Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs partners with Yale University in New Haven, CT to develop a better understanding of the organizational capabilities and structural design that allow police forces to be more effective, resilient, and more trusted by the citizens they serve. Yale trained 833 Mexican police professionals in 2018 on procedural justice and how to have productive interactions with citizens.
– More: http://www.yale.edu
INL has partnered with the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) to operate the INL International Corrections Management Training Center since 2011. In 2018, the CDOC trained over 20 countries on a range of correctional topics such as Correctional Institution Management, Prisoner Transport, First Line Leadership and Management of Female Offenders.
– More: https://www.colorado.gov/cdoc/
Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs
Researchers from the University of Connecticut, and Yale University received grants from the OES-supported U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF) for joint research projects with Israeli scientists. Selected through a peer-reviewed process, the BSF research funding advances our bilateral relationship and shared scientific priorities.
– More: http://www.bsf.org.il/
A company from Connecticut received a grant from the OES-supported U.S.-Israel Binational Industrial Research and Development Foundation (BIRD) for a joint venture with an Israeli company. Selected through a competitive process, the BIRD funding generates mutually beneficial cooperation between U.S. and Israeli companies.
A researcher from the University of Connecticut received a grant from the U.S.-Egypt Science and Technology Joint Fund for research projects with Egyptian scientists. Selected through a peer-reviewed process, the Joint Fund enables American scientists to conduct high impact research in the fields of agriculture, energy, health, and water and promotes U.S. – Egypt science and technology cooperation.
– More: http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/Egypt/pga_156529
Atlantic salmon, once native to rivers throughout New England, are critically endangered in the United States. Given their extensive range in the North Atlantic, the recovery of these salmon requires both domestic and international action. The North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization, (NASCO) promotes the conservation, restoration, enhancement, and rational management of salmon stocks across the North Atlantic Ocean through international cooperation, where OES/OMC is represented on the U.S. delegation. In coordination with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, OES/OMC works through NASCO to promote conservation, scientific research, and minimize impacts on U.S.-origin Atlantic salmon caught in foreign fisheries.
– More: http://www.nasco.int/
2019 will be the focal year of the International Year of the Salmon (IYS), a joint North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization (NASCO) and the North Pacific Anadromous Fisheries Commission (NPAFC) initiative to raise awareness on the importance of wild salmon and support research to restore and maintain sustainable populations. OES has supported IYS through voluntary contributions to NASCO and NPAFC in recent years. The Department works with nine domestic non-governmental organizations, which place refugees with more than 325 affiliates in roughly 190 communities around the country. These local affiliates work closely with community partners, congregations, volunteers, and state and local officials to provide a successful start for refugees rebuilding their lives. Refugee communities have historically enhanced the economic dynamism and cultural vitality of our nation. Refugees contribute to the United States in numerous ways, including by starting businesses and joining the U.S. military. This program helps the world’s most vulnerable refugees find permanent homes, and it demonstrates the immense generosity of the American people. (Source: Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration)
– More: https://2017-2021.state.gov/bureaus-offices/under-secretary-for-civilian-security-democracy-and-human-rights/bureau-of-population-refugees-and-migration/
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
42 emerging leaders studied or participated in a fellowship in Connecticut on one of the Young Leaders Initiatives.
– More: https://exchanges.state.gov
Office of Global Partnerships
Yale University is part of the Diplomacy Lab network led by the Office of Global Partnerships. Diplomacy Lab is a public-private partnership that enables the State Department to "course-source" research and innovation related to foreign policy challenges by harnessing the efforts of students and faculty experts at universities across the country.
– More: http://diplomacylab.org/
Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
In Fiscal Year 2017, the Bureau of Consular Affairs issued visas to 35 children who were adopted by U.S. citizens from Connecticut. Intercountry adoption is one CA's highest priorities. CA's Office of Children’s Issues plays an active role in the intercountry adoption process and works diligently to establish and maintain intercountry adoption as a viable option throughout the world.
