Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs | Promoting Mutual Understanding

The State Department wants to help you learn a foreign language

The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs is pleased to announce the launch of a new website, Languages.State.Gov.

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Law Enforcement and Experts Team-Up to Combat Cultural Property Trafficking

On August 12, 2020, a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a new public-private partnership was signed.

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ECA celebrates the Americans with Disabilities Act 30th Anniversary!

ECA is committed to including persons with disabilities as exchange program participants and to advancing disability rights.

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Fortune-U.S. Department of State Global Women's Mentoring Partnership

This month, talented, emerging women leaders from 11 countries began the 15th annual Fortune-U.S. Department of State Global Women’s Mentoring Partnership.

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