International Institute 50th Anniversary Brochure

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Professional Development and Educational Exchanges

The International Institute designs and administers exchange programs or oreign governments,

international and non-governmental organizations, and groups. Programs may include orientations,

meetings, workshops, seminars, and site visits. Our goal is to oer participants the opportunity to

interact and share best practices with their counterparts.

Working With Us

Multiple Delivery Methods

On-site in U.S. or overseas

U.S.-based, at Washington, D.C. headquarters

or anywhere in the U.S.

Third-country location

Online distance learning platorm

Blended approach using one or more modalities

Contract Vehicles

Graduate School USA is approved under categories874.2, 874.3, 874.4, and 874.8 o the General Services

Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule 874, MissionOriented Business Integrated Services (MOBIS). Our contractis GS-10F-0228P.

International Visitor LeadershipProgram

The International Institute administers the InternationalVisitor Leadership Program as one o seven national programagencies designated by the U.S. Department o State. Wedesign short-term visits or current and uture leaders romaround the world to exchange ideas and share best practices

with their U.S. counterparts in numerous felds.

Open World

Congressionally unded, the Open World brings decisionmakers rom Russia, Ukraine, and selected Eurasian countriesto meet with their American counterparts in legislative,education, NGO, health, accountable governance, and otherareas. Participants live with American amilies and go through a10-day intensive proessional program to learn frsthand abouttheir proessional areas in the U.S. and democracy in action

Taiwan Leadership Program

The International Institute hosts senior ofcials romTaiwan or an intensive two-week program on Leadershipin a Democratic Society. The delegates spend time withcongressional leaders, think tanks, NGOs, and several U.S.government agencies, with the goal o sharing best practices.

Egypt: Forward

As a subcontractor to IESC, Graduate School USA wasawarded a contract by the U.S. Trade and Development

Agency (USTDA) to organize two site visits as part o Egypt:Forward, the frst major United States-Egypt event since thetransormative changes o January 2011. Egypt: Forwardbrings together nearly 50 leading Egyptian policy makers and

private sector executives or a two-day orum in Washington,

DC. The orum provides an unprecedented opportunity toencourage increased trade and commercial ties between theUnited States and Egypt. Following the orum, Egyptiandelegates divide into groups to conduct our simultaneoussite visits ocused on the energy, ICT, transportation, andagribusiness sectors. Graduate School USA will organize theenergy and transportation site visits to Houston and New

York City, respectively.

Chinese Study Tours

The International Institute partners with U.S. and Chineseinstitutions to organize proessional programs or participantslocated throughout China to share best practices with theirU.S. counterparts in numerous felds.

China Teacher Program

The International Institute and F & S International havepartnered to oer teaching opportunities in China. Recentcollege graduates can choose to spend either fve or ten monthsteaching elementary, middle, or high school.


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Capacity Building

With experience working with more than 100 countries, access to approximately 800 learning programs

and courses, and a multilingual sta, the International Institute has the ability to quickly develop

customized programs.

Acquisition and International Procurement

Budgeting

Cross-Cultural Communications and

Personal Eectiveness

Economics

Entrepreneurship, Business, and Marketing

Environmental Management

Financial Management, Auditing and Accounting

Foreign Languages and English as a Second Language

Human Resources Management

Inormation Technology Leadership and Management

Project Management, Analysis, and Risk Assessment

Security

United States Agency for International

Development

Since 2000, the Institute has worked closely with USAID todevelop and deliver training programs worldwide or USAIDpersonnel. Using the Schools extensive curriculum, trainingprograms have been customized and delivered or more than2,000 USAID employees. Examples o customized courses includeFinancial and Audit Management, Audit Reporting, and Detection ofFraud.

United States Department of Defense

Utilizing the extensive curriculum oerings o Graduate SchoolUSA, the International Institute develops and delivers trainingprograms to U.S. Department o Deense institutions across theglobe, including in Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, Guam, andthe United Kingdom.

Millennium Challenge Corporation

As part o the Booz Allen Hamilton team, the InternationalInstitute provides capacity building needs assessments, trainingand development, and related short-term support services to theMCC, Governments o Foreign Countries, Accountable Entities,and other related entities in response to task assignments issuedpursuant to an Indefnite Delivery/Indefnite Quantity Contract.

