Useful Links

Organizations Active in the NIS and CEE Regions

Belarus on Internet

Useful Links

State Exchange is a Web-based interactive directory for the alumni of Department of State exchange programs. It extends the exchange experience for alumni after they return home from the U.S. And it allows them to stay in contact with one another—and with us at the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs—through networking and sharing useful information about professional opportunities and development. The International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) Founded in 1968, IREX designs and implements programs to foster interaction between specialists from Central and Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Mongolia, and East Asia and their colleagues in the United States. Through all its programs, IREX works to improve American understanding of the countries in which it works. There is also IREX Ukraine and IREX Russia which provide information about IREX programs in the Former Soviet Union. The International Education and Resource Network (I*EARN), a leading non-profit educational telecommunications network, engages students and educators in collaborative projects that explore their humanity, identify common values in a cross-cultural milieu, and recognize the interdependence of their lives and lifestyles. I*EARN has facilitated educational and development projects since 1988, pioneering interactive approaches to using the Web by encouraging participants to actively contribute to, rather than passively "surf," the Internet." The International Renaissance Foundation and other related Soros foundations seek to foster the development of open societies around the world, particularly in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, through programs in education, media and communications, human rights and humanitarian aid, science and medicine, arts and culture, economic restructuring, and legal reform. Site of the US Embassy in Belarus. Site of the Republican Science-Technical Library (RLST).