING PARTICIPANTS TO GAIN A SENSE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF HISTORICAL PLACES, TO MAKE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN WHAT THEY LEARN IN THE WORKSHOP AND WHAT THEY TEACH, AND TO DEVELOP ENHANCED TEACHING MATERIALS FOR THEIR CLASSROOMS. ECA AND NEH SELECTED SIX INTERESTING WORKSHOPS, BASED ON THEIR SUBJECT MATTER, LOGISTICAL CONVENIENCE, AND TIMELINESS. FURTHER DETAILS ABOUT THE PROGRAMS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE NEH WEBSITE AT HTTP://WWW.NEH.GOV/PROJECTS/LANDMARKS-SCHOOL.HTML. NEH SUMMER INSTITUTES PROVIDES A UNIQUE INTERCULTURAL EXPERIENCE FOR BOTH INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONALS TEACHING HUMANITIES, AND THEIR AMERICAN COUNTERPARTS, TO INTERACT AS THEY LEARN ABOUT U.S. HISTORY AND CULTURE. THE INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPANTS WILL BE JOINING SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS FROM THE U.S. DURING THIS PROGRAM. AT LEAST TEN ECA PARTICIPANTS IN GROUPS OF TWO TO FOUR WILL JOIN GROUPS OF 20-40 AMERICAN K-12 TEACHERS IN MOUNT VERNON, NEW YORK, ATLANTA, PHILADELPHIA, WYOMING, OR MASSACHUSETTS FOR THE PROGRAMS, WHICH RUN FOR FIVE TO SEVEN (5-7) DAYS. IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO JOINING THEIR GROUPS IN THE DESIGNATED LOCATIONS, INTERNATIONAL VISITORS WILL PARTICIPATE IN A THREE-DAY ECA RUN ORIENTATION PROGRAM, IN WASHINGTON, D.C. ALL NOMINEES MUST BE FLUENT IN ENGLISH AND SHOULD DEMONSTRATE STRONG INTEREST IN CONTRIBUTING TO A RELATED AREA OF THE HUMANITIES IN THEIR HOME COUNTRIES. NOMINEES WILL REQUIRE CLASS NAME CHECK CLEARANCE. SEE BELOW (A-E) FOR OFFERED WORKSHOPS. A) &SHAPING THE CONSTITUTION: A VIEW FROM MOUNT VERNON 1783-1789.8 DURING THE PERIOD 1783-1789, GEORGE WASHINGTON,S PLANTATION, MOUNT VERNON, BECAME NOTHING LESS THAN AN INTELLECTUAL CROSSROADS FOR POLITICAL IDEAS THAT HELPED TO SHAPE THE U.S. CONSTITUTION. EACH DAY OF OUR PROGRAM WILL BEGIN WITH AN OVERVIEW OF &THE DAYS VISITORS;8 SELECTED INDIVIDUALS WHO VISITED MOUNT VERNON DURING THE 1780S. LECTURES AND DISCUSSIONS WILL EMPHASIZE THE CENTRAL THEMES OF THE FOUNDING ERA THAT WERE DISCUSSED BY THESE MOUNT VERNON VISITORS: REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT, EQUALITY, LIBERTY, SLAVERY, LIMITED GOVERNMENT, FEDERALISM, COMMERCE, AND FREEDOM OF RELIGION. THE LECTURES AND YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE DISCUSSIONS WILL BROADEN NOT ONLY YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE FOUNDING PERIOD BUT ALSO OF AMERICAN POLITICAL CULTURE IN GENERAL. WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD JULY 28-AUGUST 1, 2008. LOCATION: MOUNT VERNON, ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA. B) &FDR AND THE WORLD CRISIS, 1933-1945: ROOSEVELT AND HYDE PARK.8 UNDERTAKEN FROM THE VANTAGE POINT OF FDR,S BELOVED HYDE PARK THIS WEEK-LONG NEH WORKSHOP WILL OFFER TEACHERS A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE ON ROOSEVELT,S RESPONSE TO THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND WORLD WAR II, WITH A SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON HOW FDR,S RELATIONSHIP TO HIS HOME COMMUNITY INFLUENCED HIS THINKING ABOUT NATIONAL POLICY AND AMERICA,S ROLE IN THE WORLD. WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD JULY 20-25, 2008. LOCATIONS: THE FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM, SPRINGWOOD (FDR'S HOME), TOP COTTAGE (FDR'S RETREAT), AND ELEANOR ROOSEVELT'S VAL-KILL, HYDE PARK, NEW YORK; AND MARIST COLLEGE, POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK C) &THE PROBLEM OF THE COLOR LINE: ATLANTA LANDMARKS AND CIVIL RIGHTS HISTORY.8 WORKSHOP GOALS ARE: TO USE HISTORIC SITES RELATED TO CIVIL RIGHTS EVENTS IN ATLANTA TO TRACE THE HISTORY OF THE COLOR LINE IN TWENTIETH CENTURY AMERICAN HISTORY; TO READ THE WRITINGS OF W.E.B. DU BOIS, BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, AND DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. AND TO LISTEN TO THE VOICES OF CIVIL RIGHTS PROTESTORS AT ASSOCIATED SITES IN ATLANTA; AND TO PROVIDE TEACHERS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP CURRICULUM THAT MAKES USE OF HISTORIC LANDMARKS IN ATLANTA AND RELATED HISTORIC DOCUMENTS TO TEACH THE HISTORY OF THE COLOR LINE AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN 20TH CENTURY AMERICAN HISTORY. JULY 20-26, 2008. LOCATIONS: MARTIN LUTHER KING NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE, THE ATLANTA UNIVERSITY CENTER HISTORIC DISTRICT, THE AUBURN AVENUE LANDMARK DISTRICT, THE FOX THEATER, PIEDMONT PARK*SITE OF THE 1895 COTTON STATES EXPOSITION, THE GEORGIA STATE CAPITOL D) &A REVOLUTION IN GOVERNMENT: PHILADELPHIA, AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, AND THE CONSTITUTION, 1765-1791.8 PHILADELPHIA, THE BIRTHPLACE OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY, WAS THE NATION,S LEADING METROPOLIS IN THE ERA OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. HISTORY IN PHILADELPHIA IS SOMETHING YOU CAN WALK THROUGH. PARTICIPANTS WILL TAKE WALKING-TOURS AND FIELD TRIPS THROUGHOUT INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK. CARPENTERS, HALL, SITE OF THE FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS, AND INDEPENDENCE HALL, BIRTHPLACE OF BOTH THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, ARE AMONG THE FAMOUS LANDMARKS WAITING TO BE EXPLORED. SO ARE LESS WELL-KNOWN SITES, SUCH AS THE GRAFF HOUSE, WHERE JEFFERSON DRAFTED THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, AND THE MARKET STREET ADDRESS WHERE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN,S HOME AND COURTYARD ONCE STOOD. SEMINARS WILL BE CONDUCTED BY LEADING AMERICAN HISTORIANS. WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD JULY 21-25, 2008. LOCATIONS: NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER, INDEPENDENCE HALL, DECLARATION HOUSE, FRANKLIN COURT, CARPENTER'S HALL, AND OTHER HISTORIC SITES IN PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA. E) &WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE ON THE WESTERN FRONTIER.8 THE WORKSHOP PRESENTS PARTICIPANTS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO IMAGINE LIFE IN SOUTH PASS CITY IN 1869, A SMALL GOLD MINING TOWN. THIS WAS THE RESIDENCE FOR BOTH THE LEGISLATOR WHO INTRODUCED THE NEW WYOMING TERRITORY,S WOMEN,S SUFFRAGE BILL AND FOR THE FIRST WOMAN JUSTICE OF THE PEACE IN THE U.S., ESTHER HOBART MORRIS. MORRIS AND HER INVOLVEMENT IN WYOMING,S WOMEN,S SUFFRAGE EFFORT HOLD A CENTRAL PLACE IN OUR HISTORICAL INQUIRY ABOUT WOMEN,S SUFFRAGE ON THE WESTERN FRONTIER. PRESERVED AS A STATE HISTORIC SITE, THE REMOTE LOCATION APPEARS MUCH THE SAME TODAY AS IT WAS IN 1869, NEAR SOUTH PASS NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK, THE