The United States Trade and

Development Agency

Graduate School USA partnered with the International ExecutiveService Corps (IESC) as a subcontractor on an IndefniteQuantity Contract (IQC) issued by the United States Trade andDevelopment Agency (USTDA). Under the IQC, GraduateSchool USA and IESC will be eligible to bid on Request orProposals to conduct reverse trade missions, conerences and

workshops, training, and outreach activities, and provide supporttechnical assistance and documentation or developing andmiddle-income countries. The contract covers a fve-year period.

Organization of American States

The International Institute provides ongoing services in supporto the Organization o American States mission o democracyor peace, security, and development. These services includeneeds assessments, training programs, consulting services, andproessional presentations.

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Health

Graduate School USA now oers health degrees and certifcate programs. These programs can be

customized and delivered to individuals or groups. The goal o the program is to provide high-quality

healthcare training to participants so they may apply these skills to improve the health o individuals in

their communities. Programs include: Medical Laboratory Technician Associate o Applied Science Degree

and Phlebotomy Technician Certifcate.


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Governance

In partnership with governments and institutions, Graduate School USA works to build institutional

capacity so governments are responsive, transparent, and accountable to their citizens.

Island Training Program

This U.S. Department o Interior-unded project providesresults-oriented proessional and organizational development

services that enable U.S.-afliated insular governmentsto strengthen fnancial and program perormance andaccountability, achieve fscal stability, and promote economicgrowth. To learn more about the Island Training Program,please visit www.pitiviti.org.

Jamaica

The International Institute and the Management Instituteor National Development (MIND) ormed a partnershipto deliver a management analysis training program tothe Government o Jamaica. Twenty-seven participants,representing the Cabinet ofce, attended a six-month

program. The International Institute and MIND workedtogether on assessing participants training needs, customizingand developing curriculum, delivering courses, and conductingmid-term and fnal term assignments. All courses took placeat the MIND training acilities in Kingston, Jamaica. Uponcompletion o the program, each participant received a jointcertifcate o accomplishment in management analysis romthe International Institute and MIND.

Governments and Local Institutions

The International Institute has developed partnershipswith institutions worldwide to develop educational products

and services or central, regional, and local governments.The International Institute works with local institutions inconducting needs assessments; developing curriculum, anddelivering training programs; educational exchanges; anddistance learning programs; and assessing programs.


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Who We Are

At the behest o Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, the global arm o Graduate School USA

was ormalized in 1961 with the creation o its International Institute. The International Institute

provides tailored global programs in the areas o capacity building, proessional development and

educational exchanges, governance, and health that meet the unique needs o its clients.

A&C International Group

Central Personnel Administration,

Republic o China

Federal Experts Bureau o the Peoples

Republic o China

Federated States o Micronesia

Government o Jamaica

International Executive Service Corps

Management Institute or National

Development, Jamaica

Millennium Challenge Corporation

Ministry o Education, Republic o China

Open World Leadership Center

Organization o American States United Nations

United States Trade and Development

Agency (USTDA)

U.S. Agency or International Development (USAID)

U.S. Department o Deense

U.S. Department o State

U.S. Department o the Interior

World Bank

Services

The International Institute delivers customized educational services and perormance solutions to

U.S.-based agencies with global missions; international organizations; the private sector; and NGOs

and governmental institutions worldwide, through mechanisms such as:

Capacity Building

Conerence Support Services

Consultant Services

Distance-Enabled Learning

Governance Programs

Health Programs

Needs Assessments

Organizational Development

Proessional Development and

Educational Exchanges

Program Management

Strategic Planning

Teacher Programs

Training Delivery in Foreign Language

Train-the-Trainer

Translation and Interpretation

Mission

Facilitating international cooperation and understanding through the exchange o knowledge.

Partial Client List


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For urther inormation regarding our programs, please contact

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Tel: 011-86-10-8774-8960

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Graduate School USA is accredited by the Commission o the Council on Occupational Education (COE), a national accrediting body recognized by the Department o Education:

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This nonproft educational institution is an equal opportunity provider.

Graduate School USA prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis o race, color, creed, national origin, age, disability, and where applicable, on the basiso sex or gender, marital status, amilial status, parental status, religion, sexual orientation, genetic inormation, political belies, veterans status, on the basis that all or part o an

individuals income is derived rom any public assistance program, or in reprisal or pursuing rights under any o the above. I you require inormation about this program, activityor acility in a language other than English (or Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.), contact the registrar o Graduate School USA at (888) 744-4723.

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