– More: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/Intercountry-Adoption/adopt_ref/adoption-statistics.html
Bureau of Diplomatic Security
Diplomatic Security New York Field Office serves Connecticut: Diplomatic Security has offices throughout the United States staffed with special agents and contract investigators, who conduct criminal, counterterrorism and background investigations. Agents assigned to field and resident offices assist in providing support to the protection of the Secretary of State, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, and visiting foreign dignitaries. Liaison with federal and local law enforcement, foreign mission personnel, local officials, and the private sector complements their major responsibilities.
– More: https://2017-2021.state.gov/bureaus-offices/under-secretary-for-management/bureau-of-diplomatic-security/
Japan’s Indeed, Inc., an online job search firm, in July 2017 announced plans to add 500 jobs over the next several years, boosting its Stamford workforce to 1,200 employees. Connecticut hosted 4,828 foreign physicians, teachers, camp counselors, au pairs and others as part of work and study-based Exchange Visitor Program. (Source: Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs)
– More: https://j1visa.state.gov/basics/facts-and-figures/
Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs
The Department of State, in partnership with agencies across the federal government, creates jobs for American workers by opening markets and eliminating trade barriers overseas and by attracting foreign direct investment to the United States. In 2018, goods exported totaled $17.3 billion. Those exports supported approximately 65,100 Connecticut jobs (2016) and foreign direct investment into Connecticut supports an additional 105,300 jobs (2016).
– More: https://www.trade.gov/mas/ian/statereports/states/ct.pdf
The Thomas R. Pickering and Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Fellowship Programs encourage applications from minority groups historically underrepresented in the U.S. Foreign Service, women, and those with financial need. Each fellowship provides financial assistance towards the completion of a two year master’s degree in a field related to the Foreign Service, academic funding, mentorship and two internships – one in the U.S. and the other abroad at a U.S. Embassy or Consulate. Fellows commit to a minimum of five years in the Foreign Service. Currently, there are 15 active participants from the state of Connecticut.
– More: http://www.global.howard.edu/ralph-j-bunche/fellowship/
Education
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
31 Scholars, Students and Teachers from Connecticut were awarded a Fulbright Scholarship, and 73 international students received a Fulbright to study in Connecticut.
– More: https://eca.state.gov/fulbright
136 exchange visitors from overseas visited Connecticut and 146 Connecticut residents travelled overseas as part of the Department’s educational and cultural exchange funded programs.
– More: https://exchanges.state.gov/
Bureau of Global Talent Management
Diplomat-in-Residence (Philip Beekman): Diplomats in Residence (DIRs) are career Foreign Service Officers or Specialists located throughout the U.S. who provide guidance and advice to students, professionals and the community about Department careers.
– More: http://careers.state.gov/connect/dir
The University of Connecticut, Instituto de Ciencia Animal (Cuba), Universidad Agraria de La Habana (Cuba), Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Agrícolas (Cuba), and the Centro Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria (Cuba) are working together to create a new program for students to undertake field-based research and advance their bi-cultural collaboration in the economic, environmental, and societal issues that affect agriculture production and food security in the United States and Cuba. This partnership is part of the 100,000 Strong in the Americas Innovation Fund, the dynamic public/private sector collaboration between the U.S. Department of State, Embassies, NGOs, companies, and foundations that inspires U.S. universities and colleges in the United States to team up with higher education institutions in the rest of the Western Hemisphere region.
– More: https://www.100kstrongamericas.org/
The U.S. Fulbright Commission has awarded scholarships to 30 Peruvians to travel to the United States to participate in different programs at 24 U.S. universities. One Fulbright graduate student began a two-year law program at Yale University in 2016.
– More: http://www.fulbright.pe/
Sacred Heart University is partnering with Universidad Rafael Landivar (Guatemala) to connect Health Science students from both institutions and engage with them through their study of the global health challenges in the U.S. and Guatemala for a semester. This partnership is part of the 100,000 Strong in the Americas Innovation Fund, the dynamic public/private sector collaboration between the U.S. Department of State, Embassies, NGOs, companies, and foundations that inspires U.S. universities and colleges in the United States to team up with higher education institutions in the rest of the Western Hemisphere region.
– More: http://www.100kstrongamericas.org/