PRIMARY ROUTE ON THE OREGON TRAIL, WHERE ALMOST 500,000 PEOPLE PASSED THROUGH A 150-MILE BREAK IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. THE CENTRAL QUESTION THE WORKSHOP WILL ADDRESS IS, &WHY DID THE WEST EMBRACE POLITICAL EQUALITY FOR WOMEN LONG BEFORE THE EAST?8 WORKSHOP HELD JULY 27-AUGUST 1, 2008. LOCATIONS: UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING, SOUTH PASS NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK, SOUTH PASS CITY STATE HISTORIC SITE, AND SITES SURROUNDING LARAMIE AND LANDER, WYOMING. F) &INVENTING AMERICA: LOWELL AND THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION.8 THE INVENTING AMERICA WORKSHOP COMBINES SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS WITH ON-SITE INVESTIGATIONS OF THE CANALS, MILLS, WORKER HOUSING, AND EXHIBITS OF LOWELL NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK AND OF OTHER SITES IN LOWELL'S HISTORIC DISTRICT. IN 1978, CONGRESS CREATED LOWELL NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK, RECOGNIZING &THAT CERTAIN SITES AND STRUCTURES IN LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS, HISTORICALLY AND CULTURALLY THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PLANNED INDUSTRIAL CITY IN THE UNITED STATES, SYMBOLIZE IN PHYSICAL FORM THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION.8 FOUNDED BY BOSTON MERCHANTS IN THE 1820S, LOWELL QUICKLY EMERGED AS THE FOREMOST INDUSTRIAL CITY IN THE UNITED STATES. THESE EARLY INDUSTRIAL CAPITALISTS, AIDED BY SKILLED MECHANICS, BORROWED FROM AND IMPROVED UPON BRITISH ENGINEERING AND MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY, FIRST ON THE CHARLES RIVER IN WALTHAM, MASSACHUSETTS, AND LATER ON A FAR LARGER SCALE IN LOWELL, WHERE THEY CREATED A MASSIVE WATER-POWERED TEXTILE CENTER ON THE MERRIMACK RIVER. WORKSHOP HELD JULY 27-AUGUST 1, 2008. LOCATIONS: LOWELL NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK, OLD STURBRIDGE VILLAGE, AND VARIOUS SITES IN CONCORD, MASSACHUSETTS. 2. NOMINATION PROCESS: MISSION PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTIONS ARE THE PRIMARY CHANNEL FOR NOMINATING INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPANTS FOR THIS PROGRAM. IDEAL CANDIDATES ARE SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS WITH ACADEMIC RESPONSIBILITIES IN CIVICS, SOCIAL STUDIES, WORLD AND/OR U.S. HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, JOURNALISM, OR RELATED FIELD. EQUALLY ACCEPTABLE WOULD BE PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORS WITH A NEED TO INCREASE THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF U.S. HISTORY AND CULTURE INCLUDING JOURNALISTS, TELEVISION REPORTERS, AND DIRECTORS OF HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS. POSTS MAY SUBMIT UP TO FOUR NOMINATIONS, WITH THE FINAL NUMBER OF NOMINATINS PER POST BEING DETERMINED BY ECA AFTER ALL APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. NOMINATIONS SHOULD BE MADE DIRECTLY TO ECA FOLLOWING CLASS NAME CHECK. POSTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REQUEST WORKSHOPS OF INTEREST FOR EACH NOMINEE. POSTS INTERESTED IN NOMINATING CANDIDATES SHOULD NOTIFY ECA PROGRAM OFFICER JILL STAGGS OF THEIR INTENTION VIA E-MAIL AT STAGGSJJ@STATE.GOV, BY APRIL 24, 2008. FINAL NOMINATIONS ARE DUE IN ECA,S CULTURAL PROGRAMS DIVISION BY APRIL 30, 2008. POSTS SHOULD