Activities and Events

International Opportunities

• The Puentes/Bridges program, Nov. 28-Dec. 7, 2008.  The deadline for applications is Aug. 15, 2008.
   
  To read about the program and how to apply go to:
  http://www.uwex.edu/ces/latino/general/puentes.cfm

• The John Ogonowski Farmer to Farmer Program
              Select the Partner Organization to see Current Project Openings.
• ACDI/VOCA
              East Africa (Kenya, Uganda)
              Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia) Russia
  
• Citizens Network for Foreign Affairs (CNFA)
              Western NIS (Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine)
• Florida A & M University
              South Africa
• Land O’ Lakes
              Southern Africa (Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia)
• Opportunities Industrialization Centers International (OCI International)
              West Africa (Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal)
• Partners of the Americas
              Caribbean (Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica)
• Virginia State University
              Eastern Africa (Eritrea, Ethiopia)
• Winrock International
              Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan)
              Russia
              Asia (Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, East Timor, Vietnam)
              Latin America (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Bolivia)
• UW Extension's Farmer to Farmer Guyana Modernization Project
  • Review of Guyana Extension (5 pages, 65 KB)
  • UW Extension Project Comments (2 pages, 11 KB)
  • Phase 1 Trip Report (5 pages, 26 KB)
  • Announcement of First Team (1 page, 8 KB)
  • Team 1 Report - Fall 2007 (9 pages, 55 KB)

Workshops & Conferences

2005 Outreach Scholarship Conference, University of Georgia "Going Global to Enhance Local Engagement" Powerpoint presentation by Mary Crave, Marty Havlovic and JoAnn Hinz (25 pages, 180 KB)

2007 Association for International Agriculture and Extension Education Annual Conference
Consider attending the annual gathering of agriculture and extension educators with international interests.  It is the annual professional conference with opportunities for professional presentations and networking with  colleagues.   http://www.aiaee.org/conferences.html

Internationalizing Cooperative Extension, Sept. 17, 2004
This workshop was supported by a mini-grant from CSREES/USDA and was attended by 45 Extension professionals. The purpose of the day was to begin to clarify what it means to be an international or global Extension organization.

• Case Study Summary of Project (1 page, 20 KB)
• Final Project Report (5 pages, 30 KB)
• Keynote Presentation September 17, 2004 Does the World Matter? Critical Ways of Fostering Global Understandings (16 pages, 60 KB)
  prepared by Binaya Sudedi, Assistant Professor, School of Education -Ohio State University
• Announcement (1 page, 20 KB)
• Final Agenda (1 page, 11 KB)
• Workshop Planning Committee List (1 page, 20 KB)
• Summary Participant Input Evaluation (6 pages, 26 KB)
• Feedback from Participants (5 pages, 30 KB)
  

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