DUSHANBE, August 6, 2008, Asia-Plus — Ten specialists in city planning from the Sughd and Khatlon province are retuning from travel to the United State on August 9, according to the ACCELS (American Councils for International Education) Dushanbe Office.
They have had a three-week practical training in the city of Jackson, Mississippi.
The program offered home stay-based, three-week practical training opportunities in the United States for business and professional organization leaders from Tajikistan to exchange ideas and experiences related to city planning issues. The professional group traveled to the U.S. in July.
The USAID-funded Community Connections Program provides an important opportunity for American people and people from across Central Asia to work together to address common professional challenges while expanding their social and cultural understanding. As business and professional communities of both countries become integrated, opportunities for positive relations between American people and the people from Central Asia are increasingly important.
The Community Connections Program is one of the many assistance projects implemented in Tajikistan by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on behalf of the American people. Since 1993 the American people through USAID have provided about $300 million in assistance programs that support economic growth, democratic institutions, health care, and education systems of Tajikistan.
