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This is an archived USAID document retained on this web site as a matter of public record.
USAID Program Brings Macedonia Education Experts to Seattle
U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
PRESS RELEASE
WASHINGTON, DC 20523
PRESS OFFICE
http://www.usaid.gov
(202) 712-4320
2002-136
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 9, 2002Contact: USAID Press Office
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - Local education experts from Macedonia arrived in Seattle, Washington on December 8 for a week-long study tour to the United States sponsored by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). A team of four education consultants will be visiting Seattle, Washington from December 8 to December 13, 2002 to examine various alternatives in the education sector and to exchange ideas and concepts with educational counterparts in the United States. The team members chosen for this program are all well-known experts in the field of educational reform in Macedonia.
The study tour has been organized by the Washington-based non-government organization World Learning through a training program designed by Global Education Services. The agenda for the trip includes visits to traditional secondary schools, vocational schools, and career skill centers in Seattle. It will also review business-oriented education reform initiatives and career training and technical opportunities in a variety of job sectors. The participants will learn how schools can market their students and how the private sector can support the school system. They will also observe model high schools participating in career curriculum reform. Prior to the U.S. trip, the team visited Slovenia from December 2 to December 6, 2002 to examine education models that have successfully adapted to evolving market labor demands.
"Using the expertise of local consultants provides an excellent opportunity for capacity building while undergoing a transition to a market-based economy," said Dick Goldman, USAID Macedonia Mission Director. "Improved education programs will focus directly on preparing the youth of Macedonia for the twenty-first century."
USAID assistance to Macedonia in 2002 has totaled nearly $50 million. USAID's mission in Macedonia is presently administering an education reform program to assist Macedonia's Education Ministry in developing programs to assist the youth in finding private sector employment. This effort will improve the quality of high school education, increase access to education and enhance decision making at the local level. A workforce element to the program will target those most affected by the transition to a market-based economy while better linking to the private sectors those students who leave school without graduating.
U.S. Agency for International Development is the government agency that has provided humanitarian assistance and economic development worldwide for more than 40 years.
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