1. The U.S. Department of State’s Global Sports Mentoring Program Receives Peace and Sport’s “Diplomacy Action of the Year Award”

   On October 18, the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs’ Sports Diplomacy Division received the prestigious “Diplomacy Action of the Year Award” from Peace and Sport, an NGO based in Monaco devoted to sport for social change, at the organization’s annual forum in Rhodes, Greece.

2. Sports Visitor Program Promotes Disability Rights

   State Department and U.S. Embassy Brasilia focused its Sports Visitor program on people with disabilities.

3. U.S. Sports Envoy Talks Mental Health during COVID-19

   The COVID-19 global pandemic has placed health at the forefront of everyday conversations around the world.

4. Sports Diplomacy Scores!

   A recent evaluation of ECA’s sports diplomacy programs, covering the years 2002-2009.

5. International Sports Delegates from Belgium Visit the U.S.

   The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs’ (ECA) Sports Diplomacy Division brought 12 adaptive martial arts coaches and administrators to the U.S. from Belgium for the Sports Visitor Program.

6. Dr. Jill Biden and Billie Jean King Headline Ten-Year Celebration of Department of State-espnW Global Sports Mentoring Program and the 50th Anniversary of Title IX

   The U.S. Department of State-espnW Global Sports Mentoring Program (GSMP) celebrated its 10-year anniversary with a slate of programming and events to cap a decade of international efforts by the State Department and its partners to strengthen society by empowering women and girls through sport.

7. A Global Match: American Mentors Empower Women Leaders in Sports

   The Global Sports Mentoring Program (GSMP) continues to pair emerging women leaders from around the world with women sports executives as the flagship component of State Department’s Empowering Women and Girls through Sports initiative.

8. Virtual Sports Visitor Program Connects Coaches and Administrators from Ten Countries

   Last month, the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs’ (ECA) Sports Diplomacy Division hosted a virtual Sports Visitor Program (SVP) with participation from approximately 60 soccer coaches and sports administrators from ten countries including Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Burma, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Kitts and Nevis, Israel, and Nicaragua.

9. ECA’s Virtual Sports Visitor Alumni Summit Connects Youth from 18 Countries around the Globe

   This month, the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs’ (ECA) Sports Diplomacy Division, in conjunction with FHI 360, kicked off its Virtual Sports Visitor Youth Alumni Summit with participation from approximately 40 youth athlete alumni representing 18 countries around the world.

10. I Call the Shots! - Sports Diplomacy Empowers Female Referees

    Fourteen female basketball officials from Mexico joined counterparts in the U.S. for professional development and women’s empowerment workshops.

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