🚀 The 3rd Young Professional Internships Program Cohort successfully presented at the End of Program Capstone!

🗓 On August 25th, the 3rd cohort of the Young Professional Internships Program successfully completed their internship and professional development program with an End of Program Capstone! During the capstone ceremony, participants were joined by their mentors and host companies. Adrian Erlinger, an early proponent of the YPIP program and current Ideation Project Lead at Project T, served as the capstone moderator. Harris Lipscomb, Public Diplomacy Officer at the U.S. Embassy Tashkent, and William O'Roark, American Councils Country Director, offered congratulatory remarks to the YPIP participants.

🎓 From June - August 2023, 35 talented students and recent graduates from across Uzbekistan engaged in enriching internship experiences at various Tashkent-based companies. The participants had the privilege of attending a series of captivating professional and career development events during their time on program.

🏭 This transformative experience empowered participants to build and hone professional skills while expanding their network through collaboration with local mentors and host companies.

🎉 American Councils for International Education offers a heartfelt congratulations to the Young Professional Internship Program (YPIP) Cohort 3 alumni for the hard work, dedication, and energy they showed on program working to achieving their professional goals! American Councils is confident that your future career paths will be promising and yield incredible accomplishments.

Young Professional Internships Program (YPIP) is funded by the US Embassy Tashkent and implemented by American Councils for International Education.

C5+O.N.E. Cohort One Successfully Completes Trimester One.

We are pleased to announce the successful completion of Trimester One for our esteemed participants in Tashkent, Nukus, and Khiva. The last day of classes for Trimester One took place during the week of September 11-15.

Throughout Trimester One, dedicated professionals in the field of energy and environment engaged in 60 hours of intensive language training. These classes focused on developing essential skills in communicative competence in English, following the principles of Communicative Language Teaching (CLT). We are delighted to see the progress made by all participants during this period.

We extend our congratulations to all Cohort One participants including our Classroom Teachers for their dedication and hard work in successfully completing Trimester One.
Trimester Two is scheduled to commence on September 25.

Stay tuned for more updates and information regarding C5+O.N.E.

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⚡️USAID/Uzbekistan Youth Employment Skills (YES) in cooperation with the Ministry of Preschool and School Education of Uzbekistan (MoPSE)/ Republican Education Center (REC), is developing a new curriculum on economics and entrepreneurship for the students of 8-11 grades. In this regard, YES regularly visits the pilot schools in Fergana to explore strategies for nurturing entrepreneurial thinking amongst students. Through YES, USAID builds the capacity of MoPSE in delivering impactful economics and entrepreneurship curriculum and teaching and learning materials aiming at empowering the youth to achieve greater economic independence and establish a solid foundation for their future.

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⚡️USAID/Uzbekistan Youth Employment Skills (YES) organized a series of meetings with representatives of the Barkamol Avlod centers of the Ministry of Preschool and School Education of Uzbekistan (MoPSE) to discuss launching after school business clubs and recruiting mentors and students, setting up the classrooms, and processes for training. Following the meetings, YES facilitated a training for a group of master trainers who will then carry out a local-level mentor training program. ℹ️Through YES, USAID strengthens the capacity of the Barkamol Avlod centers to implement high-quality business clubs which improve soft and work readiness skills. The goal is to enhance the employability of the youth and facilitate their transition into the labor market of Uzbekistan.

🔗For more information on the YES activity in Uzbekistan, please visit: https://www.americancouncils.org/programs/uzbekistan-youth-employment-skills-yes-activity?fbclid=IwAR1J6Xud8YAhI0ooWZwdfBTuWFJoNq6JxRPfzwAz_enyjd5nuY9Kt1E3ifY