INDICATE PRIORITY ORDER OF CANDIDATES, NOMINATIONS. PLEASE ENSURE THAT EACH NOMINATION INCLUDES: 1.) A C.V./RESUME OUTLINING PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES; 2.) PERSONAL INTERESTS (OPTIONAL); 3.) SHORT STATEMENT ABOUT THE CANDIDATE,S INTEREST IN THE NEH PROGRAM AND RELEVANCE TO HIS OR HER WORK; AND 4.)ANY RESEACH CONDUCTED ON RELEVANT TOPICS (OPTIONAL). ALL PARTICIPANTS IN THE 2008 NEH SUMMER INSTITUTES MUST BE COMFORTABLE WITH CROSS-CULTURAL DYNAMICS AND INTERESTED IN CLOSE INTERACTION WITH OTHER HUMANITIES PROFESSIONALS FROM A MULTIPLICITY OF DIVERSE COUNTRIES AND CULTURES. THEY WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO DEVELOP THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF U.S. HISTORY AND CULTURE, SHARE SIMILIARITIES AND DIFFERENCES OF THEIR HOME COUNTRY AND U.S. SOCIETY, AND WILL FOLLOW-UP WITH ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING IN THEIR HOME COUNTRY TO REACH A WIDER AUDIENCE. NOMINEES MUST BE PROFICIENT IN ENGLISH. WHILE THEY WILL NOT BE EXPECTED TO WRITE EXTENSIVELY IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, THEY MUST HAVE SUFFICIENT COMFORT WITH ORAL AND WRITTEN ENGLISH TO FULLY PARTICIPATE. WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT POSTS VERIFY ENGLISH LEVELS THROUGH AT LEAST A CONVERSATION WITH THEIR NOMINEES. NEH WORKSHOPS RUN FROM THE END OF JULY THROUGH MID-AUGUST. PROSPECTIVE PARTICIPANTS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO BE IN THE U.S. FOR A MINIMUM OF TEN DAYS (DEPENDING ON LENGTH AND LOCATION OF THE WORKSHOP) DURING THIS PERIOD. OUR PROGRAMS WILL INCLUDE THREE-DAY, ECA-SPONSORED ORIENTATIONS IN WASHINGTON DC PRIOR TO THE FIVE-SEVEN DAYS AT ONE OF THE WORKSHOPS (INCLUDING TRAVEL DAYS TO AND FROM THE WORKSHOP LOCATIONS). POSTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO IDENTIFY CANDIDATES WITH MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY AS TO SUBJECT MATTER AND DATES OF TRAVEL. ALL NOMINEES MUST BE WILLING AND ABLE TO OBTAIN A J-1 VISA FOR ENTRY INTO THE U.S., IF SELECTED. NO OTHER TYPE OF VISA IS PERMITTED FOR PARTICIPATION IN THIS PROGRAM. POST SHOULD ALSO CONFIRM CLASS NAME CHECK HAS BEEN DONE PRIOR TO SENDING NOMINATION TO ECA. 3. SELECTION PROCESS: NOMINATIONS WILL INITIALLY BE REVIEWED BY ECA AND NEH. FINAL DETERMINATION OF NUMBER OF PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS WILL BE MADE AFTER ALL APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AND REVIEWED. SHOULD ANY POST NOMINATED CANDIDATES NOT BE SELECTED AS ECA/NEH SPONSORED AND FUNDED PARTICIPANTS, POSTS MAY STILL PROVIDE OUTSIDE FUNDING TO SUPPORT CANDIDATES. 4. COUNTRIES ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE: THIS IS A LIMITED OFFERING CABLE FOR NOMINATIONS, POSTS INCLUDED BY REGION ARE AS FOLLOWS: A. EAP: INDONESIA, MALAYSIA, CHINA, VIETNAM, THAILAND, FIJI B. NEA: ALGERIA, TUNISIA, OMAN, SAUDI ARABIA, YEMEN, WEST BANK C. AF: SOUTH AFRICA, KENYA, CAMEROON, LIBERIA, SIERRA LEONE, MOZAMBIQUE D. EUR: TURKEY, BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA, AZERBAIJAN, BULGARIA, MACEDONIA E. SCA: PAKISTAN, BANGLADESH, INDIA, KYRGYZSTAN, TAJIKISTAN, MALDIVES F. WHA: VENEZUELA, HONDURAS, ECUADOR, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, COLOMBIA, BARBADOS, ARGENTINA.. 