The Legislative Fellows Program (LFP) is sponsored by the U.S. State Department, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. For Georgia, Russia and Ukraine it is administered by American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS.

Official website: http://lfp.americancouncils.org/

Initiated in 2005 under the auspices of the Legislative Education and Practice (LEAP) program, the LFP affords up to 66 promising young professionals from Georgia, Russia, and Ukraine the opportunity to gain practical experience in, and exposure to, United States government. The knowledge and interest of these young Eurasian professionals in American political processes will be expanded through short-term fellowships in state legislatures, city halls, federal offices and NGOs across the United States. In addition, the LFP will enable up to 45 Americans to travel outbound on reciprocal visits. One of the program objectives is to enable Fellows to share their knowledge with peers in Eurasia through a follow-on program in which they will conduct conferences and outreach activities in collaboration with American counterparts. Another unique new feature to the LFP is that it will serve countries outside Eurasia, meaning that American Councils’ Georgian, Russian and Ukrainian Fellows will have an opportunity to learn from their peers around the world (Asia, Africa, etc) during large pan-LFP conference to take place at the end of each program in Washington, D.C. Foreign and domestic participants will be selected through a competitive application process.

For more information on LFP in Moldova:

American Councils for International Education
Kogalniceanu 76 St.
Chisinau, Moldova, MD - 2014
Tel: 373 22 270-766 Fax: 373 22 234 -873
LFP Program Officer
Daniela Munca-Aftenev
Email: daniela@americancouncils.md