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February 6, 2013
 Interested in hosting one of the world's best and brightest global community leaders? Community Solutions is now accepting Host Interest Forms from U.S. organizations through the end of April. |
February 5, 2013
 Who are some of the leading African male gender experts? Who is developing sustainable energy in Bangladesh? How can I get in touch with conflict resolution practitioners in the Middle East? IREX’s new web feature answers those questions and more. It’s a searchable, digital repository of every participant in the Community Solutions Program. |
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February 1, 2013
 Nine professional journalists and university lecturers from Azerbaijan, awarded a media fellowship by IREX, are on a study tour in the United States of America. They are learning about online news platforms and social media to inform new media courses they will teach upon returning home. |
February 1, 2013
Heisenberg's famous uncertainty theory in quantum physics states that either the location or the speed of an object can be determined but not both simultaneously. That’s the way some think about development today. People can’t figure out where we are and don’t know how fast we’re moving. As IREX celebrates its 45th year, we offer a perspective that could help. |
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January 29, 2013
 IREX is pleased to announce Mr. Fernando Barragan as its new Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Barragan hails from Bolivia and most recently worked as Treasurer of Chemonics International. He started his international development career with Peace Corps in Bolivia and has served in long term international assignments in Egypt and El Salvador as well. He has an MBA from a joint program with the Harvard Institute for International Development and the Universidad Catolica Boliviana. |
January 17, 2013
 Recently, IREX met with over thirty multinational and local companies operating in Iraq to gauge their needs and solicit their suggestions for reforming higher education. Here is what we heard: |
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January 14, 2013
 The Teachers for Global Classrooms (TGC) Program is now accepting applications from qualified U.S. middle and high school teachers for professional development grant opportunity to internationalize teaching and learning in their classes. Application materials and complete eligibility information is available online. Deadline to apply is Monday March 4, 2013 at 11:59pm Eastern Time. |
January 10, 2013
 When the Syrian regime shot its first bullet at peaceful demonstrators on March 18, 2011 in Daraa, it lost its legitimacy and became a burden on the country, the people, the region, and the world. Democratic transition for Syria will happen. It is only the timeline that is unclear. |
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January 9, 2013
 Stacey Padilla, a student at Maryville College in Tennessee, and 2011 Global UGRAD alumna Aidai Kozhalieva from Kyrgyzstan partnered to enrich the lives of Kyrgyz children in the rural village of Ananievo. After two weeks of learning English and participating in theater workshops in the Ananievo Children’s Theatre (ACT) summer camp, children traveled to the American University of Central Asia in Bishkek. There they performed Pushing up the Sky, a Native American play about working together despite cultural differences to overcome a shared problem. |
January 9, 2013
 As a Muskie fellow at Iowa State University, Daniiar Osmanaliev studied management and accounting in the university’s MBA program. Since completing his Muskie fellowship in 2008, Osmanaliev has been a leader in developing the financial profession in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Osmanaliev recently reflected on the importance of standards in the financial disciplines and on the influence of his Muskie experience on his career. |