5. POST OBLIGATIONS: POST OBLIGATIONS FOR THIS PROGRAM ARE MINIMAL. THEY BEGIN WITH AN EXPRESSION OF INTEREST IN NOMINATING CANDIDATES FOR THE PROGRAM BY APRIL 24, 2008 AND NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES BY APRIL 30, 2008. POSTS ARE REQUESTED TO DO A NAME CHECK ON ALL POTENTIAL CANDIDATES PRIOR TO NOMINATING THEM IN ORDER TO AVOID ANY OBVIOUS SECURITY ISSUES WHICH MAY HINDER OR PREVENT ISSUANCE OF A U.S. VISA. POSTS WILL NEED TO ASSIST ECA WITH THE J-1 VISA PROCESS. THE OFFICE OF CITIZEN EXCHANGES MANAGES THE ISSUANCE OF DS-2019S FOR ALL ITS GRANTEE ORGANIZATIONS. PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS MUST TRAVEL TO THE U.S. WITH A J-1 VISA. POSTS WILL BE REQUIRED TO ASSIST VISA APPLICANTS WITH PREPARATION OF DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED FOR SEVIS ENTRY (TO INCLUDE PASSPORT BIO PAGE). WHEN THE CANDIDATE OF A POST IS SELECTED, THAT POST WILL RECEIVE A TEMPLATE TO BE COMPLETED BY POST, WITH NECESSARY INFORMATION FOR PROCESSING OF DS-2019 FORMS. POST ARE REQUIRED TO RETURN THAT COMPLETED TEMPLATE VIA E-MAIL OR FAX, THE PASSPORT BIO PAGES FOR CANDIDATE, AND ANY OTHER THEN REQUIRED DOCUMENTS, TO ECA/PE/C/CU PROGRAM OFFICER JILL STAGGS, COPY TO MAKARIA GREEN. AFTER PROCESSING, ECA WILL SEND POST COMPLETED DS-2019 FORMS. ECA ALSO REQUESTS THAT POSTS COMMIT TO ACCEPTING RECEIPT OF THESE DS-2019 FORMS, ARRANGING DELIVERY TO/PICK UP BY VISA APPLICANTS, AND LIAISING WITH CONSULAR SECTIONS TO ARRANGE VISA INTERVIEWS AS NEEDED. POSTS MAY CHOSE TO SUBMIT VISA REFERRALS FOR QUALIFYING CANDIDATES. UPON PROGRAM COMPLETION AND RETURN TO HOME COUNTRY, POSTS MAY WISH TO ORGANIZE A LECTURE OR OTHER PUBLIC PROGRAM AT WHICH THE PARTICIPANT CAN DESCRIBE THE PROGRAM AND HIS OR HER EXPERIENCE IN THE U.S.AND OUTCOMES FROM PARTICIPATING IN THE NEH WORKSHOPS. ECA IS IN THE PROCESS OF AWARDING A GRANT TO A U.S. PROGRAMMING AGENCY TO OVERSEE THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE PROGRAM. POSTS IN SOME COUNTRIES WHERE COMMUNICATION AND TRAVEL ARE DIFFICULT MAY ALSO NEED TO ASSIST ECA AND THE PROGRAMMING AGENCY WITH THE PARTICIPANTS' TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS. 6. ACTION REQUEST: BY APRIL 24: INTERESTED PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTIONS ARE ASKED TO EMAIL THEIR INTENTION TO NOMINATE CANDIDATES FOR NEH BY APRIL 24 TO ECA/PE/C/CU PROGRAM OFFICER JILL STAGGS, AT STAGGSJJ@STATE.GOV, WITH COPY TO MAKARIA GREEN AT GREENMN@state.gov. FUTURE COMMUNICATIONS REGARDING THE NEH SUMMER INSTITUTE PROGRAM WILL BE SENT ONLY TO PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTIONS INDICATING THEIR INTENTION TO NOMINATE FOR THE PROGRAM. IN ORDER TO FACILITATE COMMUNICATIONS, RESPONSE EMAILS SHOULD INCLUDE: A. NAME AND TITLE OF THE NEH SUMMER INSTITUTE-DESIGNATED OFFICER AT POST; B. OFFICER'S EMAIL ADDRESS AND NAME OF BACKUP OFFICER AT POST; C. POST'S TELEPHONE NUMBER INCLUDING COUNTRY AND CITY CODES; D. POST'S FAX NUMBER AND SOME INDICATION OF ITS RELIABILITY; E. POST'S APO ADDRESS OR POUCH MAILING ADDRESS, WITH AN INDICATION OF THE TIME IT TAKES TO/FROM THE U.S.; F. POST'S FULL STREET ADDRESS FOR EXPRESS MAIL DELIVERY PURPOSES; G. AN INDICATION OF WHETHER POST IS CAPABLE OF ACCESSING ON A REGULAR BASIS INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL FROM NEH'S WEBSITE. BY APRIL 30: NOMINATION PACKAGES (C.V./RESUME, STATEMENT OF INTEREST, AND OPTIONAL PERSONAL STATEMENT AND RELEVANT RESEARCH) MUST BE RECEIVED BY ECA.