The power of mobility programs in fighting xenophobia and promoting diversity
by Melissa Liles, Chief Global Engagement Officer, AFS Intercultural Programs These remarks were delivered at AFS Czech Republic’s Education for…
Education
Join AFS courses at the Summer Institute for Intercultural Communication!
From 11-27 July 2018 in Portland, Oregon, hundreds of professionals and educators in the intercultural communication space will gather to…
AFS announces new STEM exchange programs to honor AFS women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
by Daniel Obst, President & CEO of AFS Intercultural Programs For more than 70 years AFS Intercultural Programs has encouraged…
AFS Partners with BP to Launch BP Global STEM Academies
300 students will receive scholarships to participate in programs in Brazil, Egypt and the USA NEW YORK, NY (March…
The new power skills: intercultural understanding, global competence and active global citizenship
Keynote Address by Daniel Obst, President and CEO, AFS Intercultural Programs at the AFS Regional Forum on Global Citizenship Education…
Paraiba Secretary of Education sponsors “Gira Mundo” (“Spin the World”) program to bring Brazilian students to Portugal
25 Brazilian students have received full scholarships to spend one semester studying abroad in Portugal, improving their global competence and…
Why students worldwide need global competence
At the 9th Educational Quality Forum (IX Foro de Calidad Educativa), held by Educar 2050, an Argentinean organization focused on…
AFS welcomes the new Global Competence Framework
by Daniel Obst, President and CEO of AFS Intercultural Programs Today the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) launched…
Experts agree: Teachers and schools need more intercultural learning
Experts, researchers, and educators from Harvard and other universities from around the world, the Council of Europe, the Organisation for…