1. ECA Launches Cultural Heritage Preservation Online Distance-learning Course in Afghanistan

   A new online training course has launched on cultural heritage site preservation and management.

2. Trafficking in Persons Report Heroes and U.S. Leaders Work to End Human Trafficking

   One of the common misperceptions in identifying the act of human trafficking is the notion that it solely occurs across borders.

3. Red Lists of Antiquities at Risk

   Red Lists of Antiquities at Risk are compact, illustrated booklets designed for customs officials, police officers, museums, art dealers, and collectors, to help them recognize the general types of archaeological, ethnographic, and ecclesiastical objects that have been looted from cultural sites, stolen from museums and churches, and illicitly trafficked.

4. Syria Cultural Heritage Initiative

   The United States strongly supports efforts to preserve Syria’s cultural heritage. Six of Syria’s heritage areas are on UNESCO’s World Heritage List and 12 more have been nominated for inclusion.

5. Future of Babylon Project

   The U.S. Department of State is assisting with management planning, preservation, and educational development at the ancient site of Babylon, home to the “Tower of Babel” and Nebuchadnezzar’s wondrous “Hanging Gardens.”

6. Heritage in Peril: Iraq and Syria

   U.S. Department of State and The Metropolitan Museum of Art held an event titled “Heritage in Peril: Iraq and Syria” amid the United Nations General Assembly week.

7. Stevens Initiative Announces 13 Grants to Fund International Virtual Exchange

   The Aspen Institute’s J. Christopher Stevens Virtual Exchange Initiative has announced thirteen new grants to expand the Initiative’s reach.

8. Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board Celebrates International Education Week with Distinguished Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows

   The Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board (FFSB) held its 277th quarterly board meeting on November 14 in Davis, California.

9. ECA Launches the Arts Envoy IPR Program

   The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs launched the Arts Envoy Intellectual Property Rights Program in December to highlight the importance of protecting intellectual property rights (IPR) of visual and performing artists.

10. A New Look for Fulbright

    At the U.S. Capitol on May 22, 2019, the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs unveiled an updated Fulbright Program brand identity.

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